For those of you who bet the long-shot in last year’s Bay Ridge cafe classic – looks like your ship has finally come in!
Less than a year after Starbucks launched its second 3rd avenue location, between 84th and 85th streets, the Seattle based coffee retailer has decided to close that location, citing profitability concerns amid a nationwide downsize of 600 stores.

The closing of this particular Starbucks — which opened mostly to rumblings and grumblings over what it would do to mom-n-pop businesses, such as its nearest competitor, beloved Caffe Cafe — is being greeted with cheers.

Count Mary Ann Kearns, owner of Caffe Cafe, among those in disbelief over the coffee giant’s demise; telling the Brooklyn Paper: “Without a doubt, I thought they would survive.”

Others aren’t happy about the demise of the rookie Starbucks – mainly people who enjoy sitting in large arm chairs, while frantically Instant Messaging their friends who are probably in the other Starbucks just down the road on 75th street, while they shop for flip-flops on JCrew, on a Mac Book clad in Barack Obama bumper-stickers, and really ‘interesting’ decals from ‘like old detergent boxes,’ while ‘rocking out’ to some bullshit passing for indie rock on Bose headphones.

Or, writers who wear crocs and pajamas to drink a chai latte…

ONLY KIDDING, LEFTY!

Anyway, apparently two dudes who really love that 85th street Starbucks started a petition to keep it open – we think they may have gotten even less signatures than Victoria Hofmo did to save the Green Church.