Excelsior Bike Shop - 694 Franklin Ave Franklin Avenue has a new bike shop,  Excelsior Bike Shop! Excelsior located @ 694 Franklin Ave., btw Park Pl & Prospect Pl., is a full service shop that sells & repair bikes. They also sell an array of bike related accessories. Excelsior is part of 9th...

On Dec. 3, 2011, a benefit – reunion was held at The Red Lotus Room in Brooklyn – to help raise funds to help secure a permanent home for The Starlite Lounge. The video above is from that wonderful night!!! The Starlite Lounge Family, Management, Staff & Owners -  in conjunction with...

"The Hole" - The Curious Case Of 341 Eastern Parkway 341 Eastern Parkway aka “The Hole” – brilliantly named by Nick at ILFA - is a very curious case of  “gentrification” and development opposed to community revitalization. “The Hole” is a vacant,...

Occupy Crown Heights “What Does A Just Crown Heights Look Like To You?”   We would like to hear from you! Come meet your neighbors and discuss the various issues on Sunday March 18, 2012 @ Five Myles Gallery, 558 St. Johns Pl,  from 4PM to 7PM. On February 29th,  a small, diverse...

Uncommon Indicators Of Gentrification Part II - At Nostrandpark, we’ve frequently blogged about the many complex issues concerning gentrification, especially in regards to Crown Heights. One of the lighter & funnier posts on the effects of gentrification being Laurel Brown’s, Uncommon...

Occupy Wall Street's 1st Brooklyn General Assembly - Franklin Ave Occupy Wall Street – which began on Oct. 17, 2011,  is a self – pro-claimed - “leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions”. Agree with their stance or not,...

Join us Saturday, June 25th at 11:00 am for our soft launch of our new pilot program, Destination Nostrand, intended to beautify, promote, enliven, and enhance Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.  We’re taking a multi-pronged approach to showcasing the best of what is + the best of...

Nostrand Park is seeking the assistance of a couple of talented artists, calligraphers, and/or graphic designers to volunteer their skills in helping us create vibrant window displays along Nostrand Avenue. If you haven’t seen the media coverage, basically, on Saturday, June 25th, Nostrand Park...

We are excited to see so much love and attention being showered on Crown Heights, of late. In addition to our excited DESTINATION NOSTRAND project, we received word that the new Kingston Avenue Merchant’s Association is working to spruce up Kingston Avenue: On Friday, June 17th 2011 and Saturday,...

Nostrand Park – in collaboration with VAMOS Architects, Masai Marketing, NYC Dept of Small Business Services, and desigNYC – is excited to announce the launch of its new pilot program, Destination Nostrand, intended to beautify, promote, enliven, and enhance Nostrand Avenue: If you are...