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7th Avenue

A collection of 29 issues

Is 55 Years Too Late To Create A Memorial For 1960 Park Slope Plane Crash?

Park Slope Plane Crash, December 16, 1960. (Photo via Brooklyn Public Library [http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/search~S64?/Xpark+slope+plane+crash&m=k&searchscope=64&SORT=D/Xpark+slope+plane+crash&m=k&searchscope=64&SORT=D&SUBKEY=park+slope+plane+crash/

Photo Of The Day: Saying Goodnight To The South

Photo by Kathie Lou MoserNeighbor Kathie Lou Moser took this photo at sunset, looking toward South Slope on 7th Avenue from the Old First Reformed Church [http://www.oldfirstbrooklyn.org/] on October 4. Take any photos in the neighborhood lately? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the

Flashback Friday: 7th Avenue Street Fair

Photo by Anders Goldfarb [http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/record=b11519254]We love looking back at the neighborhood in years past. Here is a photo of 7th Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets around 1978 during what appears to be a street fair. Check out all of the old shop signs!

Tasting Tacos & Tortas From Papi’s Grill

Papi’s TortaThis year, 7th Avenue will see its taco game grow quite a bit, as two new spots will be serving up Mexican fare. But while we wait for the well-known Chipotle to open between 1st and 2nd Streets [/blog/food/7th-avenue-is-getting-a-chipotle], we’ve already seen the first new

Now Open: The Estaminet

The first new coffee shop coming to 7th Avenue this year has opened, and it’s differentiating itself with crepes. The Estaminet [http://estaminetbrooklyn.com/] opened recently at 107A 7th Avenue, on the corner of President Street, in the space that was previously home to Spectacles [/blog/business/new-cafe-the-estaminet-coming-to-7th-avenue]. As

Update On The Multi-Million Dollar Condos Coming To Corner Of 7th Avenue & 2nd Street

The building at 187 7th Avenue, on the corner of 2nd Street, has long been a vacant, graffiti-covered mess. Rumors began in 2013 [/blog/neighbors/blighted-7th-avenue-building-might-have-a-new-owner] that it finally sold, and this past summer, news came out that a developer would turn the five-story building into luxury condos [http://www.

New Dry Cleaner Now Open On 7th Avenue

If you’re looking for a new spot to get that shirt cleaned or those pants hemmed, a new dry cleaner and tailor is now open on 7th Avenue. The shop, at 421 7th Avenue on the corner of 14th Street, recently opened in the space that was most recently

Burger Village To Replace Cheeburger Cheeburger On 7th Avenue

We’re going from burgers to burgers on the corner of 7th Avenue and 3rd Street. Signage for Burger Village [http://www.burgervillageny.com/] has gone up on the space at 222 7th Ave, which has been under construction [/blog/business/7th-avenue-update-spectacles-subway-spaces-for-rent-action-at-former-cheeburger-cheeburger] pretty much since the day Cheeburger Cheeburger abruptly

7th Ave’s Kim’s Grocery Soon To Be Mr. Lime Fruit & Vegetables

If the above sign is any indication, the neighborhood’s coolest produce will soon be found at Mr. Lime Fruit and Vegetables, which is currently setting up shop in the former Kim’s Grocery space at 313 7th Avenue, between 8th and 9th Streets. Kim’s closed their doors [/blog/

Blok Hill Now Open On 7th Avenue

The storefront at 103 7th Avenue, between Union and President Streets, didn’t stay empty for too long. After Rivet closed its location [/blog/business/now-closed-rivet] there earlier this month, the store’s former buyer decided to build her own shop in the space, and Blok Hill [http://blokhill.com/