Business
PARK SLOPE – Woodland, the controversial bar/restaurant that has been the cause of ire for many of its neighbors since opening in 2012, settled with the State Liquor Authority [https://www.sla.ny.gov] (SLA) last week to renew its liquor license. Woodland (on left), 242 Flatbush Avenue (Photo: Pamela
community
FORT GREENE – The Fort Greene Park Conservancy [http://www.fortgreenepark.org/fort-greene-park/] (FGPC) will celebrate its 20th anniversary by hosting Monumental 2018: A Celebration Under the Stars—a night of food, community, and dancing in the park. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/288374565036326/]The outdoor event will celebrate
Business
Brooklyn does not have a shortage of great places to go for pizza, whether for a slice or an entire pie. Three new spots recently opened up in the borough offering their own unique spin on a New York classic. LBK, 669 Union Street (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)LBK [https:
Bensonhurst
PARK SLOPE/BOERUM HILL – Restaurants serving meals in bowls for a fast, casual, and healthy dining experience have been popping up across the city in recent years. BKLYNER already recommended Prospect Heights’ PokéBowl Station [/the-bite-pokebowl-station-in-prospect-heights/] earlier this year. Now, two more bowl eateries have recently debuted in Park Slope and
Business
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The first three commercial tenants for the 17-story, 278 unit, LEED Silver-certified luxury condo building [http://550vanderbilt.com/] located at 550 Vanderbilt Avenue have been announced. 550 Vanderbilt, between Pacific & Dean (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)550 Vanderbilt will soon be home to three Brooklyn-based businesses including Van
environment
McCarren Park BBQ areas map, via NYC ParksWILLIAMSBURG/GREENPOINT – NYC Parks has created three new barbecue areas in McCarren Park, just in time for the warmer weather we are supposed to finally have this week. Nine double-headed grills, 18 new picnic tables, and three large, red charcoal bins are now
Business
Glenn Alan and Cynthia Gordy, the duo behind Instagram’s “Black Owned Brooklyn” (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Last week, our list of black-owned coffeeshops [/black-owned-coffee-shops-alternatives-to-starbucks-in-brooklyn/] generated an enormous reader response. Even Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams got in on the action, launching a #BLKCoffeeInBK [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BLKCoffeeInBK?src=hash]
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Business
[UPDATED: Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 4:40pm] Back to the Land’s owner, David Basham, told BKLYNER Thursday afternoon that the store’s final day will be Sunday, April 29. The store’s lease did not expire, as previously reported. Basham explains that business has decreased significantly, making it
Announcements
SUNSET PARK – Swale [http://www.swaleny.org/], a floating forest built on a barge housing a 5,000-square-foot edible garden, will sail to the Brooklyn Army Terminal [https://www.bklynarmyterminal.com/] in May. Swale, 2017 (Photo: Katharina Keifert)Created by artist Mary Mattingly [http://marymattingly.com/], the public artwork travels
Arts & Culture
2,500 people via McWatters [https://medium.com/@mmcwatters/the-population-of-a-q-e7418c737fad] * Harbor Seal Spotted Sunbathing In Gowanus This Past Week-End [https://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2018/04/harbor-seal-spotted-sunbathing-in.html] (PMFA) * Population of the Q Train [https://medium.com/@mmcwatters/the-population-of-a-q-e7418c737fad] (McWatters) * Oceanside Grill at the renovated Aquarium [http://beta.nydailynews.com/new-york/
Business
CLINTON HILL – After learning that the Putnam Avenue building they have called home since 2011 had been sold [/after-losing-lease-brooklyn-food-co-op-fights-to-stay-alive/], members of the Greene Hill Food Co-op [http://www.greenehillfood.coop] launched a fundraising page [https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-save-the-greene-hill-food-co-op-community] in an effort to raise enough cash to relocate the
Business
GRAVESEND – Work at the old Staples location at 1949 Stillwell Avenue has been progressing quickly, following the approval of plans in late December, and the building is starting to look a lot more like a Foodtown – which it will become soon, though we have not been able to confirm the