9 Feels vintage store brings curated goods to Ridgewood
Myrtle Avenue’s newest store is one-stop shop for clothing, vinyl and ceramics
QUEENS WEEKLY, MARCH 31, 2019
BY MARK HALLUM
Clothing, vinyl and ceramic
goods are the standard
fare at Feels, a new
vintage store off Myrtle Avenue
to feed Ridgewood’s
novelty
shopping desires
run by a husbandwife
team who are
making the most
out of the little
storefront.
Shoppers can
find records from
their favorite contemporary
artists,
Incausa incense,
Saipua soaps and
work from local artists
at the 59-17 71st
Ave. location established
by Christine Costello
and Patrick Noecker in
December 2018.
Costello says the objective
is not just sell vintage
items, however, it is create
a space that feels good, promotes
art and offers goods
at a price-point that people
in the traditionally working
class but up and coming
community can afford.
“We’re trying to make
a place that makes people
feel good,” Costello told
QNS. “It’s a reflection of
our home.”
Noecker is a musician
who grew up on a
farm in Nebraska while
Costello has been in
the city for longer, but
both have spent about
20 years in the Bushwick
area where they
currently live.
The two initially
began gravitating to
the area for attractions
such as Sundown
Bar on Forest Avenue
or Norma’s Corner
Shoppe on Catalpa
before deciding on the
71st Avenue Plaza as
the location for their
first business.
Costello, who has
worked in retail for
years, said the plaza
makes premium location
for the shop for
the hyperlocal foottraffic
gravitating around
the triangle.
While Costello curates
the clothing, which she
claims is always in the best
quality, Noecker makes the
inventory in record section
A look at Myrtle Avenue through the front window of Feels in Ridgewood.
of the store pulsate.
The couple’s goal is to
make artwork accessible
through events and supply
lasting items that will be
unique additions to people’s
homes for years to come,
Costello said.
Courtesy of Feels/Instagram
Reach reporter Mark
Hallum by e-mail at mhallum@
schnepsmedia.com or
by phone at (718) 260–4564.
We’re trying to
make a place that
makes people feel
good.
Christine Costello
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