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On Saturday May 9th Suewayne Brown debuted the latest store in her Beri franchise. Following in the footsteps of Flatbush Ave’s Redberi and DUMBO’s Blueberi, this latest installment features sale and overstock items. Located at the corner of Prospect Place and Classon Avenue in Crown Heights,...

Planning and Historic Preservation graduate students at Pratt Institute have spent the spring semester studying your community, Community District 8 in Brooklyn, and I know many of you spoke to them or filled out a survey designed to get your input. We thank you so much for your thoughts, feedback...

The results from last week’s poll are in: Make it at Home! 40% (10 votes) Bristen’s Eatery 12% (3 votes) The Glass Shop 12% (3 votes) Local Bodega 28% (7 votes) Other: 8% (2 votes) Surprisingly over 40% of voters said they make their coffee at home.  The bigger surprise however, may...

One of the nation’s largest suppliers of black hats to Jews, after Borsalino, Mr. Lacorazza, who was born in Bogotá, and is not Jewish, sells some 5,000 of the hats a year under his Puerto Fino and Barbisio labels, manufactured in the factory his father founded in Colombia. Read the rest of the...

We are here at The Franklin Flea Market at Sterling with Frank Esquilin. A Harlem native, Mr Esquilin is a 15 year resident of Crown Heights. Five years ago after retiring from Verizon where he worked for 32 years Mr Esquilin stumbled upon a hobby that has become his second act. Mr Esquilin’s...

So, we were doing a little storefront shopping yesterday, when we ended up  chatting with someone who knew someone who knew the nephew of the owner of a new dance and fitness studio in Crown Heights. The place is called Resurgent Fitness. The entrance is on Sterling Place on the northwest-side of...

Correction: This entry originally ran yesterday with a statistic indicating that approximately 23% of stores on Nostrand were nail salons, that figure was actually supposed to read 13%.  It has been corrected in the body of the post as it now appears. Curious after reading an article that appeared...

Franklin At Sterling Flea Market  An NP reporter just finished interviewing the owner of Bristen’s Eatery- a restaurant specializing in soulful interpretations of American cuisine- located at 751 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights.  Bristen’s is sponsoring the Franklin at Sterling Flea Market that...