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
Nonsponsored
The power of social media is at the epicenter of America’s body politic, but it can also serve as a gateway to refuge from the doldrums of the everyday grind. Put differently: Instagram isn’t just for bodega cats anymore. Here’s a group of grammable apartments from Southern
Arts & Culture
(Image via laolunyc [https://www.instagram.com/laolunyc/?hl=en]/instagram) Instagram celebrity Laolu Senbanjo [http://www.laolu.nyc], a Nigerian-born artist based in Ditmas Park, was making his mark all over NYC before getting the gig to body paint for Beyoncé’s Lemonade [http://www.beyonce.com/album/
News
Photo by hamiltonsbrooklyn via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BRnraXMjoxB/]Winter Storm Stella may have been downgraded [http://www.wnyc.org/story/getting-around-during-storm-our-transit-tracker] from a blizzard to a mere winter weather advisory in New York, but judging by all the Instagram posts, she’
Arts & Culture
The great blizzard of 2016 – otherwise known as Jonas – may be history, but the storm left mounds and mounds of powdery white snow in its wake. While some families immediately took to the sled slopes, others busted out their shovels and built a snowman. The result? Confirmation that Brooklynites are
1801 bath avenue
Photo by Abassi Middle Eastern Grocery [https://instagram.com/p/7p2jw1RmBn/]Many neighbors were disappointed when Sooo Delicious [/first-bite-bath-avenues-sooo-delicious-pan-ethnic-eatery-lives-name/] (1801 Bath Avenue) closed [/after-one-year-in-business-sooo-delicious-appears-to-have-closed-down/] earlier this summer. Well, now
City Kid Corner
Image via City Kid Corner [https://instagram.com/citykidcorner/]Can’t get enough City Kid Corner? We’re also on Instagram! Follow us @citykidcorner [https://instagram.com/citykidcorner/] for local family-friendly activities and some behind the scenes shots of our stories. Heading out to a local event, checking out
Park Slope
Photo by rettocamme [https://instagram.com/rettocamme/]Morning Glory creeps up during the afternoon rain. Thanks to @Magsthebookie [https://twitter.com/Magsthebookie] for helping us identify this plant. Take any photos in the neighborhood lately? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group
boots
[/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Screen-Shot-2014-06-30-at-5.24.10-PM.png] A tower of books and a lone boot were spotted on Cortelyou Road Monday morning, as photographed by subohnker [http://instagram.com/p/p3Rv6vQMU-/?modal=true]. Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com,
Taken on December 14 by jewbs79 [http://instagram.com/p/h7HYFXSV-A/]. Snap any neighborhood photos lately? Share them with us! Add them to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag them #southslope on Instagram, or email them to us at editor@bklyner.com and we’ll
Watch out for these guys. They’re trouble. Photo by theaschlendorf [http://instagram.com/p/f_eMsyPlq-/]. Have you snapped any South Slope photos lately? Share them with us! Add them to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag them #southslope on Instagram, or email them to
Photos
Photo by obviously_tma [http://snapwidget.com/view/?id=528846080541155560_196365215#.UhgremTXjkY]. Take any photos in South Slope recently? Share them with us! Add them to our Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope], tag them #southslope on Instagram, or email them to us at editor@bklyner.com and