Business
The Salvation Army’s old location in Clinton Hill. (Photo via Google Maps.) Having left Clinton Hill over a year ago [/blog/2015/04/13/salvation-army-is-selling-its-clinton-hill-building-for-around-30-million/] , the saga of the Salvation Army will come to an end in Gowanus,
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Photo by Thom Widmann60 firefighters were called to 563 5th Avenue Thursday evening after the owner of Excelsior Bar [http://www.excelsiorbrooklyn.com/] (563 5th Avenue between 15th and 16th Streets) discovered smoke in their basement. The FDNY received the call at approximately 6:02pm on Thursday, April 28, and
Animals
Photo via Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153654191901483/?type=3&theater] Looking for a new companion? Prince loves to be social and he loves belly rubs. > Sean Casey says [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/
Business
A sign was posted by Helen Figueroa at Franchezka Unisex Salon. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)Franchezka Unisex Salon [http://www.yelp.com/biz/franchezka-unisex-brooklyn] (500 5th Avenue near 12th Street), which has been part of the neighborhood fabric for over 20 years, plans to close
News
[L-R] Deputy Inspector Frank DiGiacomo, Council Member Brad Lander, and Community Council President Wayne Bailey at National Night Out Against Crime. (Photo by Park Slope Stoop)Last Tuesday at the 78th Precinct Community Council meeting, some community members expressed outrage over street safety and comments from the police concerning
Events
Photo via tracywingrove [https://www.instagram.com/p/BEub7Nsise_/?tagged=brooklynbotanicalgarden&hl=en] The Cherry Blossoms are in full bloom and right on time. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival [http://www.bbg.org/visit/event/sakura_matsuri_2016] — “New York City’s rite of spring”
Arts & Culture
Community Bookstore and Tiny the cat will be part of the Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl this Saturday, April 30. (Photo by Lauren Gann)Here’s a holiday to get Brooklyn book lovers to rejoice. On Saturday, April 30, Independent Bookstore Day [http://www.indiebookstoreday.com/] will be taking place throughout the
Food & Drink
Our very own Park Slope Food Coop [https://www.foodcoop.com/] (782 Union Street near 7th Avenue) appeared on French TV last weekend. As first reported by Karma Brooklyn Blog [http://karmabrooklyn.blogspot.com/2016/04/these-supermarkets-defy-mass-market.html] , both the Park Slope and Windsor Terrace Food
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Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopWe don’t mean to pick on this gent outside of Fama Party Center (268 14th Street near 5th Avenue), but it was a painful sight watching him pop about 20 balloons. We couldn’t hear them from across the street, but perhaps those
Business
Brunswick Cafe at 240 Prospect Park West. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)Brunswick Cafe [http://www.brunswickcafe.com/prospect-park-west/] owner Alex Hall has a string of successful cafe businesses throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan. But this founder of a quintet of Australian-style coffee shops will be
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Image via Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector.There are new details on the proposed BQX streetcar intended to link the waterfront from booming Sunset Park [/blog/business/swift-massive-renovations-industry-city-now-attracting-general-public/] to Astoria, but there are some questions about just how much time riders
Food & Drink
Photo via Fiat Café [https://www.facebook.com/FiatCafeNYC/photos/a.907735122598422.1073741828.140914499280492/928463830525551/?type=3&theater] Perhaps it was a coincidence. When I stopped into the newly opened Fiat Café [http://www.fiatcafenyc.com/] (80 6th Avenue at St. Marks Avenue), the sun was washing the front