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New Trader Joe’s Coming to Brooklyn

New Trader Joe’s Coming to Brooklyn

The new store is opening in Williamsburg on December 10 Trader Joe’s is opening its third Brooklyn location next week on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg. The store, which is a few blocks from the Bedford Ave.
Cheryl Bowers Is Keeping Brooklyn's Soles Clean and Sneakers Fresh

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

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

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
New Student-Run Concession Stand Opens at Barclays Center

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
Brooklyn Getting New Academic Facility: The Research Yard

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
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.
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
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.
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.