NW corner of Franklin & Union: Crow Bar

There seems to be a growing population of people with the means and preferences for such things, so maybe they don't need to change in response to a new business.

2 TVs with football on its opening night.

Full house.

@mugofmead111 beat me to it! i don't know have a ton of knowledge about the history of crown heights, but i don't buy this line:

I can think of other entities in the area that have used the term Crow in their name locally, but did not seem to create the response:

Crow Hill Bistro used to be on Nostrand.

The Crow Hill Community Association still meets on Franklin.

The Crow Hill Development Corp still builds in the area.

I suspect some of the outrage stems from who is using the term (white business owner) and who is customers are likely to be (white recent graduates).

In that way, the term Crow is much like the N word ...some can use it, and others should not.

That is possible.

However, I wonder if any politicians are offended by the bar's name.

They would be slightly harder than the CHTU to dismiss, because they are often pro-development/new business.

Whereas as CHTU is usually against new businesses that serve a wealthier class, because it results in a snowball effect of gentrification which pushes lower income people out of the area.

There is a lively discussion in the comments section.

Colina Cuervo also translates to Crow Hill.

I think people are just grasping at straws here, no? Is anyone really offended or is this article just trolling an already tense neighborhood?

And the new weightlifting spot next to Berg'n is called Murder of Crows. 

Murder would mean a large group of Crows.

From what I have seen, both the new weightlifting place and the new bar are patronized by people of a variety of races/hues. They use them at their own volition. Hence, it is tough for me to think the customer base is insulted by the name.

This in sharp contrast to the now out of business NuBar on Nostrand. Because that bar had a primarily black customer base, I would periodically hear people of a variety of backgrounds wonder if the name meant Nubian Bar. (It did not)

Likewise, I have heard people claim Brownsville is so named because brown people live there. In actuality, it is named after a developer (Charles S Brown) in the 1860s. I believe Mr Brown was white.

Regardless, the first residents of modern Brownsville were Jewish and it remained predominantly Jewish from something like 1880 to the 1950s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownsville,_Brooklyn
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whynot_31 said:

That is possible. However, I wonder if any politicians are offended by the bar's name.  

That would be a good question to ask!  

I received the CHTU email notification about the picket and thought it was ridiculous. They need to use that energy to deal with real race issues. Ironically, I stopped in an hour ago and one of the two bartenders is black and the 3 girls sitting and enjoying a drink at the bar (the only customers at 5 pm) were black as well.

despite the controversy of its name....has anyone had dinner or drinks there yet?

Yes, this bar continues to be patronized by people of a variety of hues when I walk by. However, some tenants of the building continue to believe their say should hold weight.

yesbrooklyn said:

"our"? 

justice for tenants who demand naming rights to commercial spaces their landlord also owns?  thats a new one lol

Wonder if a posted trigger warning will satisfy those tenants....

Colina Cuervo means Crow Hill, Bar Corvo also means Crow Bar. Still waiting for the righteous warriors to picket those businesses.

It's all so ridiculous, especially when the overwhelming majority of patrons and people who work there are people of color and those protesting are white transplants. Maybe they should take their misdirected activist energy to picket in front of shady landlords/building management companies, at the courthouse during unfair hearings, use that time to volunteer at a soup kitchen, etc.

I consider myself a leftist myself and have several hardcore activist friends. I find that while there are some truly, selfless and noble activists, others are doing it for the wrong (often selfish) reasons. It's really turned me off from this type of activism.