Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Neighborhood Watch

Does anyone know of one ever forming in Crown Heights? Does anyone have interest in exploring starting one? Would seem to be a proactive step that could be taken that would not be reactive (like protests after an incident happens), and would therefore stand at least some small chance of successfully preventing crime.

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Franklin Ave & Lincoln incident this morning?

Anyone know what happened this morning on Franklin and Lincoln? Police tape across the road blocking access to Franklin and evidence number markers all over the road.

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Employee of Spice factory (on Franklin near Sullivan) states rumors of sale are not accurate

The buildings predate Ebbets Field Stadium, which predate Ebbets Field Apartments....Most of the buildings are gone, but the one in use by the Spice company remains.

Crown Height's Consumers Park Brewery on Franklin Ave.In 1908, when Charley Ebbets was looking around Brooklyn for a place to build his ballpark, he decided on an obscure part of ...

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Comic book store coming to Union and Nostrand

Does anyone know what business is coming to 1216 Union? It was Diana Richardson's old office.

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The Palace on Nostrand seeks royalty

As per @crownheightser "So, last week I saw a ton of sheetrock being moved into the 713-723 "Palace" building at Nostrand and Sterling. Workers said that they were fixing up the place to be rented, and doing a lot of repairs to the basement systems, walls, and ceilings. I think the owner is fixing up ...

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711 Nostrand (near Park Pl) is becoming something food and beverage related.

Permits filed on 11/1/2016 to renovate the first floor.

http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=1&passjobnumber=321473286&passdocnumber=01

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The Sea Crest linen site, 46 Crown St. (aka 902 - 920 Franklin) becomes four, 7 story buildings

Located at 46 Crown St, Sea Crest Linen has occupied a large site for decades. Though originally slated to close back in Sept 2013, the plant closed a few weeks ago. http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130715/HOSPITALITY_TOURISM/130719929 Behind, it leaves a large site which is close to the museum, Prospect Park and other attractions....I don't think a factory will be ...

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1413 Bedford (btwn. Prospect and St. Marks) to become Abigail's Bakeshop

Noticed this bakery in progress on my walk home today. Looks awesome. Website: http://jamjarny.com FB: https://facebook.com/abigailsbakeshop/

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The ground floor of the building at the NW corner of Franklin and EP

Formerly the site of Yogu Moo Sign went up today. The people putting up the sign said it is going to be a clothing store.

Part of me suspects that they have not taken down the Yogu Moo sign because their ladder is too short.

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There goes another bodega (Christopher deli)

Christopher deli (on Franklin between St. John's and Sterling place) is closed with a "for rent" sign on it.

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The Repurposing of the Armory at Bedford and UNION

(not the Armory at Bedford and Pacific that houses the large homeless shelter)The huge armory at Bedford and Union occasionally hosts a concert, but is underused. That will soon change....What do you want it to become? You could jabber about your ideas and listen to the ideas ...

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Kosher Food Crawl on October 22nd

As a result of having only 250 tickets for sale, I suspect this event will sell out pretty quickly http://collive.com/show_news.rtx?id=47381&alias=food-crawl-around-crown-heights

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The Triangle at Washington and Grand!

Wanna do something great for the Washington Ave retail strip - that will only take about two minutes?Click here to go to the DOT's CityBench online request form:http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/sidewalks/citybench.shtmlRequest CityBenches for the new DOT sidewalk extension at Washington, Grand and Park. The total lack of public seating along the Washington retail strip is frustrating and off-putting. ...

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Pioneer Supermarket 822 Franklin btw Eastern Parkway and Union

Hello All - Does anyone know what is going on with the closed Pioneer Supermarket on Franklin Avenue just South of Eastern Parkway? It was supposedly going to be taken over by Bob & Betty to serve the quickly growing population of south Crown Heights. There was also talk that the samll space next door ...

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The part of the Old Brewery that is becoming a huge complex (Franklin & Dean)

This discussion was created from comments split from: enormous building near franklin ave. shuttle stop.

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Thursday night incident?

Anyone know what's going on at approx 1115 pm on Bergen street at classon? Swarming with cops who then proceeded with flashlights down Bergen towards Grand, looking around and under cars. One asked us if we'd heard anything, which we hadn't. Just curious since I live on this block.

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Here comes 1515 Bedford, at Lincoln

The demolition of the theater/church that previous occupied this lot was discussed on this thread: http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/26049/big-building-on-northeast-corner-of-lincoln-pl-and-bedford&nbsp#Item_95

This thread follows the construction of the new building.

Here are pics of the new building. Mix use building, residential and community facility.10 story over cellar, approximately 110,000 sf and 114 residences. (old rendering)

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Bad Seed Cider to Open Taproom on Franklin

Hey all, I was just biking down Franklin and, between Atlantic and Pacific, I noticed folks putting the finishing touches on the taproom for Bad Seed Cider—a Hudson Valley producer. Supposed to open in later September. https://www.badseedhardcider.com/bad-seed-brooklyn-tap-room

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Former St. Teresa School to train court officers

For more information, attend the hearing at 6:30 PM on Thurs. March 3rd at the Center for Nursing and Rehab, on Classon bet. Park Place and Prospect Place. Housing Committee, CB 8.

St. Teresa's School is located near CNR on the corner of Sterling Place and Classon. It's been a vacant eyesore ...

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New wings place coming to 1218 Union (near Nostrand)

Formerly the location of a different wings place, Super Wings https://twitter.com/AceWuzHere/status/893889017921581056 Screen Shot 2017-08-05 at 2.39.27 PM

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New restaurant space at Rogers and Montgomery

Had a quick look at the new (former bodega) space on the ground floor in the northwest corner building at Montgomery and Rogers. Looks good, exposed brick, large corner space and basement for food storage and prep. Contractor said the owner is building it out for rent as a coffee shop or restaurant. It has ...

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766 Classon (formerly Glass shop coffee) and 768 Classon (formerly Pete Zaaz) become Zaaz Pizza

The former site of the Glass Shop hoped to open on October 10th, and serve sandwiches. 766 Classon

Pete Zaaz is supposed to return as a pizza shop at some point in the distant future.

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Restaurant Nostrand and Crown?

Saw some people hanging out with doors open in a spot on east side of Nostrand at Crown. Looks like a restaurant or bar inside. White subway tiles and pendant lights. I didn't notice any permits but I was moving quickly. Anyone know what's happening?

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El Dorado Restaurant on Nostrand will be replaced by Alenbi

Someone has finally moved on this vacant restaurant. Work permits indicate another restaurant will be residing there soon.

Perhaps if the new owner is a reader they will let us know what's coming.

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Summerhill Bar on Gothamist

A Brooklynian member gets a shout out/quote in Gothamist: "Summerhill, a new "boozy sandwich shop" on Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights, issued a press release on Monday advertising one of its cocktails next to a "bullet hole-ridden wall"—remnants of a "a rumored backroom illegal gun shop." "Yes, that bullet hole-ridden wall was originally there ...

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Something is happening in 634 Park Place (near Franklin)

This was briefly the site of Park Place Cafe. It closed a while ago, after the DOH realized that it never went thru the ordeal of getting its kitchen inspected, or registering with them.

It seems to have sat vacant since approximately Jan 2014. http://www.yelp.com/biz/park-place-coffee-new-york?sort_by=date_desc

However, today it seems the place is finally ...

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Stroud playground renovation

The Parks Dept is planning to renovate Stroud Playground which extends from Park PL to Sterling PL bw Washington and Classon Aves (adjacent to PS 316/MS 353). The project will involve capital improvements and a new design. Stroud is one of 6 community parks in Brooklyn that have been identified for an upgrade. Two events ...

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100 Kingston (at Dean) would like to become a bar.

It would be known as Kingston Public House

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1263 President at New York Ave

This half-constructed apartment building, whose modern style is wildly out of place at the end of Doctors' Row, has been sitting there without any work being done on it for several months, maybe more than a year. Anyone know what the holdup is? There are lots of permits posted but I have no idea whether ...

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Owl Thistle moved south of EP, and is now closing. But Subways are still here!

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/10/29/crown-heights-general-store-pushed-south-by-rent-hike/Personally I only stopped in because it was convenient on my walk home from the subway, will be interesting to see how it does south of EP.

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