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Image courtesy of Brooklyn Navy Yard Corporation.Last summer, we reported that Building 77 of the Brooklyn Navy Yard would be transformed — on its ground floors, at least — into a public food court [/blog/2015/07/29/a-food-court-and-community-space-will-connect-fort-greene-to-the-brooklyn-navy-yard/] and community space. Now we know what the anchor restaurant will be:
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This section of Church Avenue (between East 7th and East 8th Streets) may soon have a wine/liquor shop. (Photo: Sarah Crean)A new wine and liquor store is the probable next addition to the rapidly changing block of Church Avenue between East 7th Street and East 8th Street. R
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If you could name your new business after your best furry friend in the world, what would that name be? For Przemek Adolf, the answer is The Cynical Schnauzer [http://www.thecynicalschnauzer.com], named after his 18-month-old schnauzer, Jinkz. The new restaurant is slated to open in March inside 884
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If the owners of Sunset Park’s Fei Long Market [http://www.yelp.com/biz/fei-long-supermarket-brooklynhttp://www.yelp.com/biz/fei-long-supermarket-brooklyn] were trying to keep their bid [/owners-of-sunset-parks-fei-long-market-bids-on-waldbaums/#.VqjXvJMrLe0] on the shuttered Bensonhurst Waldbaums supermarket under wraps, their plan has failed. Another Asian grocer — identified as “JMart Group Inc.” — has
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T.E.A.L. CEO and Co-Founder Pamela Esposito-Amery. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)We’ll give you a moment to bookmark this page. [Reader bookmarks page.] Now that you’ve done that, we’ll tell you why: this information could very well save you or a loved
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Maybe it’s the Gowanus water that’s spurring the opening of a series of small studios in that area geared towards making our community fit, mindful, and healthy. A toxic cleanse, or sorts. Back in October, Maryam Zadeh opened her HIIT Box Studio [/blog/business/get-inside-hiit-box-fierce-trainer-maryam-zadeh/] (527 Carroll Street,
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Monkey Do! Yoga at 279 3rd Avenue opened December 2015. (Photo by Park Slope Stoop)Maybe it’s the Gowanus water that’s spurring the opening of a series of small studios in that area geared towards making our community fit, mindful, and healthy. A toxic cleanse, or sorts. Back
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342 Flatbush Avenue, future home of both Union Market and SoulCycle. (Photo by Park Slope Stoop)Are you ready for another high-end grocery store where you can get your gourmet cheese fix? How about a spinning gym that exists upstairs from that cheese which will offer a 45-minute class for
Bensonhurst
Photo by brokennecksfeatherweight [https://instagram.com/p/92IMD7tnN4/] via Instagram> Update [January 21, 1:33pm]: We’ve obtained court documents from Bill Wunner of Coupons in the News indicating that a bid indeed has been made by Fei Long Market. The contact person and email listed on the paperwork
Bensonhurst
Courtesy of Surrey EquitiesBensonhurst’s waterfront mini mall is about to expand. Real estate investment company Surrey Equities has filed plans [http://surreyequities.propertycapsule.com/properties/cae-ar--bay/#overview] to build a two-story, 11,500-square-foot building commercial building at Caesar’s Bay Shopping Center [http://www.yelp.com/biz/caesars-bay-bazaar-brooklyn], reports
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Photo by Ditmas Park CornerGreenlight Bookstore [http://www.greenlightbookstore.com/], the favorite Fort Greene independent bookstore, announced back in November that they were planning to open a second location along Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens [/blog/business/greenlight-bookstore-is-opening-second-location-in-prospect-lefferts-gardens/] , where one of the owners, Rebecca Fitting, lives. Now they have
Bensonhurst
Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanPizzaPizza lovers will be saddened to learn that a neighborhood staple will temporarily close its doors this week — though not for long! Zio Nino’s Pizzeria & Restaurant [http://www.yelp.com/biz/zio-ninos-brooklyn] (7203 18th Avenue), a no-frills spot famous for its rice balls