Flowers by Boragi, the old-timey 77th street florist that’s been a 3rd avenue fixture for decades, recently downsized just a few doors down to smaller accommodations.

The mystery as to what would take over such an enormous corner property has apparently been solved.

“Coming Soon: 24hr Bagel and Gourmet Deli.”

Boasting 8 more locations ‘coming soon to the tri-state area,’ doesn’t sound particularly homegrown… and what’s with the name?

Imagine saying – “I’m going to ‘24 Hour Bagel and Gourmet Deli’ to get a dozen bagels, veggie cream cheese and lox,” on a sleepy Sunday morning?

A few new Bagel stores have opened in the past year, but with mixed success.

Brooklyn Bagel on 5th avenue and 87th does a brisk trade for what’s an otherwise bagel barren section of 5th Ave.

Bagel Villa, which opened a few months back on 5th avenue and 72nd with a lot of impressive curb appeal may not be benefiting from the school, and commuter traffic they had hoped.

‘Bunch of Bagels,’ rumored to be a splinter faction of old Hot Bagels employees, also appears to be struggling to do the kind of volume their more established counterparts do.