Business
CONEY ISLAND – 30 business and property owners in Coney Island have signed a petition to send to the Department of Small Business Services hoping to prevent a business improvement district (BID) from forming in their neighborhood. The map above includes the very preliminary boundaries and is not the final BID
Business Improvement District
The Flatbush-Nostrand Junction BID [http://www.flatbushjunctionbid.com/] is holding a board meeting tomorrow afternoon at 1pm and members of the public are welcome to attend. Flatbush Junction BID Executive Director Kenneth Mbonu says the meeting will center on BID initiatives going forward as well as collaborations, retail attraction and
Brooklyn Community Board 2
Photo by Fort Greene Focus.The Fulton Area Business (FAB) Alliance [http://faballiance.org] is one step closer to expanding its boundaries to include a few extra blocks of businesses: * on the southern side of Lafayette Avenue between St. Felix Street and Fort Greene Place (Brooklyn Medical Plaza), * the northern
Balmir
About 13,000 people flocked to the annual Flatbush Avenue Street Fair [/blog/events/enjoy-games-rides-vendors-more-at-the-flatbush-avenue-street-fair-this-sunday-june-14] on Sunday — about a third more than last year, and the festivities celebrated the people and businesses along the avenue with dancing, music, carnival games, food, and more. For the event, which is organized by
70 Martense Street
From an off-duty plumber rescuing two children trapped in a burning building to neighborhood businesses donating clothes, and, of course, the always courageous firefighters, our community immediately pulled together today to help a family left homeless by a devastating fire at 70 Martense Street, between Bedford and Flatbush Avenues. Just
arts and entertainment
Updated 1:03pm: The Church Avenue and Flatbush Avenue BIDs let us know they’re thrilled that so many of you have reached out to them about tickets, but because there’s such a demand they are now starting to wait list people and are responding as quickly as they
2211 Church Avenue
[/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Meat-Palace_Before-and-After_Press1.jpg]Meat Palace [http://www.yelp.com/biz/meat-palace-supreme-brooklyn] (1811 Church Avenue), photographed before and after undergoing the Church Avenue BID’s storefront restoration program. The Church Avenue BID [https://www.churchavenue.org/] is inviting all neighborhood contractors and architects to its contractor
Business Improvement District
Outdoor dining, free musical entertainment and shopping bargains are coming to Church and Flatbush Avenues this Friday, when the Church Avenue BID [https://www.churchavenue.org/] and Flatbush Avenue BID [http://www.flatbushavebid.com/] will kick off the sidewalk sales event that the groups are co-hosting through Sunday, August 24.
"Brooklyfication of Brooklyn"
The sunset over Manhattan as seen from Fort Greene always looks beautiful, but we especially like this one snapped on a late summer evening. (Photo by Francisco Daum [http://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/])Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. It was a fall-like weekend in the nabe, with
Business Improvement District
After four years as the head of 5th Avenue’s Business Improvement District [http://parkslopefifthavenuebid.com], Executive Director Irene LoRe retired earlier this summer, paving the way for longtime member Mark Caserta to take the helm. The BID’s summer programs, which include the South Slope Summer Strolls [/blog/events/