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Carvel Ice Cream Coming To Ditmas Park!

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerDITMAS PARK – Get ready, Ditmas Park, because Carvel is making its way to the neighborhood! There aren’t many ice cream shops in the neighborhood. In fact, the Baskin Robbins on Coney Island Avenue and 18th Avenue is pretty much the only spot to find a sundae.

“Meet Me Downtown” is a Vibrant Document of Change in Brooklyn

Meet Me Downtown is part of Culture Forward, and is on view this week at 80 Hanson Place (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)DOWNTOWN – The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s Culture Forward [http://www.downtownbrooklyn.com/cultureforward] festival launched last night with an exhibition of street photographs that documented the rapidly changing face

New Restaurants Coming Soon to Franklin Street

GREENPOINT – Normally a messy restaurant interior would drive customers away, but passers-by have been exited by seeing the clutter inside some Franklin Street storefronts: tools and workbenches, paint cans and drop cloths—all signs of the construction that suggests new restaurants coming soon. At 208 Franklin, signage has gone up

Mi Pueblita Bakery Opens On Coney Island Avenue

Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park CornerWe recently posted about a new bakery coming to Coney Island Avenue [/blog/food/new-bakery-coming-to-coney-island-avenue/] between Cortelyou and Dorchester roads, and it looks like it is now open! Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park CornerMi Pueblita Bakery, 781 Coney Island Avenue, opened its doors

New Bakery Coming To Coney Island Avenue

Photo by Kensington BKWe noticed this sign up in 781 Coney Island Avenue, between Cortelyou and Dorchester roads, recently in the former Amazing Saver Discount & Grocery [/blog/food/amazing-saver-discount-grocery-is-now-open-at-781-coney-island-avenue/] spot. We haven’t heard too much about the space yet, but we are looking forward to having more delicious

New Bakery Coming To Coney Island Avenue

Photo by Ditmas Park CornerWe noticed this sign up in 781 Coney Island Avenue, between Cortelyou and Dorchester roads, recently in the former Amazing Saver Discount & Grocery [/blog/food/amazing-saver-discount-grocery-is-now-open-at-781-coney-island-avenue/] spot. We haven’t heard too much about the space yet, but we are looking forward to having more

Celebrate Atlas Steakhouse’s Soft Opening With Free Sangria & More (Sponsored)

Photo by Atlas SteakhouseAtlas Steakhouse [http://atlassteak.com], located at 943 Coney Island Avenue, brings the upscale food and fun of dining out in Manhattan to Ditmas Park for an affordable price. This brand new steakhouse is all about the experience. Taking inspiration from the Mediterranean steakhouse model, Atlas [http:

At First Bite: House-Made Gravlax At Ollie & Ry

It’s all about the house-made gravlax at the recently opened Ollie & Ry [https://plus.google.com/103836919454720498174/about], located at 242 5th Avenue between President and Carroll, in the space that was most recently 5th Avenue Bageltique Cafe, which closed this past December [/blog/business/5th-avenue-bageltique-closed-to-reopen-in-new-year-under-new-management] . The new

Brooklyn Proper Brings Seasonal Eats & Creative Cocktails To 16th Street

The next time you’ve spent the day in Prospect Park and you’re looking for a bite to eat, you might want to stray slightly off of Prospect Park West to a space that, for some reason, has had difficulty getting attention in the past. But now that Brooklyn

Premium Style Fashion Store Replaces Computer Center On Avenue U

The long-lived Sysut Computers Computer Service Center – one of the neighborhood’s first tech stores at 2021 Avenue U – has moved. In its place comes Premium Style, a new clothing store set to open soon. Apparently it will focus on European fashion. As for Sysut, a Yelp reviewer notes that