Metro

Pea pod, not iPod

It won’t be an Apple but you’ll be able to get a bite.

Borough President Marty Markowitz’s longtime bid to bring an Apple retail store to the Municipal Building across the street from his Brooklyn Borough Hall has failed — the city-owned office complex will get a restaurant instead, The Post has learned.

The Beep and Mayor Bloomberg today plan to announce that local developer Al Laboz’s firm United American Land has been tapped to build 49,000 square feet of retail space at the site at 210 Joralemon Street, across the street from Borough Hall, sources close to the deal said.

The firm is planning to transform the western end of the building’s first, second, and basement floors with yet-to-be-selected retail tenants, including the upscale restaurant.

Sources said Apple won’t be part of the plans.

The computer giant has four stores in Manhattan, one in Staten Island, and three in Long Island. Markowitz has been publicly calling on Apple to open its first Brooklyn store for at least five years, and tried convincing Apple to come to the city-owned site.

Construction is expected to begin in 2012, and the project will create 64 full-time construction jobs and 114 permanent jobs. The space is currently occupied by the city’s Finance Department, which will relocate to another city-owned facility.