Winey Neighbor now open at 679 Washington

A new wine store has opened up on the recently-revived strip of Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights. Named the 'Winey Neighbour,' this store features a wine label on every bottle that not only suggest food pairings, but music pairings.

Being a fan of rieslings myself, I've attached a label for a riesling at left. Riesling and Bob Marley, I can definitely live with that.

An opening party is scheduled for January 21; I plan to be there.

Al di La offshoot Bar Corvo in TONY

Bar Corvo is the name of the new Al di La offshoot on Washington Avenue. Here's a link to the Time Out NY spread.

Two Prospect Heights restaurants featured in eater

Chuko and Kimchi Grill are featured in eater.com as two new restaurants worth the trek to the outer boroughs.

Hello Living's newest condo to be built here

Eli Karp, who has put up at least 5 condos under the Hello Living umbrella has his eyes on Prospect Heights again, this time at the empty lot at the SE corner of Pacific and Washington.

NYC DOB permits have been filed recently for a 7 story building with 12 units and 6 parking spots.

The block is the same block on which the infamous Scarano-built Washington Condos sits.

The Hello Living site lists 8 condos that have been built in the Prospect Heights/Crown Heights area.

Latest celeb (?) to move to Clinton Hill

Check out Yamila Diaz-Rahi and her new townhouse in Clinton Hill. Here's a link to her gorgeous bikini shots.

Caribbean restaurant, Janelle's, coming to Washington

Per Grub Street. Lunch and dinner menu here.

Graham condos unit

2 bedroom, 2 bath, 1105 square foot unit for $749K. Desirable location.

772 Dean Street sold

A neighborhood real estate investor has purchased this building for $640K, across the street from the southern part of the Washington Condos. Interesting to see what will become of it, half a block from a future ramen joint and the new Dean Street restaurant.

Permits have also been filed for construction.

New plan passes for Washington/Atlantic intersection

Per brownstoner, take a look at the new traffic calming measures.

CSA for Prospect Heights

Join this CSA cooperative run out of Pennsylvania. Drop offs are at Ortine Restaurant on Washington Avenue.

Check out the link here.

Prices start at $425 for a half share of vegetables for 25 weeks and $180 for 20 weeks of fruit.

Shooting at Dean and Washington on Sunday morning

From Gothamist
Shooting
789 Dean St & Washington Ave
Brooklyn, NY
1/9/2011 12:20 a.m.
BROOKLYN: *SHOOTING* 789 DEAN ST & WASHINGTON AVE. PD O/S WITH A MALE SHOT IN THE LEG, LEVEL 1 MO

http://brooklynian.com/forum/prospect-heights/1206am-sunday-fireworks-or-gunshots

Ghost bike up on Atlantic and Washington

A white ghost bike was put up a few weeks ago at the NE corner of Atlantic and Washington to commemorate the death of Jasmine Herron, a barista who was run over by a city bus after swerving to avoid the car door of a woman who suddenly opened it.

HuffPo weighs in on Atlantic/Washington/Underhill intersection

The Huffington Post has an article on the Prospect Heights/Clinton Hill death trap known as the intersection of Atlantic, Washington and Underhill Avenues.

Proposals for bollards and other traffic-calming measures are underway.

An online petition is here.

Townhouse unit at the Washington Condos now going rental

In June 2010, this 2,188 square foot townhouse was listed at $799K. Unable to sell, the owners are now renting it out for $3,900 a month. Any takers?

Another coffee spot for Washington.

Photo courtesy of brownstoner.com

This time, it's on Washington and St. John's Place and it serves Counter Culture coffee!

Brooklynian says it is now open.

More coffee bars on Washington Avenue

Washington Avenue's retail explosion continues, even in these recessionary times.

A few new places have opened up, including Coffee Bites and Penny House.

New Penny Cafe on Washington

A new cafe that 'Prospect Heightians" can enjoy, according to the Village Voice.

Townhouse unit at 35 Underhill makes second attempt

This townhouse unit at the Washington Condos was originally listed in June 2008 for $1.099MM. It is back in January 2010 for $899K. The corcoran listing shows 2 bedrooms and 2 baths, though a look at the floorplan shows several potential rooms could be manufactured in the below-grade rec room.

There's also a sizeable outdoor space.

Washington Avenue keeps on rolling around

Per brownstoner.com, a new steampunk (what's that, you say?wikipedia entry.) bar is opening up at 683 Washington Avenue next to rawstar. It's called Way Station and they have their own blog also.

Price it right and it will sell?

Less than two weeks since being on the market at a healthy $889K, this unit at the Graham Condos is in contract.

Further proof that Clinton Hill is quite a desired neighborhood.

Does anyone know what it went into contract at?