How to fit a gas station into Brooklyn

1. 7-Eleven
State Road 50/Colonial Boulevard at Fern Creek Road
Orlando, FL



This recently built 7-Eleven's layout flips the typical position of a gas station's retail store and automobile fueling lanes. The retail store's entrance on Colonial helps strengthen walkability between the site and surrounding neighborhood. In addition, attractive fencing and landscaping along the sidewalk help to enhance the site's aesthetics.







2. Mixed-Use BP Gas Station
West Highland Avenue at I-43/North-South Freeway
Milwaukee, WI



This BP station includes an office component that buffers the auto fueling positions from the street. While we shouldn't expect Gate to turn its gas station into a mixed-use center, this Milwaukee station can serve as a good exampe of squeezing a gas station into a small site within a walkable neighborhood.





3. Turkey Hill Mini Mart
North High Street at West Dodridge Street
Columbus, OH



Columbus is a city that has worked hard to create a pretty compelling urban core and this gas station by Turkey Hill Mini Mart is no exception. Like the previous examples, fueling lanes are located at the rear of the site. Unlike the other examples, the building's facade is design to architecturally add to the historic district it serves. Of interesting note, Turkey Hill Minit Markets, is a chain of more than 260 gas station convenience stores in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, owned and operated by Kroger. Despite the chain's size, the company was still willing to work the the surrounding community to place a product that adds to its surroundings.