Brooklyn Flea, the big Fort Greene Sunday production from our friends at Brownstoner, had a great second weekend despite weather that was, once again, somewhat less than ideal. When we stopped in around 4PM there were still people flowing into the Bishop Loughlin HS schoolyard, although clearly crowds had thinned somewhat from peak times. We […]

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Shakespeare’s Sister, the ecclectic shop at 270 Court Street is closing. (Its the shop with paintings of Gowanus by Regina Perlin.) Here’s the email with the news: After almost 15 years on Court Street, Shakespeare’s Sister will be closing. We are sad to leave, especially when it means saying goodbye to so many loyal Brooklynites […]

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Round Two of Brooklyn Flea is coming up this Sunday from 10AM-5PM. It takes place at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, on Lafayette Avenue between Clermont and Vanderbilt Avenues. Vendors change from week to week, selling everything from vintage furniture, clothing and antiques to new designs by local makers of everything […]

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Sure, a lot of people love the Fairway in Red Hook, but there are any number of good neighborhood grocery stores around. Here’s a look at some of them including Food Bazaar in Bushwick, Super Foodtown in Bed-Stuy, Pioneer Supermarket in Clinton Hill and Eagle Provisions in the South Slope–Brooklyn Based

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[Photo courtesy of seventyoneplace/flickr] Brownstoner’s Brooklyn Flea debuted yesterday in Fort Greene on a less than ideal day. Turnout in the chilly weather was quite good and a GL Correspondent visited and sent back a number of photos, some of which are below. In the meantime, there are more than 100 photos of opening day […]

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One of the most exciting Brooklyn events this weekend is the debut of Brooklyn Flea from our friends at Brownstoner. It’s a rain or shine event on Sundays from 10AM-5PM and there will be more than 200 vendors, some of them on a rotating basis. We’re talking new designs from local artists as well as […]

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The South Slope has gotten a new children’s store. In mid-March we reported that a children’s store was taking over the space of the quickly-shuttered Fashion Cafe. Well, the new store a branch of Boing Boing called “Boing!” has opened. It is on Seventh Avenue near 16th Street and includes nursing accouterments and space for […]

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We’re seriously behind the curve on this, but our friends at Racked posted an item earlier this week detailing an awful story of a woman who says she was falsely arrested for shoplifting at the Target at the Atlantic Terminal Mall. Racked writes that she was “hauled handcuffed out of the store, thrown in the […]

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The Boerum Hill Association is showing the documentary “Twilight Becomes Night” on Wednesday, April 7 at 7PM at the Belarusan Church, which is at the corner of Atlantic Ave. & Bond St. Per the BHA: This film examines the devastating impact neighborhoods suffer when local businesses are forced out by rising rents and competition from […]

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We got an email yesterday alerting us to the opening of Metal and Thread on Van Brunt Street in Red Hook on Saturday. The shop opens Saturday (3/29) at Noon and there’s an opening party from 4PM-7PM. It’s located at 398 Van Brunt, which is between Coffey and Dikeman Streets. One can check out some […]

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