Business & Innovation

‘We Need Help to Survive:’ Bodega Owners Call for Support From the City

Citing the impending boom in grocery delivery apps across the city, bodega owners say they need assistance now

Dec 6, 2021 2:27 PM Read more >

10 Brooklyn Holiday Markets Making Buying Local Easy This Season

Rumor has it, Santa shops at Brooklyn's holiday markets too.

Dec 3, 2021 5:57 PM Read more >

New Trader Joe’s Coming to Brooklyn

The new store is opening in Williamsburg on December 10 Trader Joeâs is opening its third Brooklyn location next week on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg. The store, which is a few blocks from the Bedford Ave.

Dec 2, 2021 3:35 PM Read more >

Cheryl Bowers Is Keeping Brooklyn's Soles Clean and Sneakers Fresh

Cheryl Bowers went from scrubbing toilets at a women's shelter to running a successful sneaker cleaning business in Bed-Stuy

Dec 1, 2021 6:51 PM Read more >

This Brooklyn Baker Wants You to Eat Her 'Chaotic and Grotesque' Art

Cake artist Alli Gelles gets flavor inspiration for her spectacular confectionery from Brooklyn's bodegas.

Nov 22, 2021 5:44 PM Read more >

Self-Sustaining Terrariums Take Home $20K Top Prize at BK Library Biz Awards

TerrartNYC, a landscaping company dedicated to making self-sustaining terrariums, won Brooklyn Public Library’s 18th annual PowerUP! Business Plan Competition

Nov 18, 2021 6:26 PM Read more >

New Student-Run Concession Stand Opens at Barclays Center

The Food Education Fund has opened the new café, School Grounds, which will be run by students at Food and Finance High School

Nov 17, 2021 12:46 PM Read more >

Brooklyn Getting New Academic Facility: The Research Yard

The Research Yard will connect students and teachers from Pratt Institute and New York City College of Technology to the Brooklyn Navy Yard's business ecosystem

Oct 27, 2021 5:49 PM Read more >

Franklin Cellars Takes a Piece of Bed-Stuy History into the Future

Bed-Stuy’s new wine and spirits shop hopes to represent a new generation of Black business ownership in the changing neighborhood.

Oct 20, 2021 1:49 PM Read more >

Innovative Brooklyn Coffee Company Gets $25M Funding, Its Secret? Tiny Spaces

The Brooklyn-born coffee company Blank Street is growing rapidly, with plans to have 100 locations in NYC by the end of 2022

Oct 14, 2021 12:30 PM Read more >