This Week in Brooklyn Openings and Closings

BROOKLYN, NY — Here are the Brooklyn openings, closings, and real estate-related stories that made headlines this week:

Bed-Stuy

• The former restaurant Do or Dine, which closed last year, has been transformed into a bar called Do or Dive (Patch)
• Starting this September, you'll be able to buy coffee, VHS recordings and cassette tapes in the same Bed-Stuy store (DNAinfo)

Brooklyn Heights

• Start-ups can win at least three months of free rent at WeWork in Brooklyn Heights (Patch)
• The Watchtower building, bought for $340 million, will be turned into a "creative office space" (Yimby)

Bushwick

• Independent music venue Palisades has closed permanently (DNAinfo)

Clinton Hill

• Cultura Pan Latin Restaurant is now mixing South American culinary traditions on Myrtle Avenue (DNAinfo)

Prospect Heights

• No tipping is allowed at Faun, a new Italian eatery on Vanderbilt Avenue (DNAinfo)

Prospect-Lefferts Gardens

• Neighborhood Bakery and sandwich shop Tip of the Tongue has shut down (DNAinfo)

Red Hook

• Ball fields 5-8 are still on track to be lead-free by the fall of 2018, with more remediation work to follow (Patch)

Sunset Park

• Food and culinary culture website Serious Eats is moving to a 9,000 square-foot office and lab inside Industry City (Patch)

Williamsburg

• A new neighborhood Chipotle slated to open in September is staffing up (DNAinfo)

Pictured at top: WeWork's office in Brooklyn Heights. Photo by John V. Santore