Business
The new Uptown Roasters located at 355 7th Avenue (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) Unlike its neighbor Starbucks just a block away, Uptown Roasters [http://www.uptownroasters.com/], located at 355 7th Avenue (between 10th and 11th Streets), is a friendly, community-focused coffee shop that wants to bring neighbors together
camps
Locals Surf School (Photo by Andrea Waters)Tweens: too old for summer camp and too young to work. Too old to be babysat, too young to be set free! What is a parent to do? We’ve come up with a variety of ways to keep these young adults entertained
Business
Flatbush Farm will close February 25th (Photo by samschlim via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BL6Z4eaAT0Q/?taken-at=234591124])Damon Gorton, owner of Flatbush Farm and Barn, located at 76 Saint Marks Avenue, has announced that he will close both businesses on February 25th. Gorton posted a letter to the
News
Photo via Chelsea Skye/twitter [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BYOBAG?src=hash]) Yesterday, New York State lawmakers approved a measure to delay the City Council’s Plastic Bag Bill, which would slap a 5 cent fee on disposable grocery bags. The Republican-led State Senate voted in favor of a moratorium
Announcements
Brooklyn’s premiere design event, BKLYN DESIGNS [http://www.bklyndesigns.com], is gearing up for another successful edition at the Brooklyn Expo Center [http://brooklynexpocenter.com/] in Greenpoint from May 5-7, 2017. Presented by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce [http://www.ibrooklyn.com/], the show will kick off the first
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via Ditmas Park Corner)There’s a large number of New York City drivers who register their cars out-of-state, costing the city an estimated $73 million in unpaid parking tickets, $1 million in license plate fees, and more than $93 million in tax revenue, reports Crain’s New York
Arts & Culture
The Parking Spot movie poster (via Mario Corry)The struggle of finding a prime parking space on the streets of Brooklyn can be mundane, frustrating, contentious—and humorous? Bay Ridge actor and filmmaker Mario Corry thinks so. He recently wrote and starred in The Parking Spot, a short film satirizing
Neighbors
Coronet Gotham, 142 King Street, Red Hook, via Google Maps, circa August 2014 Dyker Heights resident Vasillios Georgiadis, aka William Georgiadis, 64, and his company, Coronet Gotham LLC (“Coronet Gotham”), located at 142 King Street in Red Hook have been charged with insurance fraud, grand larceny, failure to secure workers’
Business
mŏkbar, 212 Flatbush Avenue (Photo via mŏkbar)One of Zagat’s 2015 30 Under 30 “Rock Stars,” [https://www.zagat.com/30under30/2015/new-york-city#7] chef Esther Choi, is bringing mŏkbar [http://mokbar.com/], her popular Chelsea Market ramen spot, to Brooklyn. Opening Wednesday, February 8th at 212 Flatbush Avenue
Announcements
Photo via Department of Youth & Community Development [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dycd/html/jobs/syep.shtml]Attention neighbors between the ages of 14 and 24! If you’re looking for a summer job, you can apply now for the city’s Summer Youth Employment Program [http://www1.nyc.
Arts & Culture
Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Angela Y. Davis (Photo by Haymarket Books via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BPnCfbBjhdP/?taken-by=haymarketbooks]) With the closing of Cobble Hill’s beloved Bookcourt [/shuttering-bookcourt-space-sold-for-13-6-million-one-developer-in-deal-terminated-leases-of-gowanus-artist-studios/] at the end of last year, it seems more important than ever to support local independent bookstores. It’
Arts & Culture
(Photo via Noah Haidu)In New York City’s unofficial theme song, Frank Sinatra famously promised that if you can make it here, you’ll make it anywhere. For Park Slope pianist Noah Haidu [http://www.noahhaidu.com], exactly the opposite was true. After dropping out of Rutgers, Haidu tried