Now the bakery next to Franks Pizza is closed. Sad to see vacancies

Port needs a re-facing and a clean up, the town looks completely dirty.

So sad.

It's very unfortunate to see these empty stores every day going to and coming back from work but until store owners and landlords begin to be more flexible in reducing their asking prices and start giving incentives to attract potential businesses to the community we will continue to see these assets remain unutilised.

I would like to see a natural food market or a Trader Joe's.

Based on MyNassauProperty, This year's taxes on that property are $26,202.56 / year. That doesn't include any cost of mortgage, insurance, permits, etc.

You can blame the landlords until you look at their books. Try reducing taxes before expecting lower leases. A good part of the charm of Port Washington is the small business on Main.

This is a great idea. Thank you Patch!

This would be a good location for a daycare center.

tell me about it as a business and property owner the taxes keep going up and we have no access to any of the parking permits school parks or anything available to home owners and yet we pay more % of tax roll for our property. its starting to get old

Its nice that Port wants to keep this small town charm but the reality is many leave Port to go elsewhere to buy many things. I think part of the reason the stores close is the rents are high yes but they also dont sell enough of what people want to pay the rent. A mixture between small business and larger brands that can weather the rent would be nice. There are no places to buy regular mens , womans and kids clothes at regular prices. There are only jewelery stores and expensive boutiques. Put an established store like a Gap or something so people dont spend their money in manhasset americana or elsewhere. There are many demographics of consumers and right now the store and business options are too limiting.

Stop Nassau county from boosting property valuations on Business property owners each year .This has led to increased Taxes every year for property owners

Think of what a lirr commuter needs when getting off the train at the end if the day and look at the shops in grand central, and you'll see what's missing here. Last thing we need is another nail salon.

How about getting Citarella from NYC to open up out here? Or what about a great all-around restaurant like Ejays from the city?

While many people want to keep the small town look and I also would like to see that, to blame the high cost of rent and the landlords is just the tip of the iceberg. In 19 years living in Port I have seen as I guess you have also, many to many stores open and close within 6 months, threre are many reasons this happens. Rent means nothing if you do the business, it is one of the first things I learned in school and it is a topic that my professors could not stress enough. A. to open a new business you need the correct amount of cash backup to stay open for at least three years, it takes most business ventures to establish it self, that long, (unless you find the cure for the cold) many people never think of that fact.You really can't pull monies out before you get established. May new owners think that they can do it better. and this is the most important part of it all, those of us who want to see a good mix of stores on Main Street, NEED to SHOP in them. WE can blame our residents< Yes you and me for not shopping first in Port to find thngs you might need.
I've read the other comments and someone always says why don't we have a so & so, well almost everytime a new or larger firm wants to come in, different groups go to war. So folks to sum it up we must blame , we the people, who don't shop enough in Port and we allow some of these groups that are always against everthing new bully us.
I guess as I have read it's always easy to blame someone else or the landlord.

There is a fair concentration of retail location real estate in just a few hands. Multi-property landlords tolerate higher vacancies instead of breaking asking prices, seeing comps decline, and starting a race to the bottom.

I would like to see a men's clothing store open up in town. I miss Chadow's and Ezio's. We could also use a men's shoe store like Lawrence or Jimmy's.

Although I realize we already have a few bakeries, a good old-fashioned Italian bakery (perhaps with cafe seating) would be most welcome, similar to Marzullo's in Williston Park. Something with reasonable prices (not cookies at $16 or more a pound), and a nice selection of made-every-day bread. Yes, I realize we had one in Manorhaven for a while, and there's always Uncle Guiseppe's (which brings their breads in, though), and North Shore Farms is now baking some breads on the premises, but there's no replacement for the real and freshly-baked thing.

This goes hand-in-hand with the overwelming amount of SRO "houses" we have in the town center. Without naming names; there are many landlords taking advantage of our town and creating blight where the properties are located. I believe this transends to main street itself which is greatly in need of a facelift.

Bingo. Existing SRO square footage is far more lucrative than street-level retail, and proposed residential redevelopment would be a bonanza. Hence the "residents" plan.

$4,800 for retail space on Main Street. I wonder if local merchants think that's priced to sell?

I think we can rest our case! Not one landlord has the integrity to defend what they have let happen to this town. I was not not intending to attack anyone but was looking for reasonable answer and explaination to defend themselves so that we may all understand . But Nooooooo, there is no validation only greed :(:(:( So sad what a few can accomplish when they have the monies! Yes, we all get it and know who most if you are.