Trader Joe's To Open New Brooklyn Outpost

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Trader Joe’s will open a second branch in Brooklyn on Friday, the grocery store company announced Wednesday.

The new downtown Brooklyn Trader Joe's outpost at 445 Gold St. will open at 9 a.m., according to an online announcement.

"Trader Joe's is slated to drop anchor in Brooklyn," the announcement says."Please join Captain Stephanie and Crew for the Grand Opening Celebration!"

The grocery store is the latest of several retailer to open at the City Point complex, which hosts Alamo Drafthouse, Target and the DeKalb Market Hall, a new food hall with Katz Deli and Ample Hill Ice Cream stations.

The new Trader Joe’s is less than a mile away from Brooklyn's only other Trader Joe’s — located on Court Street near Atlantic Avenue — which has earned a reputation for long lines and crowded aisles.

It would be nice to shop at a Trader Joe's in Brooklyn without it feeling like I'm in the Hunger Games.
— Angelica Veras (@AngelicaVeras) May 7, 2017

So ALL of Brooklyn goes to the same Trader Joe's on Sunday. Noted.
— MacaroniFRO (@MacaroniFRO) May 7, 2017

I walked into the Brooklyn Trader Joe's once and still have nightmares about it
— Joshua Lewis (@realjoshlewis) June 6, 2017

The City Point store will be open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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