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Granof and her son Theo in Sicily.Photos courtesy of Victoria Granof.

Victoria Granof Creates Art Out of Food (and, Sometimes, Live Turkeys)

March 28 | Alice Gilbert

In a time when we can all take a picture of what we’re eating and post it online, it can be easy to lose sight of those who create and capture delicious-looking food professionally. That’s exactly what Victoria Granof, a Red Hook native, has been doing for the past two and a half decades. Her […]

Park Slope’s 5th Ave

9 oldest and greatest restaurants on Park Slope’s Fifth Ave

March 27 | Hannah Berman

Park Slope’s Fifth Ave, sometimes affectionately referred to by Brooklynites as “the Other Fifth,” recently received its very own surprising accolade: According to Time Out, it’s the coolest street in NYC right now and the 13th coolest street in the world. This somewhat shocking designation recognizes Fifth Ave’s growth. Thanks to a combination of gentrification, […]

Several hundred community members made their presence felt at the first official public gathering for the proposed “Brooklyn Skate Garden.”

Opposing sides clash in first ‘Brooklyn Skate Garden’ community meeting

March 27 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman  

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Nobody was able to coast through this meeting. Both sides were determined to cut an edge. Proponents of the proposed “Brooklyn Skate Garden,” slated to be built in the middle of Mount Prospect Park, were met with the opposition — in addition to a significant share of supporters — Monday evening in […]