Tesla set to open a store in Brooklyn Friday

Tesla Motors is expanding to New York City — not with a flashy showroom in Manhattan, but with a brick-and-mortar sales and service center in Brooklyn.

The new Tesla location opening Friday in Red Hook is not the kind of place where you can leave with the keys to your new Model S in hand, but it’s a big move for Tesla and makes its electric cars more accessible to the biggest city in the country.

Learn about Tesla cars

If you’re interested in learning more about Tesla cars, the Red Hook store is the perfect place to start. The glass double doors on 160 Van Brunt St. open right into a showroom with two Model S cars and an undercarriage on display — not something that’s featured in most car stores. Read more...