When a dollar no longer makes the cut.

 Manhattan Avenue, the main street in Greenpoint Brooklyn has been experiencing more store closures than ever before. On my usual walk from the L train on Bedford Avenue to my apt. located just off Manhattan Avenue, I counted four dollar stores that were in their final days of closing or were already closed.”I think that they are just not making money anymore. I mean how many dollar stores do you really need on one street anyway,” said Phillip Osher,23 a Greenpoint resident.Last year while walking from one end of Manhattan Avenue to the next I counted a total of 13 Dollar stores. Now, this number has certainly dwindled. Since the dollar is at record lows wouldn’t it make sense for dollar stores to be doing better then ever as just a few bucks can go a long way in these shops?I guess the answer is no. Store owners can’t afford to stay open selling their cheap laundry hampers, discount sodas and paper towel dispensers. My question is what will open in their place? This quickly changing neighborhood has already experienced the opening of half a dozen banks and a Starbucks; what kind of store will it take to prevail through the declining dollar?I hope one of the discount stores is replaced by an American Apparel.