CTown Supermarkets — Local services in New York

🚨 PUBLIC HEALTH WARNING: CTown Supermarket at 241 Taaffe Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11205 Must Be Investigated 🚨 I'm calling on the NYC Department of Health, local news outlets, and community leaders to urgently address the unacceptable and hazardous conditions at CTown Supermarket, 241 Taaffe Place, Brooklyn, NY 11205.

This supermarket is consistently selling spoiled, rotten, and expired food—including:

Bruised, moldy, and discolored produce Wilted vegetables and rotting fruit Old meat that appears unsafe Crushed, damaged, and expired packaged goods This is not an isolated incident. This is a systemic, ongoing issue affecting a predominantly Black and Brown community, many of whom rely on EBT/food stamps to feed their families. Meanwhile, just a few blocks away in a more affluent, white neighborhood, other CTown locations are fully stocked with fresh, high-quality, healthy food. Let’s be absolutely clear: This is not the fault of the hardworking staff at this location. The employees are doing what they can with the low-quality inventory they’re sent. This is a deliberate and discriminatory supply chain decision made by those who think this community doesn’t deserve better.

And as a result, we’re forced to travel outside our neighborhood just to find safe, fresh food. Imagine that—having a supermarket steps away from your home, but still needing to take time, energy, and money to shop miles away just to feed your family healthy meals. That is not convenience. That is neglect and discrimination.

This isn’t just bad service. It’s environmental racism. It’s public health negligence. And it’s a clear example of food apartheid—where one community is given access to health and wellness, and another is left with scraps and rot.

We demand:

An immediate inspection by the NYC Health Department Accountability from CTown management and corporate leadership Equal access to fresh, safe food—regardless of zip code or income level Our community is not disposable. Our health matters. And we will not be silent. To every official, journalist, and advocate reading this: Go see CTown at 241 Taaffe Place for yourself. See how we’re being treated. Then do something about...

They don’t follow social distancing guidelines And I am uncomfortable every time I shop here. Since the beginning of the pandemic

-They don’t enforce customers wearing masks. There are exposed customers every time I’m there

-Their staff don’t wear masks, many use them as a prop and have them hanging down specifically the grocery sorters or random employees walking through the aisles

-There is always some unavoidable staff member outside with his mask pulled down EVERY time. I have never seen him wear it and I have no choice but to go right past him to get inside the store

This place is right next door to me but I’m done going here. I will walk 1/2 mile to Myrtle where they actually understand the situation. You’re a supermarket and we are at 150k cases. Have some courtesy and respect. You handle FOOD and ESSENTIALS.

As a side note, the cashiers are always wearing...

Their produce goes bad very quickly, a few times I had to throw out chicken and pork chops, after being purchased the day before. The red meats are discolored, obvious to anyone who knows how to cook. It's obvious this market doesn't have a quick turnover rate, because the same pack of oxtails has been on display for 2 weeks, five or 6 little peices and they want 20$ ? I had to get rid a couple of ketchup bottles as they turned rancid after 2 weeks.Their spanish vegetables are bad too, after a few times of getting them I gave up. From now on I'm going back to Williamsburg my old neighborhood, I regret leaving, to get my monthly...