That is the question that presented itself to us when we got an email from local urban planner, Manuel Avila.  Apparently, Manuel is working with our friends over at SUPERFRONT, on a public space project for the neighborhood.  Here’s the description: I’m working...

Fresh from the blackberry, I just received this email from Community Board 8: Please be advised that the NYC Dept. of Transportation is engaging in a pothole blitz. Potholes will be completed Monday through Saturday. You are advised to report potholes by calling 311 and either...

Looks like we Crown Heights bloggers are doing it big this month.  I Love Franklin Avenue blogger, Nick, was recently featured on Brooklyn Independent Television to talk about his blog.  In a 5 minute piece, he manages to talk about the background and philosophy of his blog,...

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...

Celebrate Black History with the Brooklyn Photo Salon! TIME: Sunday, 2/20/2011, 5 – 9.00 pm COST:  Free (donations always welcome & accepted) LOCATION: LAUNCHPAD 721 Franklin Avenue (between Park & Sterling) Presenting Photographers: Adger Cowans http://www.kamoinge.com/adgarcowans.htm Delphine...

In the neighborhood where Jackie Robinson integrated baseball, it should be no surprise that African-American history permeates the story of this neighborhood.  If you have ever noticed the towering, boxy building located at 77 New York Avenue known as “Stuy Park Houses”,...

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”...

So it’s Valentines Day and you want to get a special bouquet for that special someone.  Where do you go?  One of the best spots around – Barbara’s Flowershop (615 Nostrand Avenue).   We’ve written about them before (recall the spot on Nostrand has...

This is a conversation that started on Brooklynian, but we wanted to continue the conversation here because it raises some important issues.  Discipline.  How much is too much?  Particularly in a neighborhood like Crown Heights, where gangs, drugs, and gun violence are all...

Get this tasty treat at Pacific Oasis Cafe - 1295 Pacific Street, Brooklyn Wow … what an honor!  In recognition of all of the community work that we do, the owners of Pacific Oasis Cafe have named one of their pastries in honor of Nostrand Park.  (And of course there...