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City Proposes Expanding Supermarket Zoning Incentive to More Neighborhoods, And It’s About More Than Just Fresh Food

The Lincoln Market supermarket in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, which was developed under the city’s FRESH zoning incentive program. (Image: Google Maps)Public review has begun on a proposal to expand the number of neighborhoods where developers can build bigger in exchange for providing ground-floor space for a supermarket. The Food

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Black-Owned Brooklyn Gets Grant Money And Exposure For 20 Local Businesses

Skal Cafe was also awarded the grant. Photo Courtesy of VH1 and Black-Owned Brooklyn.Black-Owned Brooklyn, run by the husband and wife duo Tayo Giwa and Cynthia Gordy Giwa, has been featuring businesses on their Instagram and online publication since 2018. The pandemic highlighted issues and inequalities that have long

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20K-Square-Foot Aldi Supermarket Coming to Flatbush Junction

Flatbush Junction (Image: Google Maps)Flatbush is getting a new supermarket. The discount supermarket chain Aldi has signed a lease for a 20,110-square-foot space at 2201 Nostrand Avenue in the Flatbush Junction area. The store will take over space previously occupied by The Children’s Place and David’s

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Wonderforest Nature Preschool and Cain Sloan Store To Open At Pacific Park

38 Sixth Avenue in Pacific Park. (Image: Developer)A new pre-school and home decor shop are coming to Brooklyn. Greenland Forest City Partners, the developer responsible for creating the 22-acre mixed-use neighborhood known as Pacific Park, announced today that Wonderforest Nature Preschool had signed a 3,629-square-foot lease at 38

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West Elm Opens Outlet Store At Industry City

West Elm Outlet Store at Industry City. Image courtesy of Industry CityBrooklyn’s West Elm opened the company’s first outlet store today, naturally, in Brooklyn. The store joins retailers like Porcelanosa, Design Within Reach, and Restoration Hardware, as well as retail stores by Flavor Paper, Christophe Pourny Studio, cityFoundry,

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Target Coming to Church Avenue in Flatbush, Replacing Modell’s

Rendering of the site from Ripco Real EstateTarget is expanding its presence in Brooklyn with a new location in Flatbush. The new 28,201-square-foot location will be at 2101 Church Avenue between Flatbush Avenue and East 21st Street, according to the retailer’s corporate website, taking up the space formerly

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After Over a Decade in the Job, Executive Director of Pitkin Avenue BID Moves On

Daniel Murphy, executive director of the Pitkin Avenue BID, at the Pitkin Avenue Halloween Parade in 2017. (Image provided by Murphy)After more than ten years in the job, Daniel Murphy has left his role as the executive director of the Pitkin Avenue Business Improvement District (BID). Murphy’s departure

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OPINION: Keeping Retail Open Must Be Part of New York’s COVID-19 Response

Shuttered beauty salons. Ellie Plass, Bklyner.As we venture further into the winter months, discussions about what we can do to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in New York continue. Now, in designing our strategy for the holiday season and beyond, we must take care to ensure that any response

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Shop Local: Brooklyn Navy Yard Launches Virtual Holiday Market

In our efforts to encourage shopping local for the holidays, we bring you news that Brooklyn Navy Yard’s 3rd annual Holiday Market will be virtual this year. Showcasing the companies and products made at the yard, the market started today and will run through January 3, 2021, and you

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Shop Local For The Holidays: Online

The last two months of the year, traditionally dominated by holiday shopping, may be even more critical this year for the small mom and pop shops. With the Brooklyn Chamber estimating 1/3 of all small businesses in the borough may close up shop as the result of the pandemic,

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Brooklyn Is Now Red And Yellow, But No School Till Monday Soonest

How is that possible? Will schools that were in orange and yellow zones that were ordered shut now reopen? What about my business? How long will each stage last? So many questions. Not enough answers. But here is what we know from the Governor’s press conference earlier today and

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Ban On Single-Use Plastic Bags To Be Enforced Starting Today

Photo by Christopher Vega on UnsplashNew York State began to enforce the ban on plastic bags today after many delays, including a lawsuit. The ban on single-use plastic bags went into effect on March 1 with the mission to reduce plastic waste and pollution by banning plastic carryout bags and

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Century 21 To Close All Stores, Files For Bankruptcy

City Point, 445 Albee Square West in February of 2019 (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Century 21 will be closing all of its 13 stores, located mostly across the city and nearby suburbs, and has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company said the failure to receive payment under its business

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More Open Street Dining In Park Slope, Sunset Park and Williamsburg This Weekend

Diners at BK9 enjoy shade outside. Ellie Plass, Bklyner.In their effort to aid small businesses and restaurants in recovering from the Pandemic, the city has approved additional blocks for street dining starting this weekend. Open street dining program has been extended till October, it was announced today. In Brooklyn,

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Coney Island’s Ocean Drive Set to Have D’Agostino’s, Grand Opening Soon

Rendering of Ocean Drive.Ocean Drive, (formerly Ocean Dreams) the latest ‘Miami-inspired’ double tower apartment complex in Coney Island at 3514 Surf Avenue, will have a D’Agostino supermarket on the ground floor. Plans are in place for the store to open by the Fall, developer and CEO of Red

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Fairway Red Hook Expected To Close Permanently by July 17

Fairway Market in Red Hook. Liena Zagare/BklynerFairway store in Red Hook, along with Douglaston in Queens and Plainview and Westbury on Long Island, are expected to close by July 17, according to the company’s updated filings with the Labor Department. Fairway has been struggling since 2016 and the

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A Slow Climb Back Begins as NYC Hits Likely Bottom on Job Losses

By Greg David, originally published in THE CITY The city lost 20% of its jobs in three months, with low-wage workers hardest hit. As Phase 2 of return begins, a full rebound is four years away, economists predict. After three months of quarantine in his apartment in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Ernesto Sarmiento

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Council’s Plans To Help City Survive Coronavirus: Tenant Protections, Hazard Pay, Sick Leave For Contractors, Opening Streets

Mayor Bill de Blasio visited the Brooklyn Navy Yard where local companies are manufacturing thousands of protective hospital gowns to supply the city’s health care workers on Monday, April 6, 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeThe New York City Council will introduce a package of bills tomorrow, April 22,

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Our Government Can And Must End Wholesale Price Gouging. (Opinion)

Courtesy of Rick EchevarriaLysol has been a go-to product to fight epidemics since the 1880’s. It was used to fight cholera in Germany in 1889 and the Spanish Flu in Spain in1918. Today it is one of the products that are in high demand by consumers who want to

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Brooklyn Pols Call on Mayor to Assign Responsibility for Newkirk Plaza

Newkirk Plaza sits above a popular subway station, seeing 1000s of visitors per day. Katie Herchenroeder/BklynerBrooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, with the support of other elected officials and Flatbush Development Corporation, is calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to solidify who is responsible for Newkirk Plaza, the oldest outdoor

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More Booze May Be Coming to a Theater Near You

Popcorn and cocktail at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg. Courtesy of Nitehawk Cinema.Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to reform antiquated prohibition-era laws and support New York’s growing craft beverage industry by allowing booze in cinemas that don’t serve food. The proposed amendment to the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) law would

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National Chain Stores Decline in Brooklyn, New Study Shows

Shuttered Petland Discount. Liena Zagare/Bklyner.Brooklyn, and all of New York City, is experiencing a decline in national chain stores, a new study shows. In December the Center for an Urban Future (CUF) released its latest report on the State of the Chains, showing that Brooklyn experienced a 4%

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New Biz: Bathhouses, Famed Antique Store, The Garden Closure, and More

Welcome to our business column, where we’ll share news on expansions, new biz, pop-ups, art shows, and recent closures. OpeningsPresent Bodies: Papermaking at Dieu DonnéLina Puerta, Radishes & Cabbages Tapestry (from the Willard Crop’s Festival series), 2019. Courtesy of Lina Puerta.A Brooklyn exhibition will embrace the medium

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Now Open: CAMP at City Point

CAMPLooking for something to do with the little ones on a blistery cold day? Check out CAMP at City Point in downtown Brooklyn. CAMP started in Manhattan last year as a seasonally rotating magical toy store and has since expanded to a few new locations, including one right in Brooklyn.

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Garment Manufacturing Hub Will Open at Bush Terminal in 2021

Rendering of new manufacturing hub workspace, Made in New York.SUNSET PARK — Earlier this month, the New York Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) released the designs for the new Made in NY Garment Manufacturing Hub and Facility at Bush Terminal in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The facility, opening in Spring 2021, aims