Last Week in Brooklyn Openings and Closings

BROOKLYN, NY — It's the start of another week, which means it's time to review the openings, closings and real estate-related stories that made news in Brooklyn last week:

Bed-Stuy

• An 11-story office building is in the works on Spencer Street.
• A local Airbnb operator is fighting a $5,000 fine she was just handed by the city for violating legislation passed in October.

Bushwick

• Blink Fitness is opening a gym on Knickerbocker Avenue this March.

Crown Heights

• Ignitia Office plans to open a co-working space at 1002 Dean St. later this year, picking up where a failed co-working project by The Vault SF left off.

Lefferts Gardens

• A group of residents on Fenimore Street say they'll go to court to prevent a developer from putting a condo building on their block.

Park Slope

• Harlem-based Uptown Roasters has opened a new coffee shop on 7th Avenue.
• Flatbush Farm announced that its last day will be Feb. 25.

Prospect Heights

• mŏkbar is now serving traditional Korean cuisine on Atlantic Avenue.

Sunset Park

• In Industry City, Extraction Lab is demonstrating its space-age coffee and tea brewers while also serving a $14 cup of joe.

Williamsburg

• And a new Sephora outpost could be headed for Bedford Avenue.

Pictured at top: Esther Choi in mŏkbar. Photo by John V. Santore.