Soon, it's going to be overshadowed by the looming Atlantic Yards stadium project, but for now, the Atlantic Avenue stop in Brooklyn means just one thing: a super-shot of suburbia in the midst of the city. Rather than go through another themed entry for our last Shopping in Brooklyn post, we had to give a shout-out to our favorite capitalist hot-spot east of Manhattan.
More than just a cluster of chain stores, Atlantic Terminal Mall is like walking through a virtual yearbook highlighting Brooklyn's population diversity. A group of high school-aged boys fresh out of basketball practice scarfs down Pizza Hut at the Target dining area; gaggles of Hasidic Jewish teenage girls buy long-sleeve shirts at Old Navy; over-caffeinated little kids run amok in Circuit City, wearing out their welcome at the PS3 demo kiosk. Oh, and, behind the chaos, there are stores, too. ]]>