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

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

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
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Bed-Stuy Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Beloved "Bed-Vyne" Businesses

Bed-Stuy Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Beloved "Bed-Vyne" Businesses

For the past 10 years, Bed-Vyne has been a staple in the Bed-Stuy community, thriving through gentrification and a deadly pandemic.
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Love Blooms Into Business for Bed Stuy Florists

Love Blooms Into Business for Bed Stuy Florists

Olga and Dezzie Ligon met over a red rose more than three decades ago. Now, they're bringing it back to where it began, having opened a flower store together in Bed-Stuy.
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Bed-Stuy's Shipwreck Seafood Boutique: Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Bed-Stuy's Shipwreck Seafood Boutique: Where Everybody Knows Your Name

A Bed-Stuy seafood restaurant and market has been quietly giving away dozens of free meals every week to anyone who needs it — from seniors to the homeless
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Beloved Bed-Stuy Ice Cream Shop Lost It All In Floods, So the Community Stepped In

Floodwaters caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida ripped through Lady Moo Moo's basement storage in Bed-Stuy Wednesday night, leaving a trail of destruction
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Bed Stuy’s New Wellness Cafe Brews 'Coffee That Grounds Your Day'

Bed Stuy’s New Wellness Cafe Brews 'Coffee That Grounds Your Day'

Founders of the popular BK Yoga Club celebrated the grand opening of their new cafe On Dekalb with an all-day block party in Bed-Stuy
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Flatbush’s New Family-Owned Ice Cream Parlor Aims to Be Next Ben & Jerry's

Flatbush’s New Family-Owned Ice Cream Parlor Aims to Be Next Ben & Jerry's

Black- and family-owned Kookies & Kream Creamery offers endless tasty options, and hopes to bring Black representation to the ice cream world.
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Brooklyn Roasting Company, Radio Host Angela Yee Team Up for New Bed-Stuy Café

Brooklyn Roasting Company, Radio Host Angela Yee Team Up for New Bed-Stuy Café

The new café follows Yee’s partnership with the local coffee brand that urged people to get out the vote
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Organic Beauty Brand Blooms From Brooklyn Rooftop Flower Gardens

Organic Beauty Brand Blooms From Brooklyn Rooftop Flower Gardens

Williamsburg's Liana Blomquist has created 2,000 square feet of rooftop flower gardens to bring botanical beauty extracts closer to Brooklynites.
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