The Kids RX at Seventh Avenue and Second Street in Park Slope is coming along nicely. The space is being transformed from the former Second St. Cafe, which went belly up earlier this year, into a pharmacy and place to buy things for all of the many little ones in the Slope. It would appear […]

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The Brooklyn Indie Market, which is at Smith and Union is having a Steampunk and Vintage Style Day and fashion show on Oct. 25th from 11AM-7PM. There’s a fashion show at 2PM. Per a release, the lineup includes: • Karen von Oppen –Confession NY, Provocative creations, designed to seduce. • Wren –Purevile, Post Apocalyptic Victorian […]

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Among the openings that we missed during our hiatus was the opening of Eric New York, the new Park Slope branch of a shoe emporium that has made the jump from Manhattan. We wandered in on opening day and snapped some shots and figure that today is as good a day as any to announce […]

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This is going to be the new location of Beacon’s Closet. Back in August we originally noted based on a reader tip that it would be vacating its current location near Union Street. It’ll be moving to the corner of Warren Street, at 92 Fifth Avenue, where it will be replacing this gift shop. We […]

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The Fifth Avenue wine shop, Picada y Vino, upon which we reported in late August is now open. It seemed to be doing very well on Saturday, perhaps with people stocking up so that they could spend the very wet afternoon at home with some good wine.

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“Ricky’s just announced that its 23rd location will be 191-193 Bedford between North Sixth and North Seventh streets. We knew the discount beauty supply store was coming to the ‘Burg, but we didn’t know it would manage to grab such a front-and-central location—it’s going to sit nearly on top of the Bedford Avenue L stop, […]

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Yesterday, a GL reader wrote with alarm, wondering if Beacon’s Closet on Fifth Avenue (between President and Union) in the Slope might be closing. The email read as follows: I saw on Trulia this morning that the Beacons Closet space on 5th Avenue is for rent for 8500 beginning November 15th. Can we find out […]

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Remember the A&S Pork Store, which we first reported on July 14 appeared to be on the verge of closure because its rent was going up a lot? The closure took on extra meaning because it’s the last surviving butcher shop in Park Slope. Well, the store is going to survive. A Special GL Correspondent […]

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Smith Street clothing, accessories, shoes, jewelry and etc. retailer Bird is now open on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. The new store opened its doors recently and is located at 316 Fifth Avenue, which is between Second and Third Streets. Bird is also opening a big store on Grand Street in Williamsburg.

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There hasn’t been much food news on 3rd Avenue in Gowanus since Bar Tano opened on the corner of 9th Street back in February, but there’s some action brewing on the block between President and Union streets. On the corner of Union, an establishment called The Dog Shack opened a few days ago. Per its […]

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A special GL Seventh Avenue Correspondent reports some hot new Seventh Avenue Park Slope retail news. The last empty storefront on what we’d call the Seventh Avenue Block of Death, the strip between Second and Third Streets that at one point had four empty storefronts, is being filled. Our Special Correspondent spoke with very informed […]

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Desert Island is one of those places that shines in the consumer retail rough. Proprietor Gabriel Fowler openedthe Williamsburg store in February of this year, with nothing more than a bank loan, a small community of artist friends, and a desire to share some of his favorite comics, zines and books. Fowler grew up around […]

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Applewares, the retail spin off of Applewood, has become the latest casualty among Park Slope retailers whose future was, at best, suspect. A poster on Brookynian reports that it closed this week and that the space is being cleared out. Reaction is not particularly of the upset variety. For instance, one person writes “that place […]

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Earlier we related that a sign of some sort had been spotted in the window of the vacant Second St. Cafe on Park Slope’s Seventh Avenue. GL contacted KidsRx, which has a store on Hudson Street in the West Village, and can exclusively confirm that the retailer is, indeed, opening at Seventh Ave. and Second […]

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Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg is losing the Polska-Masarnia Czeslawa Quality Meat Market, the longstanding Polish butcher at 172 Bedford Avenue in the heart of Williamsburg. The gate is down and the place has been stripped. It does not look like it’s being renovated.–Lost City

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On Friday, we posted a photo of the A&S Pork Store on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. We put it up because it was a GL Flickr Pool picture and just thought it was a cool image. What we’ve learned since then is that the A&S Park Store, which is the last surviving butcher shop […]

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Another children’s shop has been born on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, filling in one another one of the gaps on what we had called the Block of Death because of all of the empty storefronts over the winter. Carmen’s Exclusives for Children has been open for a bit, but we swung by in order […]

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Last week, Brownstoner offered a look at actual progress inside the Trader Joe’s site at Court Street and Atlantic Avenue. (We stuck our camera through the same hole for a shot.) Now, there’s a rumor on Brooklynian that TJ’s will be opening on September 28. Here’s the rumor: For all those Trader Joe’s Junkies out […]

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Our friends at Racked are bringing news that Seventh Avenue’s Bird is leaving its nest for a new spot on Fifth Avenue. Per Racked: “We’ve just received word that owner Jennifer Mankins will be shuttering the current Bird Park Slope (at 430 Seventh Ave) to open another Slope store on bustling Fifth Ave.” The Seventh […]

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[Photo courtesy of Adrian Kinlock] Our friends at Racked have someone on scene in the line outside the Red hook Ikea, where things remind us of what would have preceded an anticipated mega-shipment of oranges in East Berlin in 1983. Actually, that’s not entirely accurate. The Ikea Brooklyn line is way more orderly and smaller […]

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Hey, we’re certain that it’s nothing that a good cleaning (and, perhaps some new glass is that’s acid etching the windows) can’t fix. The sign for a “luxurious” store for rent that is not that luxurious to look at does make for a nice photo, however. The store is on Broadway in Williamsburg.

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Have some clothes you need to get rid of and, perhaps, turn into lunch money? Here’s a short guide to place that can help you with that, you known until the Economic Stimulus Check arrives in the mail.–Brooklyn Based

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“The Vargas Mini-Market, a bodega at the corner of Bond and Warren, was shut down late last week. According to the restraining order affixed to the shuttered business, it was closed for the ‘sale of untaxed cigarettes.’” Isolated thing or growing trend in the age of mega-taxes?–Brownstoner

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Brooklyn’s Indie Market, which has a home at the corner of Smith and Union Streets, is reopening for the season on May 3 from 11AM-7PM with “Brooklyn Indie Fest, A Celebration of Design and Music.” Here’s some info: Opening festivities include unplugged indie musicians, temporary tattoo parlour for kids of all ages, face painting, kiddie […]

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Here’s one vision of what the retail space inside the landmark One Hanson Place, aka Williamsburgh Savings Bank building, might look like after it’s leased out. Racked had the rendering yesterday amidst reports that the asking price for the 30,000 square foot space is $3 million a year. Border’s was mentioned early on as a […]

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