Top photo by Stacie Joy
At the start of the summer, we spotted a sign for an NYU Swap Shop at 107 Second Ave. between Sixth Street and Seventh Street.
Per an Instagram post from May:
The NYU Swap Shop is a space dedicated to reusing and repurposing items, particularly those collected through the Green Apple Move Out program at NYU. It functions as a central location for students to donate and find gently used items like clothing, electronics, appliances, and stationery.
There's a sign inside the roll-down gate noting that donations are accepted weekdays between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
We've stopped by at least 10 times since early June, and the gate remains down. To our knowledge, the Swap Shop has yet to open.
The previous tenant here in the NYU-owned building was the New Yorkers Food Market. Owner Michael Schumacher told us that a variety of factors led to the closure on Dec. 30, including increased competition from Wegmans on Astor Place and personal health issues.
Although NYU provided a six-month rent concession, he wasn't in any financial position to negotiate a new lease for the 38,000-square-foot space, he told us.
A grocery had been in the retail space of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts since 1974.
It's not known at the moment if the NYU Swap Shoppe is a temporary or permanent tenant.
Previously on EV Grieve:
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