7 years vacant, the storefront on the NW corner of 3rd Avenue and 12th Street is now for rent

Leasing signs for a vented restaurant have arrived on the storefront on the NW corner of Third Avenue at 12th Street, aka 88 Third Ave. (The listing via CBRE isn't online yet.) '

There's also a for-lease banner on the 12th Street storefront that last housed Tacombi...

These two spaces have operated with separate businesses in recent years. 

The corner storefront has been vacant since Gotham Pizza closed in the summer of 2018. The following year, we spotted workers gutting it, and one of them said a Chinese restaurant was in the works. 

In April 2022, we spotted a demand-for-rent notice totaling $281,134.68. 

Last week, along with the new for-lease signs, came a notice of eviction to the business that never opened...

Other past corner tenants included Funkiberry, the colorful FroYo establishment that went down in 2015.

A look at the long-vacant storefront on the NW corner of 3rd Avenue and 12th Street

A moment to take a look at the NW corner of Third Avenue at 12th Street (88 Third Ave. officially). 

As far as we can recall, the space has been vacant since Gotham Pizza closed in the summer of 2018. 

One short year later, we spotted workers gutting the space, one of them saying a Chinese restaurant was in the works here. 

And that was that. 

Today, the storefront remains empty. 

A 14-day rent demand dated April 7 (2022) remains on the front door. The tenant, doing business as Flying Pig, owes some back rent — $281,134.68 to be exact (the monthly rent being $21,855) ...

The landlord is likely in possession of the establishment now. So we'll see what might be next someday. 

But can anything bring back the joy here of the one, the only, the Funkiberry...