Crown Heights

It was just a couple of years ago that BKMAG first celebrated the borough’s new “Golden Age” of pastry, the rapid influx of fun and delicious new bakeries popping up all over Kings County. Which isn’t to say we don’t also love our Brooklyn institutions: those Polish bakeries of Greenpoint, the Russian bakeries of Brighton…

Nacha Focaccia is located at 800 Franklin Avenue, just north of Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, and is currently open on Wednesday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and on Saturday and Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Charlise Rookwood has lived a lot of lives. Born and raised in East London,…

Twice a year, the clandestine food and beverage department of the French tire company behind the Michelin Guide announces new inclusions to its prestigious digital pages. And, for the first time in a long time, the action in Brooklyn does not appear to have been overlooked or discounted in any way. For its spring drop,…

Three people were killed in a shooting at a bar and restaurant in Crown Heights overnight. Police responded to reports of gunfire at Taste of the City Lounge on Franklin Avenue at 3:30 a.m., the New York Times says. Eight men and three women, ages 27 to 61, were wounded, three fatally: a 27-year-old man,…

Lincoln Place between New York and Nostrand Avenues has been declared the borough’s ‘greenest block’ by the BBG.

PHOTOGRAPHY: Kenya Bravo SUBJECT: Feifan Wang NEIGHBORHOOD: Crown Heights OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur & Photographer Lived in Residence: 1 year Number of Rooms: 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Roommates: I live alone Feifan Wang wanted an apartment to fit his personal aesthetic: equal parts clean and modern, with some industrial accents thrown into the equation. Creating a space that felt uniquely his was something…

Photography: Ira Yousey Subject: Abigail Hibbs Neighborhood: Crown Heights Occupation: Works in finance at an art gallery Lived in Residence: 2 years Number of Rooms: There are five separate rooms, with a small entryway, and the living room/dining room being one large space. I had originally wanted to find an apartment that had a separate dining room,…

Age: 26 Pronouns: He/Him Neighborhood: Crown Heights Most Likely to: Fall asleep in my bathroom with a book and my laptop after a night of hard drinking and dancing because it feels cozy and clever. Favorite Quote: “Language is also a place of struggle.” – bell hooks Myles Johnson’s words make people pay attention. With…

Age: 29 Pronouns: She/Her Neighborhood: Flatbush Most Likely to: Takeover the planet, then vacation Favorite Quote: “My job is to somehow make them curious enough, or persuade them, by hook or crook, to get them more aware of themselves and where they came from and what they are into and what is already there, and just…

Age: 29 Neighborhood: Crown Heights Most Likely to: Produce a Broadway musical by 2020. Favorite Quote: “No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.” – Althea Gibson Everybody wants to be the boss. Or at least, most infatuate themselves with the idea of being a boss because of the association with power. But power…