Central Brooklyn
The outside of Brooklyn Suya on Franklin Avenue (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklnyer) CROWN HEIGHTS—On Franklin Ave., a Nigerian fast-casual restaurant that began as a pop-up will soon begin its sixth month in the neighborhood, where it serves traditional Nigerian cuisine with a twist to make it more accessible
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CROWN HEIGHTS — Retailers along the Franklin Avenue retail corridor are joining the food crawl trend this Sunday with the first-ever Tastes of Franklin Festival. The event runs four hours from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm along Franklin Avenue between Park and Sterling Place on June 2. Try tastings
affordable housing
CROWN HEIGHTS — Droves of people came out to a scoping hearing Tuesday where opponents and supporters battled it out over a rezoning plan that would allow the building of two 39-story mixed use towers along Franklin Avenue at the site of the old Spice Factory. A crowd gathers outside of
Announcements
Plans released for a development project at the Crown Heights Spice Factory. CROWN HEIGHTS — Plans to replace the Spice Factory on Franklin Avenue are moving forward in what is shaping up to be an enormous project that boasts nearly 1,600 units, half of which will be affordable to some.
community
Renderings used in a presentation for Franklin Avenue Rezoning on 09/26/2018. The Lincoln/Continuum site of the old Spice Factory is to the bottom right with the tall chimney stack.CROWN HEIGHTS – City Council approved the Franklin Avenue Rezoning plan with Cornell Realty [http://cornellrealty.com/] Thursday after
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK SOUTH – Police have released new video of the suspect wanted in connection with a rape that occurred in Prospect Park earlier this month. [/police-searching-for-man-who-raped-and-robbed-woman-in-prospect-park/] In addition, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has added $1,000 [https://twitter.com/BPEricAdams/status/1067784573935919110] to the $2,500 reward being offered