Here are some more comments and great suggestions from nieghbors about the situation: (and if you, reader, become inspired to follow up on these suggestions, please do!)

Hi Eve,
 
Some good points were brought out on both sides of the question. This may seem more passive, but let me know what you think:
 
The Warriors or a contingent of community groups should try to find out who is the owner/proprietor of the new Subway. If unable to do so, approach Subway Corp itself. Engage them in conversation. Ask why they want another Subway when there is already one on Manhattan Avenue between Calyer and Noble Sts in Greenpoint? Request they make efforts to ensure the store opening is a more community-firendly and -conscious enterprise. (Not permitted to sell high fat, sugar items to children, offer healthier alternatives: fresh fruit, etc.). They may have a similar program working in other loctions. Maybe have Subway donate funds or foods tto local library or community programs. Alert the media to the efforts on the part of the community and the response from Subway - it can work for or against them and other franchises will be warned.
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Sincerely,
Ann-Marie DiGennaro, C.P.A.

Thanks for the update.
By the way, (not sure if anyone else mentioned this, but) there's already a
Subway on Manhattan Avenue. Why do they need another one so close?
-Kim
P.S. Everytime I've ever eaten at a Subway, I've gotten sick. They are vile.

Hi Eve. I protest the subway because it offends my
aesthetic...what if an Olive Garden wanted to come
here? Gross. xoxoGina

Hey Eve!
You know the new Chinese restaurant on Bedford that
closed down because nobody went there? A strong
suggestion of why not to eat @ Subway in the form of
flyers or something would be more effective than a
protest (you could suggest better places like Joes
busy corner). I dont like it but they have the right
to be there, and we have the right not to eat
there.Shut e'm Down in the most stealth way possible.
JT

eve,
don't saddle yourself w/ ridiculous amounts of homework. i say just start by organizing a protest. we don't want that junk ass store on bedford. sure, it is impossible to define a personal statute defining what is good and what is not, what is healthy and what is not, or what constitutes an acceptable franchise. so what. let's express our aversion. crap food franchises and their effect on the elimination of personality and history from a neighborhood should be fought. if the fight is no more than a brief shout against the ugliness, that's better than nothing. after all, it's our neighborhood.
andy

the only place in the world where there is no mc donalds is in bolivia, this is not to say there never was, in fact there was one for a few days till a group of marauding revolutionaries took it upon themselves to toss a varying amount of molotove cocktails while raging crowds provided dense cover and confusion ensuring these fine revolutionaries safe exit and cover from persecution, in the end the mcyds was lit up like a tasty christmas treat, ending the rain of terror for a moment by a lunatic religion based on fatty worm protien infused burger treats,...
Diego

Eve- I think a Subway boycott framed within the larger context of
> defending williamsburg from corporate homogenization is a good and
> winnable campaign. I'm ready to get to work on it and would to hear
> about what y'all have already done. The interview with the owner link
> doesn't seem to work. Can you email me the transcript?
>
>  While Subway might only be a "gateway drug", they're plenty bad and
> deserve to be targeted. While they claim to be the healthy fastfood
> alternative there's, there's nothing healthy about ultra-processed
> food loaded with preservatives and chemicals. Their use of "Jared" as
> the shining star example of how one can lose weight on a subway only
> diet is offensive - doctors say his diet, which included skipping
> meals and subsisting on processed meat, cheese and diet coke was
> terribly unhealthy and will likely cause health problems later in
> life.
>  Aside from their fraudulent health claim, Subway is a growing force
> in a wave of corporate predators that are robbing communities
> worldwide of their unique cultures. For this reason alone they need
> to get the boot. There is a critique sometimes used against
> priveleged activist folks who protest McDonalds that goes " poor
> people need to eat at McDonalds because there aren't other affordable
> options." This argument, while flawed, can't be used for subway as
> there are plenty of places in the neighborhood to get similarily
> priced subs of the same or higher quality.
>
>  Along with Bedford Avenue, Subway is also one of the fast food chains
> that has crept it's way into US public school cafeterias. It's also
> popping up in the new 'democratic' Iraq thanks to the help of their
> friends Halliburton.
>
>  So Subway is bad and I'm down to fight it.
>
> Corey

Dear Eve,
I stumbled across your website as I was searching the web for gentrification in Williamsburg. This is in regards to the former KFC/Pizza Hut joint on Havemeyer. Humor has it again that it's being targeted by Starbucks. If so, then this is officially the death of South Side, Williamsburg, and further feeds my hypothesis that those in power will not rest until minorities are completely gone from New York.
P.S-There are two Subways; the other one's across the street from the former KFC joint.
Sincerely,
LK, 22-yr-old, resident of Williamsburg since day one.