This Week in Brooklyn Openings and Closings

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

Across Brooklyn:

• The L train will shut down for 18 months between 8th Avenue and Manhattan and Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg (Patch)
• A new study has ranked Brooklyn's best neighborhoods, based on "crime, public schools, cost of living, job opportunities and local amenities." (Patch)

Boerum Hill

• Jesse's Deli has finally closed its doors on Atlantic Avenue (Patch)

Brooklyn Heights

• The Broolyn Heights library has closed, but its temporary replacement on Remsen Street opened up (Patch)

Park Slope

• The KBH Bierhall on St. Marks Place wants to open an outdoor seating area, but some locals aren't yet on board (Patch)
• Women's boutique 4 Play Brooklyn will close by the end of August (DNAinfo)
• A Mexican restaurant is coming to Fifth Avenue, taking over the space previously occupied by Bierkraft (DNAinfo)
• Australian eatery and bar Sheep Station has gone out of business (DNAinfo)

Prospect-Lefferts Gardens

• A new record store specializing in reggae is coming to Fenimore Street (DNAinfo)

Sunset Park

• The food journalists at Serious East will be opening a new photography studio and kitchen at Industry City (Sunset Park Voice)

Williamsburg

• The neighborhood's long-rumored, and sometimes doubted, Apple store has opened (Patch)
• Trapeze School New York is now teaching classes in Williamsburg (Patch)

Pictured at top: the new (though temporary) Brooklyn Heights Library on Remsen Street. Photo by John V. Santore