The new Lidl grocery store at 490 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn opened its doors on Friday, May 23rd, 2025. It feels like it happened in the blink of an eye—or maybe everything seems fast in the dark shadow of the slow-moving slug that is the never-finished 9 Dekalb.
I popped into the store the other day to check out the new location and snap some pictures. Here are some first impressions:
- Prices are great, making this store a welcome edition to the neighborhood
- Selection is mid—this isn’t the type of grocery store that will have every specific item you’re looking for. However, you should be able to find most categories of items you need, just not necessarily specific brands.
- The store was full of shoppers on the Saturday I popped by. People are excited it’s now here!
- It’s larger than you might expect from the outside. It’s definitely a full-sized grocery store
- The produce section was full of fresh-looking items.
I did not do a side-by-side price comparison for specific items that can be found at competing nearby stores. So I can’t speak to the specifics of the “discount” claims. But overall it did seem to be priced competitively for the neighborhood.
I’ll definitely be curious to see how Lidl stacks up against the upcoming Fresh Grocer opening right across the street.
What’s the opposite of a Food Desert? A Food Oasis? Because that’s exactly what Downtown Brooklyn has become.
I’ll drop a few more photos at the end of this post to help celebrate the store’s opening.
