Business
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerCalaveras [http://www.calaverasmexicangrill.com/], the Mexican restaurant at 2905 Fort Hamilton Parkway which opened last year [/food/calaveras-a-new-mexican-restaurant-at-2905-fort-hamilton-parkway-is-now-open] and was put up for sale a few months ago [/business/calaveras-restaurant-on-fort-hamilton-parkway-is-for-sale/], has now been sold and the owners will be closing up shop this Saturday. “We
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Shannon Geis/KensingtonBkAlmost exactly a year ago Batata opened its doors [/business/batata-celebrates-its-grand-opening-at-3021-fort-hamilton-parkway/] on Fort Hamilton Parkway and began serving up delicious Middle Eastern dishes. We stopped by this week to grab some breakfast eats from their all day breakfast menue, but this isn’t the place to
Adoptable Pet of the Week
We are a day late to celebrate National Cat Day [http://www.nationalcatday.com/] , but never fear, we have an amazing feline to introduce to you! Looking for a new companion? Miss Phoenix enjoys being pet and brushed for short periods of time, and follows her foster mama all around
Councilman Brad Lander
Photo by Bernard Surulo [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=355377754671731&set=o.143224269148309&type=1] After this week’s rain caused familiar flooding at the south ramp of the Fort Hamilton Parkway subway station, forcing pedestrians to scale the guard rail if they didn’t want
fort hamilton
As photographed by amberala [http://instagram.com/p/zAjbzyTSkp/?modal=true]. Have a favorite photo you’ve taken in the neighborhood lately? Let us know! You can email it to us at editor@kensingtonbk.com or tag it #kensington on Instagram, and we’ll post it to the blog. Also,
asbestos
We had several people reach out to us yesterday about an “asbestos situation” at the Fort Hamilton subway station Friday evening – according to neighbors, there was tape warning of asbestos that surrounded the teller booth and the area immediately surrounding it. “MTA workers were wandering around, and there was a
Col. Cook Square
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It’s spring and Anthony Carrubba, the owner of Fina, has rolled back the gate covering his forthcoming pizza cave [/business/fina-a-new-pizzeria-bar-to-open-on-fort-hamilton-parkway] at 3007 Fort Hamilton Parkway, between E 3rd and E 2nd Streets. While we were there, Wheated [http://wheatedbrooklyn.com/] owner David Sheridan, from Church Avenue, dropped by
Fina
Here’s Anthony Carrubba on the chilliest day of the year, no gloves, light jeans, and a hoodie, watching a workman slowly move a brand-new wood-burning pizza oven set up on tracks back to the rear of his store. It’s the star of his new pizzeria and bar called
18th ave
New Utrecht Avenue subway station. (Source: MTAphotos via Flickr).Subway riders gasping for air while climbing the five flights of stairs at the New Utrecht Avenue subway station are getting some sweet relief… in about five years. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle is reporting [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/mta-building-elevator-new-utrecht-ave-subway-station-2013-10-15-161500] that
fort hamilton parkway
Steeplechase Coffee [http://www.steeplechasecoffee.com/] celebrates its second anniversary at 3013 Fort Hamilton Pkwy today, July 9. Lynn McKee and her husband, Keith, moved from South Slope [http://southslopenews.com/] to Kensington when they were expecting twins. Though they were happy to have more space, they missed their regular
Barrier
While walking past the concrete barrier that runs along Fort Hamilton Parkway from Park Circle to about East 5th Street next to the bike lane, we noticed how, well, dingy it’s gotten since it was painted with a new design in October, 2011 [http://karmabrooklyn.blogspot.com/2011/10/