Announcements
PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Community Board 8’s permits and licenses committee on Monday voted against recommending to support a “change of operations” to allow live music and backyard entertaining at Soda Bar in Prospect Heights. Drinks at Soda Bar & Lounge. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)According to the New York
Business
By Kelli Anderson/Jen Snow, Courtesy of Russ & DaughtersNAVY YARD – Russ & Daughters, the defining Lower East Side appetizing joint — and an old New York Jewish standby that has managed to keep up with the times — opened its doors officially in a sprawling space in the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Animals
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The borough’s first feline cafe, Brooklyn Cat Cafe [https://www.catcafebk.com/], held an official grand opening on Wednesday at its new home at 76 Montague Street. Having moved in December into the landmarked building that previously housed Friend of a Farmer restaurant, the new Brooklyn Cat
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The Brooklyn Community Board 2 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb2/index.page] Executive Committee voted against a liquor license for a boozy Taco Bell planned for 58 Court Street in Brooklyn Heights. Taco Bell Cantina at 1034 Flatbush Avenue, Flatbush via Google MapsThe national chain is pushing
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – A popular produce market housed in a one-story building at 181 Atlantic Avenue may soon be demolished to make way for a new four-story mixed-use development. Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable, 181 Atlantic Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)On Monday evening, the Community Board 2 [https://www1.nyc.gov/
Business
GOWANUS – A new music venue/bar/café will open next month at the historic ASPCA headquarters building at 233 Butler Street. 233 Butler Street (Photo courtesy of Public Records)Public Records [https://publicrecords.nyc/?fbclid=IwAR2SpwzpkbEAwMWkb7adYzDeYat3khWdXtO9w_UczTD8mQgXE43IEfimXfA] will feature an all-day vegan café and magazine shop as well as two
Announcements
Yemen Café at 7130 Fifth Ave. in Bay Ridge. Scam artist secured thousands of dollars from owners after claiming he’d fronted the money for OATH fines levied against the business. (Photo credit: Mahmood Alsubai)BAY RIDGE — A Bay Ridge man scammed thousands of dollars from a local restaurant in
Business
PARK SLOPE – Popular gift shop and neighborhood fixture, The Clay Pot [https://www.clay-pot.com/bridal/], will be shuttering next month after 50 years on 7th Avenue. Sally and Robert Silberberg in front of The Clay Pot on the shop’s opening day, 1969 (Photo courtesy of Tara Silberberg)Waning
Business
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – CAVA [https://cava.com/], a Washington, DC-based fast-casual Mediterranean eatery will celebrate its grand opening Thursday, February 21 at 345 Adams Street (north of Willoughby Plaza) by offering free meals to the first 100 guests starting at 10:45am. Founded by three childhood friends—Ike Grigoropoulos, Ted Xenohristos,
Bed Stuy
Brooklyn Tea at 524 Nostrand Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant (Photo: compliments of Brooklyn Tea’s website)BEDFORD STUYVESANT — These two entrepreneurs are “serving tea” in Brooklyn, but not the gossipy kind. Amid a high-caffeinated corridor in Bedford Stuyvesant, steps away from the busiest train station in the borough, owners Ali
Business
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Big changes are happening at City Point [https://citypointbrooklyn.com]! Dine-in movie theater Alamo Drafthouse [https://drafthouse.com/calendar/downtown-brooklyn] is planning a major expansion at its Downtown Brooklyn home. City Point, 445 Albee Square West (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)The Austin-based cinema chain will add 25,000
Announcements
The Ocean Queen Rockstar, a 350-passenger ferry and the latest addition to the NYC fleet (Via NYC EDC)CONEY ISLAND — City Councilman Mark Treyger wants ferry service fares reduced for students enrolled in New York City schools. Treyger, who chairs the council’s Committee on Education, will introduce the bill