Central Brooklyn
Feeling like we’ve been overindulging in the many (stellar) Thai [/blog/food/happy-second-anniversary-am-thai-bistro/], Indian/Pakistani [/blog/food/bite-of-the-day-mashallah-indian/], Caribbean [/blog/food/bite-day-roti-oxtail-suzys-roti-parlour/], Italian [/blog/food/six-feet-food-cooked-675-square-feet-brancaccios-
Food & Drink
I did not get brunch, but I will next time. (Courtesy Instagram/goldenradish [https://www.instagram.com/p/BHqcCX0hieP/?taken-by=goldenradish&hl=en])How much should expectations weigh on your impression of a restaurant? Is it fair to grade on a curve? I walked into Walter’s [/?s=
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NYCHA renderings of Coney Island sites 4 & 5. (Courtesy: James McCullar Architecture Inc. [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nycha/downloads/pdf/RTR-CI%204&5.pdf])The New York City Housing Development broke ground on a $41 million project to restore the Coney Island Sites 4/5 development
fort greene
Clinton-Washington G Subway StationThe G train, which a New York Times writer recently dubbed Brooklyn’s “scrappy mascot [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/nyregion/short-trains-frequent-disruptions-once-mocked-the-g-train-is-now-cool.html] ” is (reportedly) getting a makeover. The four-car G line
Business
The fire took place at 561-563 5th Avenue on April 28, 2016. (Photo by Thom Widmann)A late April fire shuffled around a series of businesses on 5th Avenue, and a damaged storefront is coming to life. On April 28, 60 firefighters were called to 561 and 563 5th
Business
(Photo: Elizabeth Elizalde / Sunset Park Voice)When Helado de Coco at LuVums Tropical Ices (7th Avenue between 47th and 48 Streets) [http://luvums.com/index.html] in Sunset Park opened its doors in 2014, loyal customers spread the word that their neighborhood ices have returned to its Brooklyn roots. “It
News
Courtesy of NYC Department of Design and ConstructionA project to expand storm sewers and increase drainage capacity in Coney Island — a neighborhood hard hit by Superstorm Sandy — is on track to be completed by March, two months ahead schedule. The $27.7 million project on parts of West 21st Street
Food & Drink
Salmon Teriyaki Bento Box. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)It’s time to get rebellious and even illegal for the sake of a good lunch. Sometimes, you have to do some radical things to truly enjoy food in our neighborhood. So, we recommend jaywalking. Ok, perhaps we can’
Bensonhurst
Photo via NYPDPolice are searching for an unknown man who stabbed a stranger outside a bodega on 86th Street and West 7th Street, right near the N train station, early Friday morning. The suspect slashed a 38-year-old man’s right arm multiple times with a knife on Friday,
Bensonhurst
Courtesy of NYC Department of Design and ConstructionA project to expand storm sewers and increase drainage capacity in Coney Island — a neighborhood hard hit by Superstorm Sandy — is on track to be completed by March, two months ahead schedule. The $27.7 million project on parts of West 21st Street
Central Brooklyn
(Photo courtesy Miami Dade Corrections)A Flatbush landlord and pastor was charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide last week, in connection with a fatal fire in his overcrowded, illegally subdivided building on Flatbush Avenue two years ago. The fire left one man dead and nine others injured, including four
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Photo courtesy of Pamela Harris/FacebookAmid media reports that she and her husband had fallen into debt and filed for bankruptcy in 2013 [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/08/more-trouble-for-harris/#.V6H7pNArLos], Assemblywoman Pamela Harris penned an open letter Tuesday attributing her financial hardship to series of health