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There's a New Kick in Town!

FreshDirect co-founder and CEO Jason Ackerman and Deputy Brooklyn Borough President Diana Reyna (center) are joined by FoodKick staff as well as Brooklyn community partners for a ribbon cutting celebrating the launch of the new on-demand food busines

After 70 Years, Sweet'N Low Factory on Cumberland St to Leave Fort Greene

Cumberland Packing Corp. Cumberland Packing Corp, the maker of sugar-substitute Sweet'N Low and also Sugar in the Raw, will be closing up shop and leaving Brooklyn, reported The Wall Street Journal .

Abena Sidibe: Do You BCoop?

SPONSORED Abena Sidibe, a Crown Heights resident and teacher in Brownsville, said it was only a few years ago when her sisters would tease her about how she "loved to open her mail and pay bills.

It's Official: Bedford Armory Set to Open in Crown Heights as Mixed-Use Center for Housing, Sports and Retail

The Bedford Armory The 120-year-old Bedford-Union Armory, located at 1579 Bedford Avenue in Crown Heights, officially is getting a new identity.

Electeds Express Outrage: Minorities Represent 65 Percent of NYC Tax-Paying Population, Yet Receive Only 1 Percent of City's Business Contracts!

NYC Comptroller Scott M.
Small Businesses in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights Become 'Safe Stops' for Pedestrians in Need of Help

Small Businesses in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights Become 'Safe Stops' for Pedestrians in Need of Help

Monday morning, City Councilmember Robert Cornegy, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson and members of the NYP were in Bedford-Stuyvesant to announce the launch of Project Safe Stop, a community partnership connecting small businesses of Bed-S

Is Shopping Local For You?

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas and the full-on shopping bonanza has set off like dynamite, which conversely, has also ignited the local shopping movement.
Nov 28 is Small Business Saturday: Deals in Crown Heights

Nov 28 is Small Business Saturday: Deals in Crown Heights

Small Business Saturday (or "Shop Small Saturday") is November 28, 2015, the Saturday following Thanksgiving, the day that has been dedicated to supporting the small businesses in your neighborhood.
Comptroller Stringer Invites Residents to Air Their Concerns at Brooklyn Town Hall

Comptroller Stringer Invites Residents to Air Their Concerns at Brooklyn Town Hall

Brooklynites: What are your greatest concerns as residents? Is it policing in your neighborhood? Is it a lack of small business development? Is it traffic and parking around Barclays Center? Or perhaps its the unabated rising rents.
Comptroller Report: Unemployment Rate in Brooklyn Drops, from 7.5% to 5.5%

Comptroller Report: Unemployment Rate in Brooklyn Drops, from 7.5% to 5.5%

According to an analysis of the City's economic performance in the third quarter of 2015 released Friday by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, the City's unemployment rate is down to 5.4 percent, the lowest rate since 2008.