Rational Thinking

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The Brooklyn Eagle thinks that Apple's first 718 area code store should be located in Downtown Brooklyn, not Williamsburg. "As far as the Apple store, the New York Post earlier reported that the company is negotiating for ground-floor space in the luxury condominium development The Edge on Kent Avenue and North Fifth Street in Williamsburg. If there are plans for only one Brooklyn store, the Eagle thinks the Downtown Brooklyn area is a better location, within walking distance from 10 subway lines in comparison to The Edge's one..." [Brooklyn Eagle]