Nile Boutique Opens on 3rd Ave

 

(Updated 5:16pm)
Nile Boutique [8806 3rd Ave] opened over this weekend, after having moved from their previous store in Bath Beach/Bensonhurst (2044 86th St) to their new digs along 3rd Ave.

5th Ave Hair Studio Celebration of Fashion and Beauty

5th Ave Hair Studio [9013 5th Ave] and Oribe Hair Care (Facebook) are throwing a soirée tomorrow, and you're invited.  It's an event to earmark their one year anniversary on 5th Ave & 90th St that we wrote about and it's sure to be something you won't want to miss.  Please call ahead or email to RSVP. 718-439-4909 or 5thavehairstudio@gmail.com - Press release as follows...

La Bella Opens on 3rd Ave

La Bella [8821 3rd Ave] a women's boutique fashion store opened earlier in June. Previously this storefront was occupied a nail salon and later, Tropepe's restaurant consulting office.

Too Cool Shutters

Too-Cool Clothing Store

Too-Cool [457 86th St], the fashion/clothing store nestled among chain stores, Aerosoles, Radio Shack (shuttered in March) which began in 2006, closed its door at the end of April when their lease ran its course. Nearby retailers Century Twenty One, Flavour, Nothing Fits, and Pretty Girl may have proved worthy competition in this cutthroat clothing retail gambit. This location was once home to Sterling Optical in the years prior.

This storefront joins the three other spaces vacated within the last two months along the coveted 86th St. BID, two of which were once mom-and-pop stores (the other was a temporary Sprint store). Only a handful of independents remain amid the proliferation of chain retailers. Too-Cool's other store along 5th Ave in Sunset Park remains.

Update: Apparently, Too-Cool is open once again. Further inquiries into this matter were returned without a response.

Victoria's Secret Coming to 86th St

Credit: Google Maps

This is one secret Victoria wasn't meant to keep. The largest American retailer of lingerie, Victoria's Secret [447 86th St.] has plans to occupy the storefront of the former HSBC Bank branch that closed in June 29, 2012.