Announcements
CARROLL GARDENS – Borough President Eric Adams honored Emma’s Torch on Thursday with a “Hero of the Month” award. The award goes to individuals saving lives in a variety of ways throughout the borough. Adams has doled out tributes to Brooklyn heroes from the NYPD officers [http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/
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It’s easy to lose track, so we have compiled the openings from this fall, roughly south of the Park. Please do let us know whom we missed in the comments. OPENINGS: Tanoshii Ramen, 7718 5th Avenue, Bay Ridge This ramen place had a soft opening in December. The management
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Mazzola BakeryCARROLL GARDENS – Rows of earthen-red brownstones line the path to Mazzola Bakery in Carroll Gardens. The neighborhood has changed since the bakery’s start in 1928, but the familiar scent of freshly baked bread, now mixed with coffee, still fills the air as you approach the intersection of Union
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The art adorning the front of Rose Wolf Coffee was done by a local artist, recommended by the owner’s family tattoo artist (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)Walk into Rose Wolf Coffee on any given morning and the first thing that hits you is the smell of fresh-baked pastries. As in,
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE/WINDSOR TERRACE – NITEHAWK Prospect Park opens today in the building last occupied by The Pavillion movie house at 188 Prospect Park West with a 3:30 PM screening of The World Before Your Feet. The beautifully restored movie house has 7 theaters to show movies to 650 patrons
Bay Ridge
No need to worry about the last day to order when you can visit these local Brooklyn businesses for your last minute gifts. Did you forget to get a gift for a family member or office mate? Have you been too busy to shop? Do you prefer the thrill of
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DOWNTOWN – Downtown Brooklyn will be economically productive as well as safe this holiday season, promised Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams at a press conference at Borough Hall on Monday afternoon. Following a series of shootings in the area – one of them fatal – public officials and business leaders have begun coordinating
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Following a series of articles detailing issues at Winterfest at Brooklyn Museum, merchants participating in the event ask, despite the controversies, for locals to visit the holiday market to support the small businesses there. Winterfest at Brooklyn Museum (Photo: Nathan Haselby)“As a vendor here I can attest
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BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – Just northeast of downtown Brooklyn sits the Brooklyn Navy Yard [https://brooklynnavyyard.org], home to a museum, a whiskey distillery, carpenters, fashion designers, and fishmongers, situated not far from three NYCHA developments—Whitman, Farragut, and Ingersoll Houses. Brooklyn Navy Yard, Building 92, 63 Flushing Avenue (Photo: Ann
Announcements
Lakou Cafe at 195 Utica Avenue. The pastry and coffee shop is adding cocktails to the menu in 2019. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS — A neighborhood café in Crown Heights is looking to add cocktails to their assortment of coffee and crepes next year. Lakou Café [https://www.lakoucafe.
Big Story
City Councilmember Rafael Espinal speaks in front of City Hall on December 5. (Justin Mitchell/BKLYNR).City Councilmember Rafael Espinal’s bill to provide relief from the signage crisis sweeping the city [/merchants-take-down-signs-as-panic-over-fines-sweeps-city/] has been finalized, his office said Thursday. Espinal introduced the Awnings Act to combat onerous signage fees
Business
There are lots of businesses coming and going as we approach the end of the year. Check out our list of what’s recently opened, closed, or launching soon. OPENINGS: Aesop is coming to 225 5th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Aesop [https://www.aesop.com/us/], 225 5th Avenue