Grocery Store Rises in Rite Aid's Shadow
The bankrupt Rite Aid at 51st. St. and 43rd. Ave. is haunted no longer: workers have been steadily rebuilding the interior of the former pharmacy chain location in preparation for a new tenant that appears to be getting the space ready for business.
A neighborhood source shared that the incoming tenant may be a grocery store. But which kind! It won’t be a Food Bazaar or an H-Mart. We’ve heard rumors of a neighborhood-driven petition to Trader Joe’s to open up there. The Sunnywood Freak isn’t a business and doesn’t endorse any particular grocery store, but we are going on record with our prediction (or at least hope) that it will be a Patel Brothers.