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By Jared Foretek for the Brooklyn Paper

Chaim Seewald is the co-owner of Scoot NY, a new scooter shop in Downtown — and he wants to change your commute forever. - The Brooklyn Paper / Tyler Waugh.

BROOKLYN, NY — Motor scooters — those cool Vespa-like mini-Harleys that put the buzz in so many European cities — aren’t just convenient, they’re also Zen.

“When you’re driving a scooter, you’re at one with Brooklyn,” said Chaim Seewald, owner of the new Downtown scooter store, ScootNY.

Get Out of the Subway and Onto One of his Scooters

By Jared Foretek for the Brooklyn Paper

Chaim Seewald is the co-owner of Scoot NY, a new scooter shop in Downtown — and he wants to change your commute forever. – The Brooklyn Paper / Tyler Waugh.

BROOKLYN, NY — Motor scooters — those cool Vespa-like mini-Harleys that put the buzz in so many European cities — aren’t just convenient, they’re also Zen.

“When you’re driving a scooter, you’re at one with Brooklyn,” said Chaim Seewald, owner of the new Downtown scooter store, ScootNY.

The six-week-old outlet features a lineup of motorized bicycles and scooters from four different brands (though none from the Italian giant Vespa). Seewald, a resident of Crown Heights, is touting their gas mileage (anywhere from 96 to 150 miles per gallon!) and their affordability (prices are $1,699 to $2,600).

Oh, and you can park it almost anywhere.

To Seewald, a scooter is the logical alternative to the subway, with its just-hiked fares.

“It’s cheaper [than a monthly pass] to actually finance one of our bikes,” said Seewald, “The more expensive the subway gets, the more ideal [having a scooter] is going to be.”

Since opening the store, Seewald says he has become more aware of Brooklyn’s community of scooter enthusiasts.

“It’s a lifestyle in a sense,” he said.

ScootNY [155 Prince St. between Fair St. and Flatbush Avenue Extension in Downtown, (718) 388-8090].

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27 Comments

  • sheab

    I just went to the scootny website, and I have to that’s an interesting choice for a scooter model.

  • bestwatchman

    I’d like to wish you much hatzlacha and thank you for doing this in a neighborhood where it belongs and not in the shchuna

  • Shaul

    to my dear friend Chaim
    i wish you lots of hatzlacha may you hav alot of hatzlacha in your new business

  • Lifestyle?

    “It’s a lifestyle in a sense,” he said.

    More like a “Death style” if you are hit by anything larger then a bicycle.

  • Enjoy, but be safe, especially now!

    B”H

    Life is precious!
    Please wear a helmet!
    Follow ALL traffic regs. that apply to cars (unlike a lot of the bicycle riders do)!
    Hatzlocha rabbah to Rabbi Seewald!
    Geulah now!!!

  • awacs

    Is that number right? Googling for (718) 388-8090 gives a record shop in Willy …

  • Not good

    this is a terrible idea. These things are death traps. There is a much, much higher rate of accidents and deaths with motorcycles/scooters than cars or buses. Personally, I’d rather sit in traffic and be safer than get on one of these things.

  • Coffee Addict

    BS”D

    By the way, I’d like to wish you LOTS of HaGaPHeN, with ALL your endeavors!!!

  • scoot in nyc

    iv actually had a scooter for years and its the easiest and quickest way to get around; and there is always parking.

  • retired NYPD officer

    started using one when i was giving out parking tickets (sorry guys)and then bought one and have owned 4 different ones since the 90’s. great way to get somwere quickly without any hassle, good luck guys.

  • Brad

    i don’t know how i found this site, i goggled scooters and found this. looks interesting. here’s my 2 cents, i own a scooter and would recommend it to anyone who works and needs to get around Brooklyn/NYC in a clean, efficient and practical way. i stick to the service lanes on the parkways and keep my helmet on at all times. in my opinion, riding your bike in those bike lanes with cars swerving in or out is a hell of alot more dangerous. anyway, enjoy your ride!

  • Richard, (Brooklyn Heights)

    i live 2 blocks away and bought one last week, haim the hasid was great and the selection superb. i have like 5 more weeks till my next tank fill up!

  • ceo

    wishing Chaim the best, great family, and he’s a great guy. Only I’ve heard the term “organ donor machine” used together with motorcycles.
    The Seewalds are very honest, so business with them should be a pleasure though. hatzlocha

  • To awacs

    “The home page is extremely un-tznius-dik!”

    Nothing more revealing then kingston Ave on a summer afternoon.

  • Yesh Gvul

    Why is this not tznius company – fit for the news on the Crown Heights website? Do we have no more standards left?