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227 4th Avenue, the former Brooklyn Lyceum is now home to Blink Fitness (April 2017 photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)PARK SLOPE – After debuting a new gym at a former 4th Avenue bathhouse [/blink-fitness-opens-in-historic-brooklyn-lyceum-building-august-1/] last August, Greystone Development has decided to put the landmarked building up for sale again. The
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SUNSET PARK – The business boom continues in Sunset Park with three companies announcing new locations in the neighborhood, joining the home design emporium ABC Carpet & Home [http://www.abchome.com] which debuted a new 80,000-square-foot store at Industry City last fall. > [https://www.instagram.com/p/BcNCtgyBkaj/
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PokéBowl Station, 237 Flatbush Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Restaurants serving poké [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/poke-bowl-recipes_us_5743abb0e4b0613b512b1bfd] , a Hawaiian dish consisting of cubes of raw fish served over rice, have been popping up across the city in the last year or so, with one recently
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212 Pacific Street via Google MapsBOERUM HILL – Java lovers will be happy to hear that Stumptown Coffee Roasters [https://www.stumptowncoffee.com/] has signed a lease for a new retail location at 212 Pacific Street in Boerum Hill, The Real Deal [https://therealdeal.com/2018/01/11/brooklyn-blend-stumptown-inks-lease-for-its-only-bk-coffee-shop/] reports. Situated
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When Yair Reiner got up in front of the “sharks,” all the nervousness left him. “Up until I got in there, I was nervous,” he said. “It was a little like an out-of-body experience for me.” Yair Reiner was pitching a panel of investors on ABC’s “Shark Tank” [http:
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https://bklyner.s3.amazonaws.com/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/staff.mp4One of the projects we worked on last year was our identity – what does a Brooklyn-wide news organization look like these days? [http://www.wkshps.com/projects/bklyner/] How do we keep the feeling of old-school, homegrown, neighborhood news
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GOWANUS/WILLIAMSBURG – Try to hold off this week’s grocery shopping until Thursday if you can, as Whole Foods Market [http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/mission-values/caring-communities/community-giving] will donate 5% of net sales at its Gowanus and Williamsburg locations on that day to Emma’s Torch [/emmas-torch-classroom-cafe-empowers-refugees-prepares-them-for-culinary-careers/] , the non-profit Red
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PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS – Brooklyn’s beloved Greenlight Bookstore [http://www.greenlightbookstore.com] is recovering after a flood soaked nearly 1,000 titles at its 632 Flatbush Avenue outpost. Courtesy of Greenlight BookstoreA pipe burst in the space above the bookshop at approximately 6pm on Wednesday, sending streams of water down through
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via Home Evolutions Corp.When I was maybe ten or eleven, space got a little tight in our house and my parents decided to renovate the garage to be, in part, a room for me. It was super exciting since I got to make what wound up being some distinctly
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“CrossFit is very primal. It stimulates the central nervous system.”Photo by Lisa HaefnerMaria has been doing epic profiles for us of places like George’s Diner [/georges-restaurant-neighborhood-diner-going-strong-six-decades-later/], JoMart Chocolates [/confectionately-conversation-son-son-candymaker/], Leo Lee [/leo-lee-serving-our-community-for-66-years-from-the-kitchen-of-new-toysun-to-the-aisles-of-discount-plus-ditmas-park/] , and The Moshmans. [/always-smiling-three-generations-dentists-
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PARK SLOPE – So many great restaurants [/tag/food-drink/] opened up in and around Park Slope in 2017. Some became instant neighborhood favorites while some sadly never caught on and shuttered. Below is a list of seven of our favorite spots that opened up this year. What’s your favorite new
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A new supermarket could potentially replace 15 parking spaces in an existing condo building located at 35 Underhill Avenue between Pacific and Dean Streets, according to New York YIMBY [https://newyorkyimby.com/2017/12/supermarket-proposed-for-35-underhill-avenue-prospect-heights-brooklyn.html] . The Washington, 35 Underhill Avenue (Photo: Joe Strini via Property Shark)The