Prospect Heights Pie Outpost Closes, Gertrude's Opens

PROSPECT HEIGHTS, NY — In Prospect Heights, one restaurant's door closed just as another prepared to open.

Four & Twenty Blackbirds' pie counter and bar on Dean Street permanently closed on June 1 after six years in the location, owners said on the store's website.

The closure will leave Prospect Heights traveling to the bakery's main store in Gowanus for lemon pie, brown butter apple streusel and salty honey pie.

The Gowanus location remains open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.

Just weeks later, a new spot from the owners of Gerties and Samesa prepares for opening weekend of their new spot Gertrude's, serving up a raw bar, chicken, salads, latkes and more.

The new spot will sit on Carlton and St Marks, celebrating a soft open Friday and Saturday and a grand opening Wednesday through July 2.

Gertrude's is taking over the spot from New American restaurant James, according to What Now NY. The new spot will build on the co-owners' existing spots, owners told What Now.

“It is a continuation of the culinary inspiration we built at Gertie, but grown up as a night time bistro,” Nate Adler told What Now NY. “First and foremost we want it to be a neighborhood restaurant, but all three of us—Eli, Rachel and I—come from the same cultural background, as American Ashkenazi Jews, and we wanted to bring that in with touches on the food and drinks menus.”