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CLINTON HILL – Three months after closing its original location on Putnam Avenue, the Greene Hill Food Co-op [http://www.greenehillfood.coop] is back! Greene Hill Food Co-op’s new location at 1083 Fulton Street (Photo courtesy of Greene Hill Food Co-op)The member-owned, operated, and supported food co-op with more
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Barclays Center [https://www.barclayscenter.com/] announced on Thursday it will stop providing plastic straws by the end of the year, following in the footsteps of major corporations such as Starbucks, American Airlines, Hyatt, and Disney, who are phasing out the use of single-use straws. Barclays Center (Photo:
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Join the Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Summer Crawl and sample sumptuous cuisine from local culinary talent. Here’s a chance to eat, drink local and do good at the same time – Sunday, July 29, 2-6 pm. See the video about our Fall Crawl below! Take a walk along Smith, Court and
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via Industry CityUnlike the other Industry City [https://industrycity.com/] tenants we’ve profiled here, M Factory [http://www.mfactory.us/] did not move from somewhere else. It’s always been housed in Industry City [/todays-links-whole-foods-sinking-towards-gowanus-canal-free-phone-calls-at-new-york-jails-more/] , ever since being created by Modo Eyewear [https://www.modo.com/] a year and
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Seven months after reopening, The Islands, an exceedingly popular Jamaican restaurant in Prospect Heights, has a sparkling new review in The New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/dining/the-islands-review.html] and a packed house almost every night. The Islands, 671 Washington Avenue (Photo: Robin
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Whoever came up with the saying “Nothing is certain except death and taxes” left out one of life’s major inevitabilities: moving. Whether prompted by a new job, a change in circumstances, a birth or a death – moving gets harder each time, as you leave a community and place you
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Island Pops started with a fever. Shelly Marshall was back from a vacation to her childhood home of Trinidad and was sick, craving the tastes of her childhood—specifically, soursop ice cream. After an unsuccessful search of their neighborhood for the tropical treat, Shelly’s husband, Khalid Hamid, figured he
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PARK SLOPE – Pizza Secret has finally opened in the former Locanda Peperoncino space at 72 5th Avenue following a false start. Margherita pie at Pizza Secret, 72 5th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)“On April 6 I came here, sat down, and had a feeling that [the restaurant] was already
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FORT GREENE – Target shoppers will be happy to hear the construction that’s been happening at the Atlantic Terminal location will soon be completed, leaving an updated store that’s easier to shop. Target’s mascot, Bullseye (Photo: Nathan Haselby)The national chain plans to renovate 1,000 of its
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It’s not really a secret that more and more people will choose to make at least one career change at some point in their lives. The days of staying in one job – let alone one field – and working your way up over many decades are long gone. And that
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SOUTH SLOPE – Candy-lovers of all ages will experience sugar highs at a new 7th Avenue candy store where old-school American and UK sweets line the shelves in shiny glass bowls just like vintage candy shops of yore. Fferins of Brooklyn, 438 7th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Fferins of Brooklyn,
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PARK SLOPE – A reader sent in a tip earlier this week that a new Starbucks is setting up shop near the southeast corner of 4th Avenue and Union Street. 225 4th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Located beneath construction scaffolding at the Greystone Development site at 225 4th Avenue, the