As the proprietor of Calabar Imports — a treasure hunt of a store with handcrafted items from around the globe — Atim Annette Oton has been a Brooklyn fixture …
As the proprietor of Calabar Imports — a treasure hunt of a store with handcrafted items from around the globe — Atim Annette Oton has been a Brooklyn fixture …
“My mom gave birth to me in Washington, D.C., but I was born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn,” says Monique Greenwood, owner of Akwaaba Mansion…
What do you do when your “dream job” isn’t your dream anymore? This was the question nagging Cassandre Davilmar five years ago, back when she was a corporate lawyer at…
You know what these chilly winter months call for? A warm, chewy chocolate chip cookie. Or maybe a berry cheesecake cookie, a peanut butter and jelly cookie, a vegan apple raisin cookie, a vegan …
“The concept for HealHaus came about because of a void,” says Elisa Shankle, the 32-year-old co-founder of the Bed-Stuy/Clinton Hill wellness center and café (@healhaus) offering classes and private sessions for yoga…
The field of Democratic candidates for the 2020 presidential race has grown to include the most women running in U.S. history. Great time for a refresher on Brooklyn’s own Shirley Chisholm, who…
People often act puzzled when they learn what Jae does for a living. “They’re like, ‘Out of all the businesses to get into, why that?’” says the 28-year-old owner of Paws and the City…
“My great-grandmother, my grandmother, my mother and me, we’re all Bushwick girls,” says Kymme Williams, who co-owns the Brooklyn Grind cafe with her husband, Raymond Davis. While her family…
Happy New Year, BOB Massive! It’s not too late for one more toast to 2019, and we recommend raising your glass at Baby Jane. Sapphira Molina-Hill opened the Clinton Hill cocktail bar with co-owner…
With a wild amount of bike lanes and paths, Brooklyn is New York’s most bikeable borough. And with about a dozen bike shops, Park Slope is cyclist mecca. But 50 years ago…
Cheryl Smith, owner of Cheryl’s Global Soul, was constantly nudged by her Jamaican mother to learn how to cook. “I was like, ‘Are you teaching my brothers too?’” she says of her defiant younger self…
“I’m brash, I’m an Amazon, I don’t bite my tongue, and I’m not for everybody,” begins Jyll Hubbard, owner of Urban Asanas yoga studio. “But the people who get it, they get it.” In fact so many folks get Jyll that, after nearly 15 years…
“While all women have some experiences of being dissatisfied when it comes to their beauty routines, I think Black women get the real short end of the stick,” says Stephanie Louis, owner of Stylebox Salon…
Heads up, Massive: New York African Restaurant Week is happening now through Oct. 21! Don’t miss out on special deals at participating restaurants, including Bati Ethiopian…
Flowers have always been Rasheedah Leslie’s thing. The owner of Les’ Blooms attributes it to having spent her early girlhood in Belize, watching her mother and grandmother tend to…
Jacques Sylvestre, owner of the Juicy Box, knew his Midwood community was conscious about its health. He regularly worked out alongside neighbors at one of the area’s many gyms, and all his peers were…
Back in 2012, two years after Nilea Alexander married her husband Lamine Diagne, the couple took stock of the new businesses popping around their Crown Heights neighborhood…
“That’s the number one question I get,” Ty Holloway, designer and owner of MILES Culture, says with a smile. “No, my name is not Miles.” But the name of the Crown Heights…
Despite her talents, when Raven Voorhees started training as a nail technician, she didn’t imagine sticking with it for the long run. “It wasn’t common to see Black girls doing nails, so I felt out of place for a very long time…
Life Hack: If you want more Caribbean flavor in Crown Heights after yesterday’s West Indian Day Parade, you can get it in ice cream form at Island Pops. Shelly Marshall, who owns the shop with her husband Khalid…
