do you happen to know the address?
The voiceover said Astor Place.
Google Street View from 2022 shows the entire block surrounded by scaffolding. My suspicion would be higher rent and/or a landlord who wanted to remove the homeless magnet that the high-rent residents didn’t want around.
Video said store was at Lafyette and 8th street...... https://www.bing.com/search?q=Lafayette+and+8th+street...manhattan&FORM=AWRE ...... Looks like Astor Place