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Crown Heights

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Nacha Focaccia: A Vegan Haven in Crown HeightsNews Island Pops Menu: Caribbean Ice Cream in BrooklynNews

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Agi's Counterrestaurant · Eastern European and Jewish comfort-food-inspired restaurant Chavela’srestaurant · Mexican restaurant Cordeliacafe · Bookstore cafe and evening wine bar Island Popsrestaurant · Ice cream shop Nacha Focacciarestaurant · Bakery Villagerfood · coffee shop

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Choose Your Chavela’s Dinner From Tacos to a Shared StarterFood + Drink Bicycle Roots: Bring the Route Before Choosing the BikeShopping At Villager, Start With the Coffee You Like to DrinkCoffee A Color-Filled Family Weekend Opens at Brooklyn MuseumEvents Agi’s Counter Works Best When You Order Across the TableFood + Drink Anyone Comics Turns Browsing Into a Crown Heights HangoutShopping

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Crown Heights stories

Conceptual editorial illustration for Chavela’s; not a photograph or documentary depiction of the venue, service or event.

Food + Drink

Choose Your Chavela’s Dinner From Tacos to a Shared Starter

Conceptual editorial illustration for Bicycle Roots; not a documentary depiction of the establishment.

Shopping

Bicycle Roots: Bring the Route Before Choosing the Bike

Conceptual editorial illustration for Villager; not a documentary depiction of the establishment.

Coffee

At Villager, Start With the Coffee You Like to Drink

Conceptual illustration of a family exploring an imaginary flower-filled museum gallery, not a reproduction of Mika Ninagawa’s installation.

Events

A Color-Filled Family Weekend Opens at Brooklyn Museum

Illustration of diners sharing Eastern European and Jewish comfort-food-inspired plates in a warm Crown Heights restaurant.

Food + Drink

Agi’s Counter Works Best When You Order Across the Table

Illustration of a Crown Heights comic shop with browsers, manga shelves, comics racks and a small game table.

Shopping

Anyone Comics Turns Browsing Into a Crown Heights Hangout

Original editorial collage illustration of visitors moving through a brightly lit museum and performance space during an after-hours fall celebration.

Things to Do

Brooklyn Museum Fall Fête Is an After-Hours Art Plan

Editorial illustration of five Brooklyn creators working in street photography, cooking, fashion, portraiture and interviewing

Culture

Five Brooklyn Creators Worth Following Now

Original editorial scene of a coach giving a beginner a careful barbell setup orientation in a Brooklyn strength gym

Health & Fitness

Choose Your First Murder of Crows Training Session

Original editorial scene of families exploring colorful hands-on water and building activities in a children’s museum

Things to Do

Make Brooklyn Children’s Museum Work for Your Family

Museum visitors studying original black-and-white sequential art in a grand Brooklyn gallery

Culture

Before You Book the Brooklyn Museum’s Art of Manga

Original editorial image of a Crown Heights bookstore café transitioning into a warm evening wine bar

Nightlife

Cordelia Brooklyn: Bookstore, Café & Wine Bar

Families decorating pumpkins amid autumn foliage and live music in a Brooklyn botanical garden

Things to Do

Plan a Family Day at BBG Fall Harvest Festival

Original editorial image of Brooklyn residents using a basketball court and fitness areas inside a restored Crown Heights armory

Things to Do

Major Owens Center Puts a Gym, Pool and Courts Under One Armory Roof

A bright Crown Heights bookstore and coffee shop with curated shelves, a community board and neighborhood browsers

Culture

Cafe con Libros Pairs Books With a Feminist Community Space

Wine and small plates on a softly lit leafy Brooklyn bar patio after dusk

Nightlife

Whoopsie Daisy: A Crown Heights Wine Bar Guide

Nacha Focaccia vegan cafe interior with cultural decor and diverse menu items.

News

Nacha Focaccia: A Vegan Haven in Crown Heights

Island Pops ice cream shop in Crown Heights with Caribbean decor and colorful ice cream.

News