Miss American Pie Needs $50K To Hold Onto Its Slice Of Park Slope

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — A beloved pie shop owner says she needs $50,000 to hold onto her small slice of Park Slope.

Miss American Pie owner Lindsey Hill launched this week an online fundraiser asking locals to help raise funds to keep the bakery in business.

As of Friday, it had raised more than $4,000.

"Our community needs pie," one donor wrote. Said another,"They have made NYC a sweeter place."

Hill says she struggled with pandemic debts, increasing rent, rising costs costs and staffing shortages, and added she had to swallow her pride to post her request for help.

“To be honest, I've procrastinated on this for a while, because I feel embarrassed, and ashamed that I can't do this by myself,” Hill wrote.

“But, what I realized is that if our mission is about people and relationships and community, then Miss American Pie cannot be only for those things or about those things. It has to be built on those things...built by the community, supported by people and relationships."

Hill, who didn’t return a request for comment, has publicly detailed struggles with her business before.

In March, she wrote an Instagram post that prompted the many Brooklynites who are sweet on the pie shop to flood it with business.

The outpouring of support inspired Hill to start the GoFundMe, in hopes of raising enough money to stay open long enough to be self-sustainable, she wrote.

“Funds raised will be used to pay down debt, as well as for operating costs such as ingredients and payroll,” Hill wrote. “If we exceed our goal, we will use any extra funds to grow the business, pursuing nationwide shipping and marketing to new revenue streams.”

“People need relationships. This business was started with the aim of reuniting current generations with the importance of those relationships, and how food can be a catalyst for building them. This is our purpose in life and that’s why we continue to make this work, even when it gets difficult.”

The GoFundMe can be found here.