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Women-Owned Series: Arbitrator and Mediator, Erin Gleason Alvarez

Realty Collective owner, Victoria Alexander, often runs into Erin Gleason Alvarez at a co-working space for women called The Wing. We are thrilled to feature her in this edition of our women-owned series. Read about Erin below and her company, which empowers women to take charge of negotiations, called  Take Charge Negotiations here! What was your path to […]

Women-Owned Business Series: Joann Nicolosi of The Bike Shop

This women-owned business series spotlight is on Joann Nicolosi of The Bike Shop in Carroll Gardens. Photos are taken from her Instagram @CourtCycles. First tell us about your business and anything special we should know about it or you. My name is Joann Nicolosi I have owned the bicycle shop at 514 Court Street since 1990 […]

Calling All Beer-Brewing Women!

Women across the borough have until this Sunday to apply for the Brooklyn Women Homebrew Competition! The bar/flower shop called Sycamore in Ditmas Park, who RC agent Susan Grossman blogged about a while back in her RealTours: A Day in Ditmas Park post, is hosting the competition at the end of March. Brewer and co-owner of […]

Women’s Resources In and Around Brooklyn.

We wanted to put together a comprehensive guide of local resources for women. Supporting female business owners, artists, makers, and community members has been a goal of ours and we aim to contribute in anyway we can. We have been promoting women-owned Brooklyn businesses in a blog series for the past year (see our full […]

Women-Owned Business Part 5: Michelle Mannix and Cook Space.

We are well acquainted with Michelle Mannix’s business ventures. She was in the neighborhood not too long ago as co-owner of Ted and Honey and recently opened a spot in Prospect Heights called Cook Space, a cooking school and catering space. We are happy to have had the opportunity to ask Michelle about her new […]

Women-Owned Brooklyn Business: Elite Minds Montessori Coming Soon!

As we announced in our blog last week, that Realty Collective will be doing all we can to support other women who own small businesses in Brooklyn. Today is our first spotlight on a women-owned establishment. Elite Minds Montessori is a multilingual (English and French) private preschool for children ages 2 1/2-5 years of age opening […]