Adriane Stewart, owner of Lotus Scoop ice cream, grew up making the frozen dessert as a beloved family tradition, but she never considered parlaying her hobby into a career…
Adriane Stewart, owner of Lotus Scoop ice cream, grew up making the frozen dessert as a beloved family tradition, but she never considered parlaying her hobby into a career…
Harlem born and bred, Torri Clayton moved to Bedford-Stuyvesant 10 years ago…
Margie Toney, owner of Style Eyes Optical Boutique, is quick to remind you: eyewear is FASHION…
“I realized I was going to die from stress or something,” says Ludlow Beckett, reflecting on the moment he decided to leave his job…
Krystal Cummings, owner of the cosmetic tattoo studio Browstress, wasn’t always into beauty stuff. Before pursuing her license…
Owned by married couple Nicole and Michael Nicholas, the multi-hyphenate Flatbush oasis…
Akim Vann, owner of The Bakery on Bergen, knew early on in life that she would never have a 9 to 5 and wanted to work only for herself…
Cooking has been a lifelong passion for Alicia Hines, owner and chef of Likkle Jamaican Dumpling House. “But being the child of Jamaican immigrants…
Serving up flavorful Senegalese cuisine in a homey atmosphere, Joloff has been a Brooklyn institution for 25 years. Yet surprisingly the restaurant’s owner, “Pape” Konare Diagne, didn’t even start cooking until his mid-30s…
It may be October — but it AIN’T OVER YET! Savor these still-sunny days at The Rogers Garden, a Flatbush rum bar that transports us to the tropics every time. Owned by Garnett Phillip, a Brooklyn native…
“Family businesses are hard,” says Jitu Maat, 30, co-owner of Hardware 2.0. Before taking over the hardware store founded by his father, the Clinton Hill native had explored other careers…
Garden in the Wake was founded by Morgen Bromell (left) and Justina Walker this spring,…
Here in the stolen summer of COVID, Brooklyn has been paused, distanced and canceled. We’re massaging sanitizer into hands that previously held passes to our favorite summer tentpole events, and, since it’s August, right about now that would mean the Afropunk Festival...
Growing up as Brooklyn kids, Frantz "Face" Farnoille, Michelle Cadore, and Tyler Jordan frequented Albee Square and the Fulton Mall in Downtown Brooklyn for much of their teen years. Buying jewelry, sneakers and clothes after school, it was...
If Brooklyn had a “30 Under 30” celebrating the year’s high achievers, then Essie, the enterprising 29-year-old owner of Bad & Boozy Cocktail Co., would deserve a spot on the list…
We don't really use hierarchical terms, but if I had to describe what I do, I guess I’m like the CEO,” says Steph Wiley, more accurately described as a founding worker-owner of the Brooklyn Packers…
Before we ever tried the pizza at Cuts & Slices, we’d seen high praise about it on the social media accounts of Styles P, Jadakiss and other New York rappers. That piqued our interest in the Bed-Stuy pizzeria...
“I was walking barefoot in Saratoga Park — and hugging trees. I don’t know if that’s a good idea, but that’s what I was doing,” says Chanel Porchia-Albert as she describes laboring with her first child in 2008…
