Category Archives: Bernstein Spring 2009

Keeping It In The Family

Unfortunately, history tells us that family-owned businesses have some challenges ahead.  According to The Economist, about 70 percent of family-owned businesses in the United States never make it to the second generation.  And 90 percent do not survive until the … Continue reading

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Conflict Arising in Quiet South Brooklyn

Taking up ten blocks of the neighborhood, Avenue N is the main source that pumps life into Mill Basin. The major businesses and community gatherings are located on the block and as a resident it is truly difficult to avod … Continue reading

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Sugar Cafe stays sweet in bitter economy

Sugar Cafe is managing to stay sweet during the economic downturn that is leaving a bitter taste in the mouths of most New Yorkers. Standing on the intersection of 1st Avenue and Houston Street, Sugar Cafe, known to many as … Continue reading

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Post-Zoning Issues in the Lower East Side

On November 19, 2008 the City Council adopted the East Village/Lower East Side Rezoning. The zoning changes which are now in effect, involved an area of 111 blocks. An estimated 343 new units of affordable housing were approved and height … Continue reading

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“A Change Is Gonna Come”

Now that the 125Th Street Rezoning Project has been approved, what’s next?  City leaders, environmental organizations, community activists, mom and pops businesses, and long time residents of Harlem are now realizing that change is coming to their neighborhoods whether they … Continue reading

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If It Ain’t Brokered, Don’t Fix It

Khashi Eyn answers a phone call by the window of his 30 Wall Street office, standing eleven stories above throngs of tourists and money-men. A flower in the lapel of his pinstripe suit stands stiffly below his permanent five-o’clock shadow and slicked-back … Continue reading

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A Cupcake A Day Keeps The Recession Away

Two beat-up wooden benches are stationed in front of five glass doors. One of the doors has a red outline of a heart which reads, “Sugar Sweet Sunshine.”  Inside, the wooden floor and green recliner, with its torn fabric on … Continue reading

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Failing Business, It’s a Grind

Failing Businesses, It’s a Grind. Every morning, at 6a.m. the smell of fresh coffee, and pastries fills the air, and the faint sound of soft jazz can be heard, along with indistinct chatting. On a busy corner in Long Island … Continue reading

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A Treasure Chest in Brooklyn

Shiny glass cases enclose gold, silver and platinum necklaces, rings and bracelets in an established Brooklyn jewelry store new to Mill Basin. Seaview Jewelers opened 47 years ago in Canarsie, a neighboring community, and in January it relocated to Avenue … Continue reading

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Soho Lanes Causing a Fuss

Jam packed with bustling shoppers and tourists, Soho is a neighborhood that does not lack traffic. Trucks blocking the streets and honking car horns creating disturbing music are a common occurrence. However, it seems that it is the bikers who … Continue reading

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Queens Residents Have No Place to Go

  The Queens Library along with the Brooklyn Public Library and the New York Public Library are facing budget cuts by the city.  Faced with hard times, the Queens Library is forced to close branches on weekends and reduce programming, … Continue reading

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Last School Standing

There are plenty of public schools in Bensonhurst, but The Most Precious Blood School is the only Catholic School remaining in the neighborhood. According to OBI, one of the major nonprofit companies sponsoring the school, enrollment for catholic schools has … Continue reading

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A Place for Books and Residents

The library is not just a place to check out books in Mill Basin. Besides housing computers, books and classes for all Brooklyn residents, it lets the community know what is going on with a bulletin board plastered with events … Continue reading

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Medical Clinics Serve Patients’ Needs

There are numerous elementary schools and churches in Woodhaven, Queens, as well as a fire department and volunteer ambulance corps. However, junior high schools, high schools, and large hospitals are non-existent in the southern Queens district. St. Anthony’s Hospital, once … Continue reading

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Community Services in Bushwick

The Bushwick neighborhood is filled with community services. It has everything from a fire department and police station, to sanitation that comes around three times a week, but with the current state of our country, churches, schools and health care … Continue reading

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Lend a Helping Hand!

Help!! Everyone needs a helping hand whether it is your local school, nursing home, or library. Volunteers are welcomed with open arms. Help is always appreciated. Devote as little as an hour or two each week to organizations that benefit … Continue reading

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Fire!

Gerritsen Beach—Fired!–the word that in 2009 is in employers’ minds and in our everyday fears, although in this case, fire (without the D) is providing jobs–positions as volunteer fire fighters. In a fire department in Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, there are … Continue reading

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A Successful Conquest For “La Nueva Conquista”

236 Lafayette St. New York, NY, is home to a restaurant that by the looks of its exterior is not too welcoming. “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” is the most appropriate phrase that can be said about one … Continue reading

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East Village Residents Preserve Neighborhood’s Legacy of Protest

          It is no secret that East Village residents are typically socially-conscious and opinionated people. Tompkins Square Park, the neighborhood’s central park, is one of the city’s most politically active centers, hosting throngs of renegades, squatters and … Continue reading

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The Emptiness of the Small Businesses

As I got off the 2 train on the Fulton Street stop, I saw the first of several small businesses with very few customers. The reason might have been the fact that it was rush hour. It was the Royal … Continue reading

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