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Image via Google Maps.The multi-faceted arts organization and publishing company, e-flux [http://www.e-flux.com/], will be serving up dinner instead of emails with their new restaurant coming to Clinton Hill. They’re still getting things in place before opening up at 224 Greene Avenue where they recently applied
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Courtesy of Park Slope Performing ArtsSlowly but surely, a theater training program for kids and teens has built on its deep neighborhood roots. Park Slope Performing Arts [https://parkslopeperformingarts.com/] is a family-owned business located in Windsor Terrace (135 Windsor Place just off Prospect Park West). The business is co-owned
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Courtesy of Metro FleaThe PS 321 Flea Market [https://www.facebook.com/PS-321-Flea-Market-Park-Slope-1044184418965561/] (180 7th Avenue between 1st and 2nd Streets) re-opened under new management in early March, a Park Slope institution which plans to make adjustments in order to become more “neighbor-friendly and vendor-friendly,” according to James LaMorte, owner
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Photo via Di Fara PizzaThe Avenue J building that houses neighborhood institution Di Fara Pizza is up for sale, reports NY Eater [http://ny.eater.com/2016/4/7/11385778/di-fara-pizza-building]. The owners of 1424 Avenue J have put the building on the market for roughly $4 million, but Di
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Photo via Di Fara PizzaThe Avenue J building that houses neighborhood institution Di Fara Pizza is up for sale, reports NY Eater [http://ny.eater.com/2016/4/7/11385778/di-fara-pizza-building]. The owners of 1424 Avenue J have put the building on the market for roughly $4 million, but Di
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Interior of Butterfunk Kitchen. (Photo by Butterfunk Kitchen)Butterfunk Kitchen [http://butterfunkkitchen.com/] — a “Soul Food Restaurant & Juke Joint” — opened its doors this past Saturday, April 2nd and it’s definitely a standout, with family recipes handed down over several generations making their Windsor Terrace debut thanks to husband-and-wife
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Photo: Liena ZagareThe cuisine of Uzbekistan — and the romance of the Silk Road — have a new home on Coney Island Avenue. Uzbeki restaurant Samir, which is on Coney Island Avenue near Avenue C, has recently opened. The restaurant is finalizing its menu but owner Danny Azizov showed us a preliminary
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Courtesy of The Matzo Project.Passover will begin soon, on April 22, which marks the start of eating unleavened bread for eight days. Fortunately, The Matzo Project [http://www.matzoproject.com/] will now be on hand to liven up the bread-eating, with three flavor options available: Matzo Buttercrunch: Milk Chocolate
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The block of Coney Island Avenue, near Glenwood Road, on which Pearl Travel was located. (Photo: Google Maps)A local travel agent has been indicted for defrauding area taxi cab drivers, home health aides, postal workers and Uber drivers who paid for travel packages and plane tickets that never materialized.
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Courtesy of The Matzo Project.It’s almost that time of year — sundown on April 22, to be exact. Passover will begin, as does the eating of unleavened bread for eight days. The first and second day, well, the ritual is pretty exciting. But as the days go on, let’
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Photo by Erika ClarkThe Grand Prospect Hall [http://www.grandprospect.com/] (263 Prospect Avenue) was packed Wednesday night with hungry and thirsty neighbors ready to sample the food and drink from the expansive and eclectic 5th Avenue. The 5th Annual Taste of Fifth was sponsored by the extremely active Park
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[Left-Right] Randy Peers, Chief Executive Officer of OBT, Assembly Assistant Speaker Felix W. Ortiz, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, senior advisor to Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, Andrew Kimball, CEO of Industry City, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez, Council Member Carlos Menchaca, Senator Martin J. Golden, Senator Velmanette Montgomery, and Dr. Russell Hotzler,