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Photo via JahbrewMore joy for caffeine connoisseurs across our neighborhood! Jahbrew Jamaican Coffee and Tea [https://www.facebook.com/Jahbrew-Coffee-and-Tea-938648139588807/] will be opening at 1491 Flatbush Avenue (and Glenwood Road) this Saturday. The new cafe will be having a ribbon cutting ceremony this Saturday at noon, with special guest, City
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Image via MakerBot [https://www.facebook.com/makerbot/photos/a.10152907102650137.1073741828.202406810136/10152907230105137/?type=3&theater] .3-D printing pioneer MakerBot has a track record of going against the grain and getting out ahead of a trend. But is its move to downsize its Industry City footprint by over
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Photo courtesy of Move With Grace.We’ve got a spring in our step after hearing this news: local yoga and juice studio Move With Grace [http://www.movewithgrace.com] is expanding to a second location — located just a few doors away at the former Karrot health food store! It’
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Photo courtesy of Comptroller Scott Stringer’s OfficeComptroller Scott M. Stringer was in Fort Greene with the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://myrtleavenue.org/], advocates, and small business owners Friday, to visit small businesses — including Brewklyn Grind [/blog/2014/09/16/now-open-brewklyn-grind-roasters/], Pushkin Creperie Bakery [http://www.yelp.com/biz/
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Image via Google Maps.With homelessness a growing concern in Sunset Park, Community Board 7 (CB 7) came together Wednesday, March 30, to discuss the issue — particularly as it surrounds the Red Carpet Inn (536 39th Street), which has been used as a site for temporary housing without the community’
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerIf you have a chance, take a look at this really interesting article about the Flatbush Caton Market [http://www.bkmag.com/2016/03/29/urbane-development-flatbush-caton-market/] that appeared in Brooklyn Magazine last week. The market is actually going to be demolished, and a new market will be
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Christopher Gallo works the egg cream counter. (Courtesy of Linda’s Brooklyn-Style Egg Creams [https://www.facebook.com/LindasEggCreams/photos/o.393721984135920/413648368809948/?type=3&theater] /Facebook)A local entrepreneur landed his first contract with the Yankees this summer — for his chocolate flavored drinks, that is. Linda’s Brooklyn-Style
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Image via Brooklyn Cat Cafe [http://www.instagram.com/catcafebk].Good news and bad news: The Cat’s Meow [http://www.instagram.com/catcafebk] — Fort Greene’s former pop-up cat cafe [/blog/2015/09/16/a-pop-up-cat-cafe-the-cats-meow-is-coming-to-354-myrtle-avenue-in-fort-greene/] — has found a permanent home, but it’s not in our neighborhood. The new
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The scene at 4th Avenue between 22nd and 23rd Street after Phil Dellegrazie was killed. Police created a tented area to provide privacy for the deceased. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop) The owner of a local iron works business was fatally struck by a carjacker [/police-fire/cops-hunt-two-carjackers-killed-greenwood-heights-man-with-his-own-car/] after
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Madiba [http://www.madibarestaurant.com/] will live on! That’s the message from the South African restaurant’s chef and owner Mark Henegan, who spoke exclusively to Fort Greene Focus. As we reported [/blog/2015/12/07/madiba-restaurant-launches-crowdfunding-campaign-to-savemadiba/] last December, Madiba — located at 195 DeKalb Avenue since 1999 — ran into
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Interior of Butterfunk Kitchen. (Photo: Butterfunk Kitchen)Butterfunk Kitchen [http://butterfunkkitchen.com] — a “Soul Food Restaurant & Juke Joint” — will open its doors on Saturday, April 2. The new dining spot will be located at 1295 Prospect Avenue (and Greenwood Avenue). Butterfunk Kitchen is the second restaurant venture for husband
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Did you know there’s an app to help you make money by utilizing your driveway, and to help you easily find parking? Parklee, a parking mobile app launched Nov. 2015, has revolutionized the face of parking. This was created in order to optimize the timely process of big city