Steve Viuker

Steve Viuker is a Brooklyn, New York business journalist who grew up Bensonhurst. He has covered real estate, small business, and banking for numerous media and has lived in Park Slope years before W

Business

Colony 274: Going Forth on Fourth Avenue

PARK SLOPE/GOWANUS – It is a leap of faith to jump from owning a real estate title agency to running a 2,900-square foot bar/restaurant/event place in the middle of a major urban thoroughfare. Colony, 274 4th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)But that is what Kitty Hernandez

Business

L’Arte Has A New (Pizza) Slice On Life

PARK SLOPE – Although actually in business for a month, L’Arte della Pizza made it official on Monday, June 3. Under sunny skies, the grand opening celebration at 172 5th Avenue began with a ribbon cutting ceremony followed by complimentary tastings. L’Arte della Pizza, 172 5th Avenue (Photo: Steve

Business

The Sky Is The Limit: SkyIce Expands On 5th Avenue

PARK SLOPE – For those Park Slopers and others who never get Thai-rd of SkyIce, good news! As Bklyner reported last week, the iconic eatery in now preparing to open a second, larger venue at 437 Fifth Avenue (between 8th & 9th Streets) in the former home of Sai Thai Kitchen.

Central Brooklyn

Brooklyn On Terra Firma

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Perhaps it was fitting that the 9th Annual Only Brooklyn Real Estate Conference was held at the Alamo Drafthouse. The upsurge in the borough in the past decade only could have been written from a Hollywood script. Only Brooklyn Real Estate Conference 2019 (Photo: Bojan Hohnjec Studio for