Business & Innovation

Former Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz joins City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo for the co-naming of Sterling Pl at Washington Avenue: "Gus Vlhavas Place," after the late owner of Tom's Diner "Gus is here today; you always feel he is around,"

On Wednesday, September 30, The Lion's Den, located at 557 Classon Ave. near Fulton St., celebrated its official grand opening to the public. The restaurant has renovated and expanded, since taking over from the former owners of My Arena.

Super Foodtown Bed-Stuy Owner Noah Katz (center) holds ribbon-cutting for store's grand reopening with (l to r) Gov.

Monique, owner of "Walk-in Closet" pop-up consignment boutique There's hardly a fashion-minded person who doesn't dream of owning a walk-in closet.

SPONSORED Small business is the spark plug of the American economy, and for small business owners, opening up shop is often the inaugural step in staking claim to the American Dream. But dreams need to be nurtured into actuality.

Elizabeth Mandarano, owner of 7 Arlington Place, the brownstone that was the setting for the movie, "Crooklyn" There's hardly a single Brooklynite unfamiliar with the 1994 iconic Spike Lee film, "Crooklyn," a story that chronicles a Brooklyn family a

Photo: Facebook The Tompkins Avenue coffee shop Common Grounds-- a beloved staple in the Bed-Stuy community-- will be closing on September 27, 2015, announced its owner Tremaine Wright on Facebook on Thursday.

Donald Edwards, co-owner of Locale Village Shop & Yoga "Bed-Stuy made me do it," said Donald Edwards, co-owner of Locale Village Shop & Yoga , a boutique gift shop and yoga studio, located at 410 Marcus Garvey Blvd.

SPONSORED Communities are a compendium of people, places, things and energy. A community is also a direct reflection of the level of investment by its key financial anchors.

WASH AVE ROCKS! is back. The 6th annual street fair will take place this year on Sunday, August 16, from 12:00noon to 6:00pm on Washington Avenue (between Prospect Place and St. Marks Avenue).