Even though some high-end stores in the South Slope are dropping like fies, it’s encouraging to see new shops opening anywhere on Seventh Avenue. This is the new Cohen’s Fashion Optical, which is having its grand opening at 298 Seventh Avenue, between Eighth and Ninth Streets. We fear for the fate of a lot of […]

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We were recently introduced to a new form of irony: cards. Oh this goes beyond the irony of SomeCards. Artist, Igor Kopelnitsky has created a series of 8 societal images that would certainly aim to tick off any right wing and/or evangelical, or give a giggle to any open-minded liberal. Each of Igor’s designs are […]

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Hunan Wok on Seventh Avenue went to the big wonton in the sky, as we reported in January. Today we can report that its replacement, Park Slope Farm, has just opened. It’s at 106 Seventh Ave., not far from Union Street. It’s a 24-hour spot, which will make it quite welcome to those for whom […]

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From 5:30-8pm on Thursday (2/19), the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is collaborating with Brooklyn Industries for an in-store “garden party” to celebrate the coming art-inspired spring line, modeled and shot in… you guessed it, the BBG. All BI stores are participating with this event, and are providing complimentary “green refreshments” (whatever that means?) and are raffling […]

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Looks like Love=? at 162 Fifth Avenue is going to the great shopping fest in the sky, at least if the close out sale signs in the window are any indication. Unclear if it’s poor business, increased rent or recession-related.

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[Renderings courtesy of Curbed and Racked] This, friends, is the first look at the humongous Red Hook Mall planned by developer Joe Sitt on the site of the former Revere Sugar Dome. This blockbuster comes courtesy of our compadres at Curbed and at Racked, which have full photogalleries of the plans. The details are that […]

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Tracy Feith, whose dress shop closed up on Mulberry Street in Nolita, is getting ready to open a new dress emporium in Williamsburg. The surfer who became a designer is opening at 64 Grand Street and this was the scene a couple of days ago as Team Feith worked to get the store ready. It […]

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The Seventh Avenue restaurant Hunan Wok, which closed down about a month ago, is morphing into a bodega/convenience store. Per a poster on Brooklynian: “There’s now an awning up for your standard corner store, presumably selling old vegetables, milk, beer, ice cream and chips.” Another poster writes: “The new sign says OPEN 24 HOURS!! i’m […]

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[Photo for GL by a Special Williamsburg Correspondent] The Khim’s grocery empire in Williamsburg is very close to a major expansion at the corner of Driggs Avenue and N. 11 Street. A special GL correspondent reports: “This a new grocery store going in on Driggs and N 11th. It is the old warehouse space where […]

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Two new shops have opened on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. One is the UGGs store (above), which fills the space that had been occupied by Beacon’s Closet, which moved much further down the block. The other is called Celine, which bills itself as a discount fashion shop and which we believe also has a […]

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The store we’re writing about, which is called Deluxa, has been around a couple of months, but its owner who is a regular GL reader just brought it to our attention and it sounds cool in a major way. Here’s her email to us: I was wanting to share with you and the readers…that I’ve […]

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GL Correspondent Max Casey got some bad news last night while munching some snacks and checking out vids at Video Free Brooklyn on Fifth Avenue: the store, which is the only video rental spot in that section of the Slope is going to be closing. Word came from the store’s owner, who said that the […]

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A new DNA Footwear & UGG Shop should be opening in a matter of days in the old space that housed Beacon’s Closet on Fifth Avenue near President Street. We saw the new windows going in and signs are now open they’ll be open the second week of December. That’s the interior above at about […]

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[Photo courtesy of Brooklynian] This is the new Bike & Board taking shape on Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights. The poster writes: “Yay! My new neighbors! They are getting the shop together, and they said they’ll be “wrenching” in a week! Retail will happen as things come in. The place is looking pretty nice, and […]

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M&S Meat on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, which is the successor to A&S up the street, which is now closed, is on its way. We stuck our camera inside the other day for a look at the current state of affairs, as well as the huge space the new shop will be occupying.

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One place that seemed to be drawing the crowds this post-Turkey Day weekend was the brand new DII closeout center occupying a prime piece of commercial space at the corner of Ninth Street and Fifth Avenue in the Slope. DII is brought to us by the people at Dee and Dee, which once had a […]

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[Photo courtesy of Dumbo Books of Brooklyn] Dumbo Books of Brooklyn did a little big of traveling yesterday on Big Black Friday and found a lack of crowds and that usual holiday shopping frenzy. We will, no doubt, be treated to endless analysis of Black Friday in coming days, but here is the beginning of […]

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Heads up book lovers – big sale at Picture Box (121 3rd St. at Bond) down in Gowanus this weekend (Sat 11/22, Sun 11/23), noon-5pm. Everything from educational to fiction, collectible to rare, children’s to graphic novels, as well as magazines. We don’t often promote sales that stores are having, but this is a cool […]

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Desserts by Michael Allen, which has been around a long time, has a new “showroom” in Clinton Hill. It’s at 1015 Fulton Street and had its “pre-opening” on Saturday. Per their website: After constant demand from those who have had desserts by Michael , we now offer dessert and catering in the Clinton Hill Brooklyn […]

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“It’s storefront shuffle time in Williamsburg: Not only has light and girly gift-shop Brooklynski moved to Graham Avenue, but Digital Fix, which you could call Brooklynski’s more masculine brother in design, has relocated to the Bedford Avenue Mini-Mall. The store, which sells high-tech and high-design gadgets like Nooka watches, tree-branch shaped thumb drives, and a […]

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There’s a new flea market coming to Brookyn next month. Per an email that hit our inbox: I’m launching an indoor Flea Market on Bedford Avenue and Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn November 2008. The flea market is going to be in an old collision shop that is “L” shaped. The space is approximately 3000 sq […]

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Eponymy, a women’s boutique, opened on Bergen Street a few weeks ago. Aside from frocks, the store also sells local art (see pic on jump). The person who runs the shop, in fact, told a GL Correspondent that everything in the space is for sale, “including the fixtures, though I doubt anyone would want to […]

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Unless you live nearby it’s easy miss Marishu, a little vintage ‘shop’ hidden in a garden-apartment located in the back of 518 Court Street. Only open Saturdays from 11am to 6pm, it is a mysterious yet inviting space. Filled with bric-a-brak of all sorts like sewing machines, textiles, dishes, collectibles, lamps, and even garden gnomes […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Max Casey] There is good news, we suppose, for those in need of a tattoo on Smith Street or those looking for more options in the Greater Gowanus-Carroll Gardens Metroplex. This is a newly open tattoo place on Smith Street called the Smith Street Tattoo Parlor. It’s on a rather, […]

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Gourmet Fresh on Court Street in Carroll Gardens opens on October 15th. Boasting its fresh produce, bakery, catering, deli and imported cheeses, it’s stocked full of produce and aisles of everyday goods. Interestingly enough the location is side by side to another “supermarket” and a fruit and vegetable shop. Could this be the harbinger of […]

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