Business
GOWANUS – A new music venue/bar/café will open next month at the historic ASPCA headquarters building at 233 Butler Street. 233 Butler Street (Photo courtesy of Public Records)Public Records [https://publicrecords.nyc/?fbclid=IwAR2SpwzpkbEAwMWkb7adYzDeYat3khWdXtO9w_UczTD8mQgXE43IEfimXfA] will feature an all-day vegan café and magazine shop as well as two
Central Brooklyn
SPONSORED: City Councilmember and lifelong Brooklyn resident Rafael Espinal is running to be New York’s next Public Advocate in a special election on February 26th. With a diverse coalition of supporters including the Freelancers Union, environmental activists, small business people, and the Teamsters, he’s in a strong position
Business
PARK SLOPE – Popular gift shop and neighborhood fixture, The Clay Pot [https://www.clay-pot.com/bridal/], will be shuttering next month after 50 years on 7th Avenue. Sally and Robert Silberberg in front of The Clay Pot on the shop’s opening day, 1969 (Photo courtesy of Tara Silberberg)Waning
Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS/COBBLE HILL – Carroll Gardens neighbors will have an opportunity next week to share their ideas for improvements to Carroll Park (bounded by Court, President, Smith, and Carroll Streets). NYC Parks is hosting a visioning session at 7pm on Tuesday, February 26 across the street from the green space
Arts & Culture
Lose yourself in one of the many arts-related events happening throughout Brooklyn this weekend. Gallery Players will be showing a new take on a classic fairy tale in Once Upon a Mattress while The Bed Stuy Art Stroll will explore arts, hip-hop, and murals during their self-guided tour. There are
Business
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – CAVA [https://cava.com/], a Washington, DC-based fast-casual Mediterranean eatery will celebrate its grand opening Thursday, February 21 at 345 Adams Street (north of Willoughby Plaza) by offering free meals to the first 100 guests starting at 10:45am. Founded by three childhood friends—Ike Grigoropoulos, Ted Xenohristos,
Central Brooklyn
Flatbush Malls (Photo courtesy Sean Claffey via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10216556796985887&set=pcb.10216556797985912&type=3&theater&ifg=1] )The remnants of a car that burst into flames last Wednesday morning (Feb. 13) at Flatbush Avenue and Fleet Street were finally
Announcements
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN/PARK SLOPE – Every year Brooklyn Borough Hall celebrates Black History Month by honoring leaders and “modern-day heroes” who have worked toward advancing equality and justice in the borough. Next week’s 6th Annual Black History Month Celebration will continue the tradition by honoring local educators. Join Brooklyn Borough
Development
RED HOOK – Thor Equities may be revising its plans for Red Hoek Point [http://redhoekpoint.com], the “revolutionary office campus” proposed for the former Revere Sugar Refinery site. Rendering via SCAPE Red Hoek Point presentation to CB6, Feb. 22, 2018The 7.7-acre mixed-use campus planned for 280 Richards Street may
Announcements
2017 Prospect Park Soiree (Photo: Jonathan Grassi)PROSPECT PARK – Spring is just 29 days away [https://days.to/spring/2019]. Those counting down until the return of warmer weather and outdoor activities should get their tickets now for the third annual Prospect Park Soiree [https://soiree.prospectpark.org/?utm_source=
community
PARK SLOPE – An outdoor public seating area will be coming soon to the curbside space in front of Pokéworks on 7th Avenue between 5th and 6th Streets. Pokéworks, 258 7th Avenue between 5th & 6th Streets (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) The national fast-casual poke bowl chain opened at 258 7th
Bed Stuy
Brooklyn Tea at 524 Nostrand Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant (Photo: compliments of Brooklyn Tea’s website)BEDFORD STUYVESANT — These two entrepreneurs are “serving tea” in Brooklyn, but not the gossipy kind. Amid a high-caffeinated corridor in Bedford Stuyvesant, steps away from the busiest train station in the borough, owners Ali