Food & Drink
Cookie display at Gourmanoff Bakery, 1601 Gravesend Neck Road. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)A popular Brighton Beach gourmet market has landed in Sheepshead Bay, with a European bakery selling fancy pastries, fresh bread, and lunch items on Gravesend Neck Road at East 17th Street. Gourmanoff Bakery [http://gourmanoffbakery.com/
Bensonhurst
2848 and 2850 West 15th Street. (Screenshot via Google Maps)Two new building permits filed for southern Brooklyn are connected to an architecture and design firm with a history of skirting regulations. A six-story, 20-unit building could rise at 2848 West 15th Street between Neptune and Mermaid Avenues in Coney
News
1501 Voorhies Avenue, 2017. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)A stop-work order has been slapped on the looming — and controversial — 28-story luxury condo tower slated for Sheepshead Bay, after officials found safety violations at the site. Construction for the AvalonBay at 1501 Voorhies Avenue has been halted after inspectors found
Announcements
It has been a while since we have done a survey, and we are eager to hear from you. In January we made some big changes merging our (7) sites (Bensonhurst Bean, Fort Greene Focus, Ditmas Park Corner, Park Slope Stoop, Sheepshead Bites, Sunset Park Voice and City Kid Corner)
Business
Grand opening flags still waiving, April 24 2017. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)After only one year, the Gala Fresh Farms at 3100 Ocean Avenue in Sheepshead Bay is re-branding as a new supermarket, according to store employees. The store was sold to another company and the shift will happen
Central Brooklyn
Characters on the wood walls of the Oak Room had been painted over by the hall’s previous owners. They were discovered when the paint was stripped during renovations, Grand Prospect Hall. (Photo by Pamela Wong)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us
Central Brooklyn
> Crazy truck fire on the BQE right near my apt- melting the guard rails and stopping traffic completely. YIKES. pic.twitter.com/gHXTjfbfoM [https://t.co/gHXTjfbfoM] — Dana Erickson (@wiscodana) April 21, 2017 [https://twitter.com/wiscodana/status/855462365768409088] Today was not a good day for commuting. First, there
Central Brooklyn
‘Tis the season to be … uhh, relieved that taxes are in? Provided they are [https://www.irs.gov/filing/extension-of-time-to-file-your-tax-return]. Still, with your attention free to turn elsewhere, why not take your whole life elsewhere? Perhaps even Southern Brooklyn? 2375 East 3rd Street [http://www.kingsqueensapts.com/no-fee-rentals-nyc/brooklyn-apartments/neighborhood/
Announcements
MCU Park (photo via Brooklyn Cyclones)Baseball on the beach is back, and the Brooklyn Cyclones [http://www.brooklyncyclones.com/], a New York Mets Single-A Affiliate, are inviting you to come out to the ballpark this season for some summer fun! No matter what you enjoy the Cyclones will have
Police & Fire
Domenick Crispino, 53, of Tottenville, Staten Island, who conned a number of Bath Beach and Gravesend homeowners out of over a million dollars – and spent it all, [/disbarred-lawyer-made-1-million-by-conning-distressed-homeowners-in-bath-beach-gravesend-says-da-bensonhurst/] was sentenced today by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Alexander Jeong to an indeterminate term of 11 to 22 years in prison, Acting
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Friends of the EndThe weather may not hold out all weekend, so enjoy every moment of sunshine available at these (mostly) outdoors Earth Day-themed weekend events from Ditmas Park to Marine Park. Looking for more earth day events in the Park Slope area? Check out our full guide
Business
Hinckley Place is a two block street, one of which is in Prospect Park South, between Stratford Road and Coney Island Avenue. It has a couple of larger apartment buildings and a handful of victorian homes on it. A new school is being built on the other block. But for