HUNTERS POINT — Brooklyn's Greenpoint Fish & Lobster Co. is expanding into Queens, opening a fresh fish market in Long Island City that will offer sustainably sourced seafood and takeout items like lobster rolls, its owner said.
The retail shop will be the second location for the company, which opened as a seafood restaurant and market in its namesake neighborhood in 2014.
The new space will open on Friday at 5-43 48th Ave. and aims to fill a void in Hunters Point, which has lacked a standalone fish store, the owners said.
"The needs aren't quite being met. We feel like there's a real demand for sustainable, traceable seafood," said co-owner Adam Geringer-Dunn. "We're really excited."
The company works with a "a close network of purveyors and fishermen" to source its fish and shellfish, with an emphasis on selling domestic, wild-caught and locally sourced seafood, according to its website.
Geringer-Dunn said the Long Island City store — located in a space off Vernon Boulevard formerly occupied by an Italian ice shop — will have a bigger fresh fish case than its Brooklyn predecessor and more refrigerator space for grab-and-go items that will change weekly.
These dishes are expected to include lobster rolls, seafood pot pies, lobster potato salad, soups and chowders. There will be a takeout window where customers can grab their food to go, Geringer-Dunn said.
The store will also sell cookbooks, seafood utensils, specialty salts, spices, condiments and sauces, including the Thai curry mussel sauce that it serves at the Greenpoint restaurant.
The market is expected to open Friday at 10 a.m. so locals can stock up on seafood for the upcoming Labor Day weekend.
"If you're going to the beach, if you're going away, you can stop in and grab some stuff for the road," Geringer-Dunn said.
