{"id":236147,"date":"2026-05-19T00:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T00:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/236147\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T00:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T00:24:08","slug":"casa-tua-cucina-latest-restaurant-drawn-to-downtown-brooklyn-housing-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/236147\/","title":{"rendered":"Casa Tua Cucina latest restaurant drawn to Downtown Brooklyn housing boom"},"content":{"rendered":"

The original Junior\u2019s <\/a>and\u00a0born-again Gage & Tollner<\/a> were among the few Downtown Brooklyn restaurants that drew customers from beyond the borough \u2014 but now they have company.<\/p>\n

Nearly 6,000 new apartments opened in the throbbing Fulton Street and Flatbush Avenue corridors since 2024 and brought 12,000 more mouths to feed \u2014 and with them, no fewer than 30 new eateries and high-end groceries.<\/p>\n

The residential boom, which spawned an entire new skyline of cliff-like towers, includes nearly 2,000 additional units under construction and 6,092 more in the development pipeline.<\/p>\n

Rendering of Casa Tua Cucina at One Hanson. Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment<\/p>\n

The arrival next year of Midtown Taiwanese dumpling phenomenon Din Tai Fung at the new tower called The Brook, first reported by The Post<\/a>, and of Casa Tua Cucina on the long-vacant ground floor of the landmarked, former Williamsburgh Bank Tower, will add star power to the district\u2019s culinary scene.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re\u00a0the cutting edge of a food-and-beverage leasing frenzy. Recent arrivals include chain giants Lidl, Aldi and The Fresh Grocer; restaurants Mito and Kashi; and numerous fast-casual spots. They\u00a0bring cuisines as varied as Chinese, Jamaican, Filipino, Italian, Korean and southern-American.<\/p>\n

Chris DeCrosta, a founder of\u00a0commercial advisory and brokerage firm GoodSpace NYC, said so many new residents \u201ccreated a built-in customer base, attracting a new wave of food businesses, which make up the largest share of sales volume in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cFulton Street\u2019s high foot traffic and unmatched connectivity continue to support some of the area\u2019s strongest rents,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The restaurant will add star power to the district\u2019s culinary scene. Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment<\/p>\n

The Casa Tua Cucina deal is a major breakthrough, bringing a curated food hall and restaurant inspired by the Upper East Side celebrity magnet. Since the Williamsburgh tower was mostly converted to luxury condos in 2007, the vast ground floor \u2014 once a signature banking hall \u2014 had lain vacant except for a short-lived Smorgasburg food hall and special events.<\/p>\n

Regina Myer, president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, said Casa Tua\u2019s partnership with Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, which owns One Hanson\u2019s retail space, \u201crepresents an amazing investment on their part to improve downtown.\u201d <\/p>\n

Regina Myer, president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, said Casa Tua\u2019s partnership with Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, which owns One Hanson\u2019s retail space, \u201crepresents an amazing investment on their part to improve downtown.\u201d Apollo<\/p>\n

The Partnership manages three adjacent business-improvement districts roughly between Brooklyn Heights, Fort Greene and Boerum Hill.<\/p>\n

Until the recent influx, the area was underserved on the food front despite having a large Whole Foods and Trader Joe\u2019s.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0residential development boom\u00a0was spurred by several major zoning changes and nurtured by the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership\u2019s efforts to attract new businesses and improve the streetscape with new landscaping, lighting and security measures.<\/p>\n

One Hanson, the landmarked, former Williamsburgh Bank Tower. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have worked to\u00a0make the neighborhood as good as it can be,\u201d Myer said. <\/p>\n

She cited her organization\u2019s close cooperation with the city Parks Department and other agencies.<\/p>\n

Many of the new food arrivals are \u201cfast-casual\u201d places such as Chick-fil-A and Panda Express. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope to lure more sit-down places,\u201d Myer said. <\/p>\n

But Din Tai Fung and Casa Tua Cucina are a great start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The original Junior\u2019s and\u00a0born-again Gage & Tollner were among the few Downtown Brooklyn restaurants that drew customers from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,288,2361,9,24,63,1491,3274,3006,821],"class_list":["post-236147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-business","tag-leases","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-real-estate","tag-realty-check","tag-residential-real-estate","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}