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New Kidville Opening in Carroll Gardens
Funny, for such a child-centric neighborhood, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens doesn’t have one of those giant spaces for preschool/play/classes/birthday parties like the ones in Brooklyn Heights and...
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Brooklyn Bridge Park Updates
Before the weekend begins, and this heat wave threatens to break (we hear this evening will bring KINDA cooler temps), wanted to update you on a few things going on in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Firstly,...
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Pier 2 Pool Open in Brooklyn Bridge Park
True to their word last December, the bureaucrats at Brooklyn Bridge Park did indeed open the very blue, very clean looking Pop-Up Pool at the uplands of Pier 2 on Friday. Measuring 50′ x 30′ x...
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Solar-Powered B&B Lands in Carroll Gardens
image via Curbed NYBoCoCa is getting another bed and breakfast. If you’ve ever had guests visit, you know that even with the influx of larger hotels in Downtown Brooklyn, there’s not a whole lot of...
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BoCoCa Hosts Open Studio Event: Go See Art in Brooklyn
Everyone knows we have a burgeoning art community here in BoCoCa, but here’s a chance to see it up close and personal. This weekend, 8-9 September, 73 artists in Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill and Carroll...
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Homeless Shelter May Open in Carroll Gardens
image via Pardon Me for AskingAccording to Capital New York, a homeless shelter may be opening in southern Carroll Gardens. Though the proposal for the 170-bed shelter at 165 West 9th St., which could...
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Atlantic Ave. Holiday Shopping Begins
Well, it may be t-minus three days to Thanksgiving, but holiday shopping is already on the brain. And this weekend, on 24 November, let the craziness begin with Small Business Saturday on Atlantic Ave....
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Carroll Gardens Slow Cookin’ Mexican: A Love Story
Shame on us for not venturing all the way down Court St. often enough. Can’t believe we missed the opening of the wonderful sounding new Mexican called Slowteria (548 Court St., near W. 9th St.)....
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Cobble Hill Jewelry Store Hit Again By Vandals
Somebody truly is not a fan of Elleven, a high-end jewelry boutique at 168 Court St. After it was broken into in early December, this morning brought more bad news to the store–with the metal gates...
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LICH Closing: Take Two
Once again, rumors of the demise of Long Island College Hospital, better known as LICH, are swirling. After getting a stay of execution in 2011 with $62 million worth of grants and a merger with SUNY...
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Mount Sinai’s New Medical Practice in Downtown Brooklyn: Open Weekends!
Late last year, our pediatrician, who was part of LICH Pediatrics, informed us that the entire practice would be moving to a whole new facility and breaking its ties with the troubled hospital. Their...
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Fairway to Reopen in Red Hook on March 1
If you miss Fairway Red Hook as much as we do, you’ll be ecstatic to know it will be reopening for Brooklyn business on 1 March. A Twitter announcement was made on 5 Feb, and The Village Voice reported...
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Mooburger Begets Competition in Cobble Hill
It was only a matter of time before the smashing success of organic burger joint and family fave Mooburger got some serious competition. Serving up organic, specialty burgers and fare since fall of...
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