The emcee invoked Matthew 16:24. "Jesus said to his followers if anyone wants to follow me, he must say no to the things he wants. He must be willing to even die on the cross and he must follow me."
Hundreds of parishioners had gathered in the basement of the 96-year-old Brown Memorial Church in Clinton Read More
Hey, coffee fans — ever tried something called the Dieci? That name is Italian for 10, but it's better known by how it's advertised on a store's chalkboard sign: "coffee porn in a cup."
At The Pulp & The Bean in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, this $8 concoction consists of ten shots of espresso in a glass. Read More
"Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows."
Maybe instead of the Great Recession, we could have called this the Tempest, after Shakespeare's play. Indeed, the economic fallout has led to some unusual couplings, including Bruce Ratner and Mikhail Prokorhov; Bill Ackman and Stuyvesant Town; and Charlie Sheen and the Plaza. Add to that Read More
It is, perhaps, the ultimate sign of entry into the exclusive club of Brooklyn neighborhoods attractive to New York's self-consciously creative class: a neighborhood blog.
Now that Crown Heights' main drag Franklin Avenue has its own blog, the neighborhood, it would seem, has finally arrived. Said blog, at ilovefranklinave.blogspot.com, is the handiwork of University Read More
The Rafael-Vinoly-designed addition to the Crown Heights insititution will, Read More
First came the overhaul of the old Jewish Hospital into quasi-luxury rentals. Then came Saje. Chavella's. Bristen's. Two clothing boutiques. The beer garden. Abigail. The gentrification of Crown Heights -- in all of its prickly glory -- continues apace with the impending arrival of Lily & Fig Fine Cakes and Confections on Franklin Avenue and Read More
As reported in the Gothamist, Franklin Park, at 618 St. John's Place, officially opened its doors on Friday, tapping kegs of Coney Island Lager, Rare Vos Amber Ale, Hoegaarden, Green Flash IPA, Read More
If there's anything more symbolic of a neighborhood's gentrification, well, we can't think of it: Nam's grocery on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights is going organic, according to Brooklynian.com.
The red-awninged grocer at the corner of Franklin and St. John's Place has been closed for a couple of weeks now, with all sorts Read More
Barnard students conducted an experiment: They dropped 132 wallets in neighborhoods spanning the Bronx to Brooklyn, and recorded what happened. In which neighborhood were the wallets likeliest to be stolen? Why, the Upper East Side, of course! In each nabe the students went to--which included Chelsea, Crown Heights, the Upper East Side, Harlem, City Read More
On June 8, a memo was sent to “Black Elected Officials, City, State, and Federal” from City Councilman Albert Vann. It warned of the “peril of losing a ‘Voting Rights’ district—the 11th Congressional District—as a result of the well financed candidacy of Council Member David Yassky, a white individual.” That was one of the nicer Read More
Proposed boundaries for the Crown Heights North historic district. On Sept. 19, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will be considering the designation of a Crown Heights North historic district. Tucked between Eastern Parkway on the south and Atlantic Avenue on the north, this neighborhood is smack-dab in the middle of Brooklyn's Caribbean-immigrant enclave. It's also got Read More
In keeping with our ongoing obsession with the up-for-grabs 11th Congressional race, we sent our man John Koblin out into the district to talk to residents about what they hoped for out of their new member of Congress. Here are a few randomly selected interviews that show, if nothing else, the radically different priorities of Read More
This flyer was found in mailboxes in parts of the Crown Heights zip code where Easter bonnets were much more prevalent than peyes. Our real-estate reporter, Matthew Schuerman, received one: Trouble is, this flyer landed in a building in the western half of Crown Heights, which is full of African-American and Caribbean-American churchgoers. Well, it's Read More
Our sister site The Politicker discovers that Bill Batson, an aide to David Paterson and a member of the Prospect/Crown Heights community board, will announce for the 57th Assembly District Sunday, the race for which is shaping up as a test of the community’s feelings towards Atlantic Yards, which would be located in the Read More
Shelley Yeffet and Charley Wininger Met: May 2000 Engaged: July 29, 2005 Projected Wedding Date: Oct. 22, 2006 When Shelley Yeffet’s marriage of 18 years ended in divorce, she was understandably reluctant to get back in the dating game. She began a relationship with a cop, but found it lacked a crucial element. “You know Read More
