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...

We just spotted this press release on Brooklynian … Looks like Island Thyme will be having a Grand Opening tomorrow. Brooklyn, NY, March 28, 2011—ISLAND THYME CAFÉ ANNOUNCES GRAND OPENING. Vibrant and eclectic West Indian restaurant awakens Franklin Ave Brooklyn, NY...

I am so excited to see the flowers that were planted along Nostrand and Franklin Avenues back in November by friends of Nostrand Park and Crow Hill Community Association begin to bloom (and as always, a special shout out to SuperWings and Garvey’s Hardware who made generous...

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...

Photo Credit – Lady Miss Kier – All Right Reserved This past Saturday, my good friend Lady Miss Kier invited me to the Shanghai Mermaid Party! Shanghai Mermaid is a highly secretive, very underground, prohibition era themed, rotating Burlesque extravaganza –...

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...

Brooklyn Unplugged at Franklin Park 45 Shootout presents… Brooklyn Unplugged. Franklin Park is bringing more incredible entertainment to Crown Heights.  Tuesday March 15th is the launch of the first installment of Brooklyn Unplugged, an acoustic music showcase organized...

FREE TREE GIVEAWAY! SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2011, 10:00AM Got this message in an email from the Crown Heights Revitalization Movement… 300 FREE TREES are going to be given away for planting in your front or back yard, at your child’s school, your church or apartment...

I heart Groupons that feature Crown Heights businesses. For those who are not familiar with Groupon, Groupon is website that provides big discounts (generally at least 50% off) to local restaurants and businesses such as spas, salons, gyms, etc. Today’s spotlight goes...

For those who didn’t catch it, the ever popular Franklin Park Reading Series was mentioned in the NY Times last week as one of the go-to reading series in the city.  The brainchild of Ms. Penina Roth (<– check out a cool interview of Penina that was also linked...