small businesses

Pandemic Was The Final Straw: Greenpoint Store Flying Squirrel Closes Its Doors After 17 Years

Flying Squirrel. Courtesy of Kate Schmitz.Kate Schmitz, an artist and the owner of Greenpoint’s Flying Squirrel, [http://flyingsquirrelbaby.com/] was hopeful to be finally, after 17 years, turning a profit. Then, the pandemic hit, and her store — which sells new and secondhand children’s toys and clothing — was

Arts & Culture

A Bookstore For Us

Businesses across the city are closing their doors as coronavirus spreads, with all non-essential businesses expected to shut down. But bookstores are essential to many of us, and two Latina-owned bookstores in Brooklyn are finding ways to connect with their customers through bike deliveries and their online sales. Cafe con

Business

Is Your Small Business ADA Compliant? Info Session This Friday

PARK SLOPE – Small business owners uncertain about the Americans With Disabilities Act [https://www.ada.gov/] (ADA) regulations or whether their storefronts are fully accessible should attend an ADA Compliance Info Session this Friday, November 9, at the Park Slope Library. Via Park Slope Fifth Avenue Facebook [https://www.facebook.

Announcements

Senate Candidate Proposes Tax Plan To Benefit Small Businesses

The Bookmark Shoppe in Bay Ridge is one example of a local small business. (Photo: The Bookmark Shoppe)In an effort to improve on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “Internet Fairness Conformity Tax” [https://www1.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/01/cuomo-proposes-internet-fairness-tax-online-sales-new-york.html] proposal, which would make sites like Amazon

Business

UPROSE Wins Small Business Grant To Strengthen “Economic And Environmental Resiliency”

UPROSE volunteers painting a sunflower banner in support of climate resiliency. (Photo courtesy of UPROSE.)Small businesses are often touted as the backbone of any community economy, particularly here in Brooklyn, where big business and mom-and-pop shops continue to fight for space. That’s why the city Department of Small

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Bite Of The Day: Tacos And Quesadillas At La Casa De Las Quesadillas

Affordable and delicious: the steak taco and chicken quesadilla at La Casa de las Quesadillas. (Photo by Heather Chin/Sunset Park Voice)Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park is a veritable smorgasbord of food, flavors, and ingredients from around the world, although with an emphasis on Latin American cuisines. Among these,

Business

Comptroller Stringer Visits Myrtle Avenue Businesses To Address Bureaucratic Barriers To Success

Photo courtesy of Comptroller Scott Stringer’s OfficeComptroller Scott M. Stringer was in Fort Greene with the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://myrtleavenue.org/], advocates, and small business owners Friday, to visit small businesses — including Brewklyn Grind [/blog/2014/09/16/now-open-brewklyn-grind-roasters/], Pushkin Creperie Bakery [http://www.yelp.com/biz/

Business

Myrtle Avenue Businesses Need Our Support During The Plaza Construction Period

Image courtesy of Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership.You may have noticed that Myrtle Avenue traffic between Washington and Classon Avenues is moving more slowly today. That’s because eastbound traffic was halted today — and will remain stopped through July [/blog/2016/03/24/pratt-in-cuba-partnership/] — in order to allow construction crews

Business

Fort Greene’s “War of Rosés” Continues As Thirst Merchants Plans Move Closer To Greene Grape

A small business showdown between two local wine shops — Thirst Merchants [http://www.thirstmerchants.com] and Greene Grape Wine & Spirits [http://www.greenegrape.com/wine-spirits/] — is forcing neighbors to take sides in a battle that echoes a conflict from three years ago at the start of Fort Greene’s wine

Arts & Culture

Small Town Appeal Of Apple Art Supplies Gets Highlighted In New York Times

Image via Google Maps.Apple Art Supplies and it’s owner, Sam Lee, are the subject of their very own profile in the [http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/nyregion/apple-art-supplies-in-brooklyn-is-hub-for-matte-knives-and-gossip.html?_r=1&referer=https://www.google.com/] New York Times [http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/

Announcements

Flatbush Congresswoman And Facebook Join Forces To Support Local Businesses

Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke. Photo by Errol Anderson.Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke [https://clarke.house.gov/] and Facebook will be speaking with small businesses –especially those in the African-American community — on Monday morning. Congresswoman Clarke is to be the guest speaker at a free training sponsored by Facebook and the

Business

Roman’s To End Tipping, Raise Prices Around 20 Percent Beginning January 18

The new year will bring new prices at Roman’s [http://www.romansnyc.com] (243 DeKalb Avenue), which will be ending tipping and raising menu prices by as much as 20 percent — a move by Brooklyn restauranteur Andrew Tarlow to bridge the gap between wages for waiters and cooks or

small businesses

Commission Aims To Cut Through The Red Tape Of Running A Small Business In NYC

Photo via Scott Stringer’s office [https://www.facebook.com/scottstringernyc/photos/pb.120941094708887.-2207520000.1444925670./679772205492437/?type=3&theater] The excitement and reward of opening a business in New York City can often take a backseat to the stress and frustration of dealing with bureaucratic red tape. To make

New York Main Street Grants

Myrtle Avenue Businesses Seek Grants For Building And Streetscape Improvements

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Myrtle Avenue businesses are hoping to get $200,000 in grant money to improve the look and functionality of local storefronts and building facades on the three-block stretch between Washington Park and Clermont Avenue, and they have the support of Community Board 2’s (CB

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The Best Independent Coffee Shops In Fort Greene & Clinton Hill

Photo courtesy of rikahi [http://mrg.bz/AtXIS2].When news broke last month that Starbucks is coming to Myrtle Avenue [/blog/2015/03/30/starbucks-will-join-existing-coffee-hubs-myrtle-avenue/] — 394 Myrtle, to be exact, between Vanderbilt and Clermont Avenues in the former Home & U space — you reacted swiftly and with near-universal alarm. “Bleh. What

small business

Fort Greene & Clinton Hill Businesses, Join Us Tomorrow Night For A Townsquared Networking Event

Represent a small Fort Greene or Clinton Hill business? Want to make new connections with neighboring entrepreneurs? Then join us for an event with small business networking site Townsquared [http://www.townsqd.com] tomorrow night (Tuesday, October 14) at Jill Lindsey [http://jilllindsey.com]. Local business owners and employees will

federal money

Surprise, Surprise. NYC’s Small Businesses Still Waiting For Sandy Money

Staten Island after Superstorm Sandy. (Source: Desiree Arroyo/Flickr)Build it Back [/draft-build-it-back/] isn’t the only government-sponsored aid program that has failed to distribute money to those hit by Superstorm Sandy [/tag/hurricane-sandy]. More than 330 small businesses that were affected by Sandy are still waiting for federal money

small businesses

PowerUP! To Win $15,000 From The Brooklyn Public Library

Got a great idea for a business, but need a little guidance — and perhaps a little money to fund it? You may want to check out the Brooklyn Public Library’s PowerUP! Business Plan Competition [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/business/powerup/], which is currently accepting entries. If you live

Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst

Tomorrow: Bensonhurst JCH To Host Small Business Expo

The Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst (7802 Bay Parkway) will host a one-day networking event for small business owners tomorrow evening. The event draws small business owners and vendors from across Southern Brooklyn, giving an opportunity to network with fellow merchants, pursue partnerships and mingle with

small businesses

Gentile Targets Department Of Consumer Affairs Secret Quota System

Councilman Vincent Gentile Source: nyccouncil.tumblr.comCouncilman Vincent Gentile is setting his sights on the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), looking to protect small businesses from the alleged secret quota system that the agency uses to issue a slew of tickets. In a press release, Gentile claimed that recent reports

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Paul Randazzo Swears Off Clams Until His Clam Bar Re-Opens

Photo by: BSH ShooterLike many local business owners, Paul Randazzo, owner and operator of the world famous Randazzo’s Clam Bar (2017 Emmons Avenue), is rushing to reopen his doors to cash in on the upcoming lucrative holiday sales week. Until his desperately missed clams are back for sale, though,

Small Business Saturday

Small Business Saturday Urges Residents To Shop Local

Klearview is one of hundreds of small, locally-owned businesses with long-time roots in the neighborhood.State Senator Marty Golden is urging local shoppers of Sheepshead Bay to participate in the 2nd Annual Small Business Saturday on November 26. “As a former small business owner and merchant leader, I am encouraging

small businesses

Business Owner Says He May Lay Off Workers To Afford New Law Requiring Paid Sick Days

Source: NYPost.comFrom the New York Post [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/sick_law_job_slash_warning_JOs7LDRTIoYalxJQjtq7rM] : > Brooklyn restaurant owner Vinnie Mazzone is steaming over a City Council proposal to require that even small businesses offer paid sick days to their workers. > Mazzone, owner of Chicken