Downtown Brooklyn 4
09/24/04
Downtown Brooklyn. Someday every storefront in downtown Brooklyn will be a Cellular Island (or its knockoff, Cellular Tropics).
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That's creepy...
Posted by: Fissell at September 24, 2004 12:49 AM
There's another on Flatbush, in between Park Place and Sterling.
For a brief period we had stores ending in "mania": Travel Mania, Video Mania, and so on
Posted by: Frank at September 24, 2004 08:06 AM
I read somewhere that the City is cracking down on store signs and awnings that contain too much information about the store. City law dictates that the only information allowed on signs and awnings are the store's address and name.
Posted by: Mitch45 at September 24, 2004 11:43 AM
Grr. They replaced my store 24 with a silly useless cell phone store. I wanted it back ...
Posted by: C at September 25, 2004 01:45 PM
wow... these are truly overwhelming.
Posted by: Platypotamus at September 25, 2004 06:30 PM
I hate that Cellular Island store. You get off the train at night, and it is all strobe lights and flashing. Gives me a headache.
Posted by: Eric Hancock at September 26, 2004 07:30 PM
hah. nice. you really can't beat downtown brooklyn.
Posted by: 990000 at September 27, 2004 12:27 AM
But, hasn't that always been the trouble with the tropics? Too damned *cellular*! There's an ointment that helps, but you need a prescription...
Posted by: Ralph Wilson at September 27, 2004 04:12 AM
you could call that row of cellular islands a "cellular archipeligo".
Posted by: jazz at September 28, 2004 09:00 AM
i miss that jamaican food place that used to be in the spot of that first cellular island place! the utter irony is that it is not caribbean food any more, but caribbean PHONES. i was very sad when i trotted over there for a chicken pattie one day and saw this place. boo.
Posted by: missingit at October 6, 2004 05:18 PM
no i mean in the second photo. on livingston & hoyt i think it is.
Posted by: missingit at October 6, 2004 05:19 PM
I LIKE CELLULAR ISLAND ITS VERY NICE THE WORKERS ARE NICE AND THEY HAVE THE HOTTEST PHONES OUT AT ALL TIMES. MAYBE BECAUSE I WORK FOR THEM NAH! THATS NOT IT I JUST LIKE THE PHONES THEY GOT AND THE PRICES.
Posted by: TINIFFIA at February 25, 2005 04:37 PM
Not a bad place to shop, better than the corporate cingular, t-mobile, sprint, etc stores. Better prices and more knowledgable salespeople.
Posted by: john at February 28, 2005 01:22 PM
Cell Island needs to be blown out of the water....I have never encountered a more corrupt group of dealers in my entire life.....they make other indirects seem like SAINTS.....I just think they should all be hog tied and beaten with a stick.
Posted by: Spaz0142 at July 18, 2005 06:47 PM
home come there is no direct web site for cellular island?
Posted by: champ at July 22, 2005 11:41 PM
the crazy guy that owns the joint tried to help me and his breath was so pungent that my eyelashes melted off and my eyebrows singed off which led to my hair catching on fire!!!!
Posted by: issac at July 31, 2005 01:54 PM
i know all about that place...my wife went in there for a phone and came out w the hivs.....
Posted by: moshe at July 31, 2005 01:57 PM
I hope you have reevaluated any positive comments you have made on this company and its owner! What a crook!!!!
Cellphone Retailer Prosecuted for Fraud
The owner of a mobile phone retail shop chain in Brooklyn, New York has pleaded guilty to charges of theft over a US$2 million scheme to defraud his customers. Mayer Vaknin, the owner of Cellular Island, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and identity theft. Cellular Island has eight retail stores in the city, under that brand name as well as the Cellular Tropics brand.
Vaknin's attorney, Harold Levy of Brooklyn, would only say that his client had admitted his guilt, and would make no further comment.
According to the investigation by the police, Vaknin used the personal information of customers to order extra handsets and accounts, which were then resold in his stores. In a second fraud, he would report that customers had ordered service upgrades for their T-Mobile accounts, earning him additional commissions.
Vaknin faces up to 20 years in jail when sentenced, and has already agreed to forfeit a Miami property worth about US$500,000.
Posted by: Jason at July 11, 2006 01:38 AM
WHAT THE HELL DID THEY DO TO MY FAVORITE STRIP OF REAL ESTATE??...I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN B.K. AND WHEN I WAS A KID DOWNTOWN WAS THE PLACE TO BE. NOW LIVING IN FLORIDA FOR TEN YEARS IT HURTS ME TO SEE THAT DOWNTOWN FULTON STREET HAS SOLD OUT TO THIS TYPE OF CRAP!!!