Pair Of NY's First Legal Pot Shops Are Coming To Greenwich Village

GREENWICH VILLAGE, NY — A pair of the first legal recreational marijuana dispensaries in New York are set to open in Greenwich Village in the coming weeks.

Housing Works, a nonprofit that supports people with HIV/AIDS, is expected to have its dispensary soft opening by the end of December at Broadway and Eighth Street — in a space formerly occupied by Gap.

The other incoming Greenwich Village dispensary is from the Doe Fund, a nonprofit that provides temporary housing and job training, which submitted an application for 13th Street between Broadway and University Place.

The two organizations are among three nonprofits given a state cannabis license in November during the first round of dispensary applications in New York.

"We're talking the first operational legal cannabis dispensary in the state will be in Community Board 2," Mar Fitzgerald, the chairperson of CB2's Cannabis Licensing Committee said during a meeting last week. "I can say that with confidence."

Both nonprofits appeared before Community Board 2, where details surrounding the incoming dispensaries were revealed.

Housing Works' dispensary on Eighth Street will take over a large space with 4,000 square feet on the main level, and 2,000 more square feet on a lower floor.

When fully operational, the store says it will operate from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. from Monday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.. on Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday, according to documents submitted to the community board.

Its soft opening is set for Dec. 29, reported the New York Post.

The store plans to sell weed, pre-rolled joints, concentrates, and edibles, the according to the documents. There will also be a minimum of three security guards on-site during operation hours.

On the other hand, The Doe Fund's dispensary will be taking over a former Chase Bank on 13th Street. It plans to sell weed from 8 a.m. to midnight, according to its submitted documents. It also said there will be a minimum of three security guards working during open hours.

It is unclear when exactly it expects to open.

The two incoming dispensaries are only a third of a mile away from one another, or a five-minute walk, according to Google Maps.