This Week in Brooklyn Openings and Closings

Pictured: Williamsburg's new Whole Foods. Photo by John V. Santore

BROOKLYN, NY — Here are some of the openings, closings, and real estate-related stories that made headlines over the past week:

BoCoCa and Park Slope

• Several neighborhood businesses are applying for liquor licenses this week, including one at the former location of Teaffee (Patch)
• Courtesy of participatory budgeting, work has begun on the Park Slope Library's future storytelling garden (Patch)
• A new Italian restaurant, Gersi, opened this month in Carroll Gardens (DNAinfo)
• Pork Slope and Thistle Hill Tavern are both up for sale (Park Slope Stoop)
• A mixed-use condo building has reached its maximum height of 119 feet on Baltic Street (Yimby)
• Venticinque is "closed for the foreseeable future" (Park Slope Stoop)

Bed-Stuy

• A Caribbean-inspired Mexican restaurant is coming to Fulton Street this summer (DNAinfo)

Clinton Hill and Fort Greene

• A new neighborhood condo building is selling units to households making $49,000 or less (Patch)
• The New York Islanders might be leaving the Barclays Center (Patch)
• A new grocer, Mr. Mango, has opened on Lafayette Avenue (Fort Greene Focus)

Gowanus and Red Hook

• Atlantic Basin will be the neighborhood's docking site for the planned Citywide Ferry Service (Patch)
• One of the few vacant plots of land along the Gowanus Canal has reportedly been bought for $50 million (Patch)

Sunset Park

• The MTA hasn't decided if it will fully or partially close several R train stops it plans to refurbish (Patch)

Williamsburg

• The embattled club Verboten was bought for $1.2 million (Patch)
• Activists tried to scare away potential bidders on land they want for Bushwick Inlet Park (Patch)
• Don't forget: the new Williamsburg Whole Foods opens on Tuesday (Patch)

Windsor Terrace and Kensington

• Hinterlands Bar has extended its hours (Patch)
• The Flatbush Jewish Center is renting out office space by the day and month (Patch)