Monday, September 29, 2025

Updated: The Starbucks on 1st Avenue and 13th Street has closed

The Starbucks outpost on the NW corner of First Avenue and 13th Street permanently closed yesterday. (Thanks to Alexander Johnson for the photos!) 

Door signage reads in part: "We've made the incredibly difficult decision to close this Starbucks location by the end of the week ... Thank you for being a part of our story. We look forward to seeing you again soon."
This past Thursday, the company announced that it would close several hundred stores and lay off nearly 900 employees in its latest move under CEO Brian Niccol's continued transformation. Starbucks wasted no time in shutting down the stores on the hit list. (We're told the SB on Third Avenue and 15th Street also shut down.)

With this closure, two Starbucks remain in the East Village — one on Avenue A at St. Mark's Place and another on First Avenue at Third Street. 

The First Avenue and 13th Street location opened in 2012. 

Updated: 

A tipster shared a photo showing the closure at Third Avenue and 15th Street... The tipster told us that Starbucks did not give any warning to the building about the departure.
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3 comments:

  1. BrianSeptember 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM

    Oh, no. Where will I get my overpriced burnt bitter coffee with whipped cream and stale sugary pastries?

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  2. Sleepless in EVSeptember 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM

    I heard that a good number of the stores being shutdown around the country were unionized stores. If so, then it's par for the course for this corporation. MASA = Make Americans Slaves Again

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  3. DanSeptember 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM

    Boycott Starbucks for so many reasons.

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