The Tops Friendly Markets where 10 people were killed in Buffalo was the only accessible supermarket in this predominantly Black neighborhood. Now that the store has temporarily closed, there's even less access to fresh food. - NBCBLK
The moon rises behind the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 15, 2022.Claretta Bellamy
Buffalo’s Masten Park is one of the many Black neighborhoods across the country that has limited access to grocery stores selling fresh goods at an affordable price. Now that the supermarket, which opened in 2003, has temporarily closed in the shooting’s aftermath, it poses new challenges for residents — many of whom walk or rely on public transportation and who now must find alternative food stores that are farther away and more difficult to access.
Singletary, who returned to the area in 2019 after graduating from college, said he has a close relationship with many Black residents in Buffalo, since his nonprofit Candles in the S.U.N. ” provides resources and mentorship to the community. His recent initiative is part of the organization’s efforts to help the majority Black neighborhood get access to healthy food. In November 2021, the organization distributed more than 2,500 meals to families on Thanksgiving Day.
Angela Odoms-Young, an associate professor of nutritional sciences at Cornell’s College of Human Ecology, said that the shooting in Buffalo shows the intersections of structural and physical violence. In addition to the loss of lives and ongoing trauma, she said the shooting creates more hardship for residents, such as the loss of jobs with the closing of the store.
Taylor said it took years to get a Tops market built in the Masten Park neighborhood, and many still complained that more grocery stores were needed. He also said if the Tops supermarket does not reopen, it would have a devastating impact on Black residents who would have to leave their neighborhoods to acquire fresh produce — which is difficult for the 40 percent of residents who do not own cars.
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