via Brooklyn Reporter
New Smoking Regulations Target Hookah Use
New hookah bars would not be allowed to open, and existing bars would not be allowed to move or expand, under a measure passed by the City Council.
Place: Brooklyn
via BKLYNER
Juice Bars Aim to Put Squeeze on Fast Food
The owners of Twisted Rootz and Hellshire Grill hope to change eating habits in Canarsie.
via BKLYNER
Council Candidate Tries to Rekindle the Bern
Jabari Brisport, an actor, Bernie Sanders fan and Green Party candidate, is waging an uphill battle to unseat incumbent Councilmember Laurie Cumbo in Brooklyn.
via BKLYNER
Lane Switch Plan Sparks Street Fight
A proposal to overhaul 86th Street between Shore Road and 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn's Bay Ridge spurred community ire.
via Brooklyn Based
Bike Repair Classes Turn a Corner
Mechanical Gardens‘ W/T/F Bicycle Repair and Maintenance Intensive classes are open to women, trans persons and non-binary individuals.
Protecting Red Hook from the Rising Tide
As the city explores three possible locations for a seawall, locals are more interested in more creative homegrown solutions.
Package-Free Grocery on Tap for Brooklyn
A planned new ecofriendly, health grocery store seeks to make mindful living mainstream.
via Sheepshead Bites
Brooklyn Veteran Recalls Pearl Harbor
"All hell broke loose," Clark J. Simmons, of Sheepshead Bay, remembered 75 years after the "Day of Infamy."