Food Truck Coop Leases Lot in Dumbo at Jay and Water Streets

Parking lot at 56 Jay St

The increase in food trucks in NYC is a great thing for those looking for lunch and dinner options. High quality food being served in neighborhoods that need options is welcome. However in some cases, that has led to turf wars to get prime parking spots. Dumbo has been lucky to get a steady strem of great trucks, but they risk being ticketed or sent away by transit police. The trucks have to park in Dumbo starting at 7am to get prime spots.

But Thomas Yang and his partners at food trucks Bian Dang, Fun Buns, and Fishing Shrimp saw this as an opportunity to make a positive out of a negative. They formed a coop to lease the parking lot on the corner of Jay and Water Street in Dumbo for a food truck lot. We spoke with Thomas about it:

Which food trucks will be in the lot? Will there be other ones that may rotate there?

We will have a variety of food trucks that will rotate in the space. A sample of them will be, Bian Dang, Fun Buns, and Fishing Shrimp, Domo Taco, Mike N’ Willie’s, Big D’s Grub Truck, Korilla BBQ, Milk Truck, Wafels & Dinges, Cool Haus, Palenque, Carl’s Steaks, and Food Freaks.

What prompted you to lease the space?

We like the community and vibe down here. We know people want food trucks, but it seems that there are some people that don’t want us here and the police have been shooing us away. This lot will allow us to be there to provide good food.

What will the hours be there?

We are looking to set up from 11am to 3pm [weekdays]. Also we’re asking [Dumbo] to see if there is interest for dinners from 4/5pm – 8/9pm. Some vendors are looking for a long term strategy to really create a nice space. We’d love to hear from the neighborhood!


Please comment and let them know what you’d like to see in that space. Is there an interst in dinner service there? They also talked about hosting events. If so, let them know in the comments.

Location:
Parking lot at 56 Jay Street, Brooklyn NY 11201
Corner of Jay and Water Street in Dumbo

Previously:
{2012 Summer Season for Food Trucks in Dumbo Brooklyn, 13Jun2012}
{Shorty’s on Wheels Food Truck Coming to Dumbo, 09Jun2012}
{New Food Truck Alert in Dumbo: Real Good Truck, 13Dec2011}
{New Food Truck Option in Dumbo, 08Mar2010}
{Food Truck Monday in Dumbo, 19Jul2010}
{Munch Truck in Dumbo, 10Aug2010}
{Wafels & Dinges in Dumbo, 08Dec2009}
{Taiwanese Cravings Truck Visits Dumbo, 12Aug2009}
{Schnitzel Fridays in Dumbo, 07Aug2009}
{Schnitzel & Things Truck Lands in Dumbo, 27Jul2009}
{Rickshaw Dumpling Truck in Dumbo, 16Mar2009}
{Ice Cream Trucks in Dumbo, 12Jun2008}
{Treats Truck at Pearl St. Triangle, 19Jul2007}

74 Comment

  • What a great idea! Would absolutely visit the space for new dinner options as well

  • What a great idea! Would absolutely visit the space for new dinner options as well

  • This is so great for DUMBO! We would absolutely welcome this as a dinner option, as well.

  • This is so great for DUMBO! We would absolutely welcome this as a dinner option, as well.

  • Dinner please! Hungry/food bored residents would really appreciate it during the 8-9PM slot. Thanks!

  • Dinner please! Hungry/food bored residents would really appreciate it during the 8-9PM slot. Thanks!

  • Yes on dinner!

  • Yes on dinner!

  • Fantastic! Would also visit for dinner options.

  • Fantastic! Would also visit for dinner options.

  • Amazing news! Very useful for a useless spot. Please be open late! I will make sure to support it.

  • Amazing news! Very useful for a useless spot. Please be open late! I will make sure to support it.

  • Yes — dinner please!!!

  • Yes — dinner please!!!

  • Great idea! I might go by for dinner once a week

  • Great idea! I might go by for dinner once a week

  • This is an amazing idea. That lot is not really used so much and is in a great spot away from the crowded streets of front and Washington. Dinner time trucks is also a godly idea. Ftw

  • This is an amazing idea. That lot is not really used so much and is in a great spot away from the crowded streets of front and Washington. Dinner time trucks is also a godly idea. Ftw

  • Thomas tells us that they are awaiting insurance to be finalized and hope to open as early as next week.

  • Thomas tells us that they are awaiting insurance to be finalized and hope to open as early as next week.

  • Dinner yes – please. Always stopping to grab food on way home and mostly end up getting freezer burned fare from Bridge. This would be welcome!

  • Dinner yes – please. Always stopping to grab food on way home and mostly end up getting freezer burned fare from Bridge. This would be welcome!

  • yes to dinner!

  • yes to dinner!

  • Yes do dinner PLEASE!!!!

  • Yes do dinner PLEASE!!!!

  • YES!! DINNER please! Would absolutely frequent the food trucks for dinner and on the weekends. Welcome to the neighborhood!

  • YES!! DINNER please! Would absolutely frequent the food trucks for dinner and on the weekends. Welcome to the neighborhood!

  • Yes, awesome! Yes, dinner please! Dumbo is getting a lot of traffic these days (both during the day and at night), but there are very few dinner or take out options for good food. You might be onto something with introducing food truck locations, both for day and night!

  • Yes, awesome! Yes, dinner please! Dumbo is getting a lot of traffic these days (both during the day and at night), but there are very few dinner or take out options for good food. You might be onto something with introducing food truck locations, both for day and night!

  • winner! winner! food truck dinner!

  • winner! winner! food truck dinner!

  • What a great idea….!! PLEASE come back for dinner time, there are only 1-2 good options for picking up dinner around us. Would definitely get dinner there 3-4 times a week!

  • What a great idea….!! PLEASE come back for dinner time, there are only 1-2 good options for picking up dinner around us. Would definitely get dinner there 3-4 times a week!

  • Yes please!!!!

  • Yes please!!!!

  • Absolutely for dinner. Hope they will be able to rehabilitate that space, as well. The graffiti is unfortunate and makes it rather uninviting. Having a steward in place will make a real difference.

  • Absolutely for dinner. Hope they will be able to rehabilitate that space, as well. The graffiti is unfortunate and makes it rather uninviting. Having a steward in place will make a real difference.

  • I guess the overwhelming sentiment here is that dinner options in this hood suck. Can’t eat cupcakes for dinner.

  • I guess the overwhelming sentiment here is that dinner options in this hood suck. Can’t eat cupcakes for dinner.

  • now where will the town cars go…no more lot, in front of 100 jay is always packed. any guesses? perhaps they’ll take up space by the triangle…nope bike rental spaces there now.

  • now where will the town cars go…no more lot, in front of 100 jay is always packed. any guesses? perhaps they’ll take up space by the triangle…nope bike rental spaces there now.

  • Would eat there every night during the week for dinner and I know MANY more in the neighborhood who would do the same!

  • Would eat there every night during the week for dinner and I know MANY more in the neighborhood who would do the same!

  • 5-6:30 pm dinner option would be awesome for busy moms. i often run out of time doing all else that begs my attention and then at 5:30 i’m like, “oh no! dinner!”

  • 5-6:30 pm dinner option would be awesome for busy moms. i often run out of time doing all else that begs my attention and then at 5:30 i’m like, “oh no! dinner!”

  • THANK YOU!!! Looking forward to more food options and since i’m not around during lunch… Dinner please! Wishing the food trucks much success.. Dumbo supports ya!

  • THANK YOU!!! Looking forward to more food options and since i’m not around during lunch… Dinner please! Wishing the food trucks much success.. Dumbo supports ya!

  • Yes, dinner options please, especially on weekends!

  • Yes, dinner options please, especially on weekends!

  • More dinner options in DUMBO would be amazing and so appreciated. If it wasn’t practical to stay every night, setting up a fixed schedule that we could know would probably be a win for everyone. So excited to visit the lot!

  • More dinner options in DUMBO would be amazing and so appreciated. If it wasn’t practical to stay every night, setting up a fixed schedule that we could know would probably be a win for everyone. So excited to visit the lot!

  • Dinner option would be great. Even better for parents who are stuck at home is to have these food carts paired up with seamless web to deliver within dumbo.

  • Dinner option would be great. Even better for parents who are stuck at home is to have these food carts paired up with seamless web to deliver within dumbo.

  • Please don’t complain about the lack of options in the dead of Winter when these trucks are long gone having hobbled attempts to maintain (at a profit)or open brick and mortar restaurants in favor of standing around a parking lot eating finger food. The shortsightedness of the populi in this neighborhood is only surpassed by the inferior DNA as evidenced in the offspring.

  • Please don’t complain about the lack of options in the dead of Winter when these trucks are long gone having hobbled attempts to maintain (at a profit)or open brick and mortar restaurants in favor of standing around a parking lot eating finger food. The shortsightedness of the populi in this neighborhood is only surpassed by the inferior DNA as evidenced in the offspring.

  • ok agree i won’t complain. please don’t hate my child so much.

  • ok agree i won’t complain. please don’t hate my child so much.

  • At least you wrote that comment in a fair minded, unpretentious way loose stool…bravo.

    Over in the real world, it would be great if they were open for dinner. I don’t think the Brooklyn Flea/Smorgasburg minime under the Archway did very good at night…but that honestly probably wasn’t a very good location. Not immediately close/en route to apartments from the subway.

    This is probably a much better spot. And yes, it won’t help in the winter time…but until the neighborhood fills out with more housing(Vinegar Hill) we won’t be able to support more restaurants. In the mean time, some food trucks would be great…if only temporary.

  • At least you wrote that comment in a fair minded, unpretentious way loose stool…bravo.

    Over in the real world, it would be great if they were open for dinner. I don’t think the Brooklyn Flea/Smorgasburg minime under the Archway did very good at night…but that honestly probably wasn’t a very good location. Not immediately close/en route to apartments from the subway.

    This is probably a much better spot. And yes, it won’t help in the winter time…but until the neighborhood fills out with more housing(Vinegar Hill) we won’t be able to support more restaurants. In the mean time, some food trucks would be great…if only temporary.

  • Hi guys!

    Thomas from the DUMBO lot/bian dang here. We appreciate your feedback and we see the demand for dinner. Loose stool has some very good insight from the business perspective, but we hope we can over come that.

    Right now we just soft launched for lunch, and we will be preparing for dinner soon when the lot has garnered enough attention and the weather warms up.

    We’ll keep you posted. Cheers!

    Thomas

  • Hi guys!

    Thomas from the DUMBO lot/bian dang here. We appreciate your feedback and we see the demand for dinner. Loose stool has some very good insight from the business perspective, but we hope we can over come that.

    Right now we just soft launched for lunch, and we will be preparing for dinner soon when the lot has garnered enough attention and the weather warms up.

    We’ll keep you posted. Cheers!

    Thomas

  • would love food trucks to available for the dinner hours

  • would love food trucks to available for the dinner hours

  • Like everyone else, I’d be thrilled with dinner-time trucks in that lot–especially if there are a few vegetarian/vegan options!

  • Like everyone else, I’d be thrilled with dinner-time trucks in that lot–especially if there are a few vegetarian/vegan options!

  • AGREED DINNER would be amazing!!! seriously – there are ZERO dinner options in dumbo. and some vegetarian options would be fantastic. I will definitely support all the food trucks!!

  • AGREED DINNER would be amazing!!! seriously – there are ZERO dinner options in dumbo. and some vegetarian options would be fantastic. I will definitely support all the food trucks!!

  • what happened? any details on why the police kicked the trucks out of the lot yesterday?

  • what happened? any details on why the police kicked the trucks out of the lot yesterday?

  • Only a fool would consider appealing to vegan clients.
    http://www.gallup.com/poll/156215/consider-themselves-vegetarians.aspx
    5% at best and the trend hasn’t changed in 13 years .

  • Only a fool would consider appealing to vegan clients.
    http://www.gallup.com/poll/156215/consider-themselves-vegetarians.aspx
    5% at best and the trend hasn’t changed in 13 years .

  • The brick and mortars are up in arms because they’re losing business… however, they lose business because the food they’re selling is of lower quality and/or more expensive.

    What we have here is a demand for fresh affordable delicious food, and the food trucks are the only supply for that demand.

    The local deli’s all produce garbage, and are shut down by the health department far too frequently… to the point it’s disturbing.

    I am a huge fan of food truck meals, and this new dynamic will introduce a new balance in the neighborhood eventually.

    It doesn’t mean that the garbage producing delis aren’t going to fight tooth and nail… as a consumer, we have to make our voice known that we want better choices, and this is a huge moment of progress.

  • The brick and mortars are up in arms because they’re losing business… however, they lose business because the food they’re selling is of lower quality and/or more expensive.

    What we have here is a demand for fresh affordable delicious food, and the food trucks are the only supply for that demand.

    The local deli’s all produce garbage, and are shut down by the health department far too frequently… to the point it’s disturbing.

    I am a huge fan of food truck meals, and this new dynamic will introduce a new balance in the neighborhood eventually.

    It doesn’t mean that the garbage producing delis aren’t going to fight tooth and nail… as a consumer, we have to make our voice known that we want better choices, and this is a huge moment of progress.