Recently, the Washington City Paper published an article entitled “Confessions of a Black Gentrifier”, exploring the roles of black gentrifiers in changing racial and socio-economic landscape of Washington DC.  Though the treatment of this topic in the Washington City Paper city is, to...

Photo by: Abeni Garrett - All Rights Reserved - copyright 2011 Fisher’s Supermarket is a Mom & Pop type grocery store located at 805 Franklin Ave. at the corner of Lincoln Place. The supermarket has been a stable presence in this ever changing community for over 3 decades. And their long...

Photo: Abeni Garrett – All Right Reserved Chavella, the wildly popular Mexican restaurant on Classon Ave., has a new restaurant – Chavella’s on Franklin Ave. – which is almost ready for it’s Grand Opening! I passed by yesterday and spoke with one of the workers who said...

In all honesty, I wasn’t sure what to expect when I decided to try the new restaurant , Island Thyme, located at 751 Franklin Ave. – home of the Former Bristens Eatery & Bristen’s Noodles. Even if I ignored the new name and awning, I had heard enough rumors to be aware that there...

Photo copyright – Abeni Garrett UPDATE – Island Thyme is now OPEN!!!!!! Read my review! The new awning is up at 751 Franklin Ave., for the new restaurant Island Thyme, located at the former home of Bristens Noodle’s, which was the former home of Bristens Eatery. Since Franklin Ave....

We’ve been wondering about what is going on at 958 Nostrand Avenue (alternatively 301 Sullivan Avenue) for a while.  At one point we’d heard an unsubstantiated rumor that affordable apartments were going to be erected, but one of our readers “ADAM” suggested a few months ago...

Looking for a place to start your new business …. the data indicates that you should really think about Crown Heights! As you may know, part of our focus at Nostrand Park is commercial revitalization in Crown Heights.  So we recently had the opportunity to attend a very insightful retail development...

Photo: copyright Abeni Garrett 2010 We blogged back in May about a new Supermarket slated to open in the summer of 2010, across the street from the new affordable housing project, on St. Marks Ave between Classon and Franklin Ave., in the old radiology building that was once a part of the Interfaith...

Brower Park Tree Lighting Here’s some fun news from the folks at the Crown Heights North Association … a holiday house decorating contest is underway … it’s the 8th annual one to be exact. In speaking with one of the organizers last night, he pointed out one house on Dean Street...

Looks like the, pawn shop’s, Crow Hill Jewelry’s mural is almost complete. It’s an illustration of a baby, with a large gold chain and dollar symbol pendant around his neck, sitting atop a wad of Benjamins ($100 bills) and jewelry as he grasps another wad a cash in his left hand. While...