Home sweet home in brooklyn

a day in the neighborhood

Here are a few of my favorite ways to spend a day around Brooklyn! From morning walks to impromptu bike rides, there are countless places to run off to and enjoy. And the only thing better than the noms are the people!

CROWN HEIGHTS

7:00 AM -
BREAKFAST NIBBLES

Frenchy’s: chai latte, mini Nutella donuts

PROSPECT HEIGHTS

9:00 AM - FARMERS MARKET RUN

Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket

BEDFORD STUYVESANT

coming soon

DUMBO

8:00 PM - RIVER WALK

take a walk around Brooklyn Bridge Park

WILLIAMSBURG

11:00 AM - BRUNCH NOMS

Cafe Mogador: Shashuka, roasted potatoes, coffee

calling crown heights home

While this page will hopefully highlight many gems here in Brooklyn, there will be focus on Crown Heights as I have now relocated there and don’t plan on leaving anytime soon.

Even before moving to New York City, I knew I had to end up in Crown Heights! I had come to the neighborhood several times prior to visit friends and something about it reminded me of the apartments I grew up in as a child. I knew, after walking down Nostrand Avenue seeing folks interacting with each other, I could make a home here. Once the starts aligned, I went for it and now I live in Brooklyn.

It is hard to ignore that the neighborhood landscape is changing rapidly thanks to people like me. Young folk with decent financial mobility (due to splitting rent with roommates) are part of the gentrification wave overtaking New York City neighborhoods like Crown Heights. Making the commitment to take an apartment and contribute to rising real estate prices that make it harder and harder for people to raise their families in the neighborhood they were raised in requires the same commitment to protect the people who depend on the small businesses that made the neighborhood the hot spot it is now. This page will help my efforts to share the very businesses and people who make Crown Heights the inviting neighborhood I know it to be.

I am happy to share my new home with you especially in a time where race, financial and social inequity is under much scrutiny. Now more than ever we all should be aware of where we put our support and who it supports.

*FALL**-ing for Brooklyn*

support small businesses

BUTTER & SCOTCH, crown heights

This Crown Heights bar is run by a two ladies who are fierce feminists! They donate $1 of all cocktails served to Planned Parenthood and continues to serve the community the best they can by promoting other justice causes. The desserts are also delish~ one of the founders won the Brooklyn Pie Bake-Off in 2010 and has only added more yummy treats to her arsenal! I am always a sucker for the sundaes! I am a sucker for the sundaes (and the drinks!) The brilliant ladies of Butter & Scotch also have some equally brilliant cookbooks for you to enjoy these treats at home!

BROOKLYN TEA, bedford stuyvesant

Brooklyn Tea is a black-owned tea shop that is as much of a tea haven as it is community hot spot. Be sure to check it out and try any one of a number of their quali-tea selection! My personal favorite is the blueberry rooibos.