A few early-bird shops open around 11 a.m., the rest around noon. This morning, Yacouza is explaining the stresses of small business ownership while he chooses his best bags for outside display. When he decided to open a place, a friend found him someone to ease the complex process. In the first five to six months after opening Jamerifican he saved no money-it all went back into merchandise. He, like the vendors in the Caton lot, says business is bad-and he has no fences to block him from customers.
People look, and nobody buys.
Every year the money will go down, not only one place but everywhere. If he wants to make any decent money, he knows he'll have to leave Flatbush. But finding an opening on a prime thoroughfare is as frustrating as locating an affordable apartment these days. I tried, but there's no place. This page maintained by David Cameron .