Last Week in Brooklyn Openings and Closings

BROOKLYN, NY — It's Monday, which means it's time to review the openings, closings, and real estate-related stories that made headlines in Brooklyn last week:

Bed-Stuy

• The neighborhood will be getting a vegan butcher shop next year
• A new BKLYN Commons co-working space is coming to the Fat Albert building on Broadway

Brooklyn Heights

• Opponents of the planned developments on Pier 6 are trying a new tactic

East New York

• Locals are banding together to protest the eviction practices of Quick Evic

Cobble Hill

• Neighborhood institution BookCourt will be closing its doors on Dec. 31
• But there's a silver lining: leading Brooklyn author Emma Straub plans to open a new neighborhood bookstore in the near future

Downtown Brooklyn

• The Actors Fund announced that it will help lead an upcoming affordable housing seminar at Borough Hall

Dumbo

• Check out the phenomenal views from this Dumbo penthouse

Flatbush

• On Flatbush Avenue, Errol's Bakery, in business for 15 years, is fighting to stay open

Gowanus

• The city says it wants to plan the future of the neighborhood with the public's input, but not everyone is convinced those professed intentions are sincere

Park Slope

• You can go ice skating for free every Monday all winter long in Prospect Park
• Mivida Market has a new permanent home on 5th Avenue

Prospect Heights

• The chicken and waffles experts at Sweet Chick will be opening a new Prospect Heights location in the spring

Red Hook

• A former top designer with the city's planning department is opening his home up to locals who want to discuss the future of their community

Sunset Park

• The city officially thinks that a former C-Town on 8th Avenue could house a new neighborhood school, but the site must still go through a public approval process
• Trestle Art Space is moving its major operations from Gowanus to 3rd Avenue
• A new six story hotel is coming to 3rd Avenue, but it may not open until 2018

Williamsburg

• And there's a new struggle brewing over the future of Bushwick Inlet Park

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