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Celebrating with Mint Juleps and Margaritas this Weekend.

We’ve got two very spirited holidays this weekend with two delicious cocktails that go along with them. The Kentucky Derby is Saturday and Cinco de Mayo is this Sunday! Looking for a place to go or ideas for entertaining at home? We’ve got you covered! Smack Mellon in Dumbo is holding it’s annual Kentucky Derby […]

Ringing in the New Year Tonight!

Everyone has their own style for ringing in the new year. Some party hard among crowds of people celebrating, others like to keep it relaxed and go somewhere local and less crowded for food and drinks, while others prefer to take part in more unique activities like a bike ride or mediation. No matter what […]

RealTours: A Day in Ditmas Park

Ditmas Park is an adorable neighborhood with gorgeous Victorian houses, although some may call them mansions, and two strips of bars, shops and restaurants.  Courtelyou Road used to be the main drag for trendy bars and dining but lately some new and delicious spots have popped up on Church Avenue.  Years ago an RC agent, […]

3 Outdoor Brooklyn Bars for Labor Day Drinks

As the long weekend approaches and the summer comes to an end a lot of us are having the same thought.  “I need a drink!”. Well, there aren’t many weekends left to take advantage of sitting on a bar’s patio or garden area and having a few drinks while the sun goes down.  Here are […]

Response to Red Hook Star Revue’s “Beard Street Compromise”

At the beginning of the month the Red Hook Star Revue published this article about the bar, Narrow Water Brewing, opening on 158 Beard Street.  Many Red Hook residents had concerns about this establishment opening at this location and spoke up recently at a community meeting. Realty Collective owner and CB6 member, Victoria Hagman, was at this […]

Spotlight on Boudoir Bar.

Every once in a while  we like to spotlight a local business that is relatively new.  Never has it felt more appropriate to spotlight an establishment as it does with Boudoir Bar on Atlantic.  Why you ask?  The place is literally hidden underground.  At 135 Atlantic Avenue you must down stairs under french restaurant Chez Moi […]

Velvette Brew Coming to Smith Street.

Formerly two spaces in one, a juice bar and Shelsky’s of Brooklyn, which moved up to Court Street near Atlantic, 251 Smith Street has had brown paper in the windows for a short while. We are now seeing signage! A small piece of paper has been put up in the window that announces a place […]

RealTours: A Day in Brooklyn with Saira Toppin.

Saira Toppin, one of RC’s newest agents, lives right on the border of Crown Heights and Brownsville. She’s ventures out of her neighborhood more often than she stays in it so her picks are all over Brooklyn. Coffee: I’m more of a tea girl, but the last place I had a coffee was from Beny’s […]