Fifth Avenue's New Vintage District?

So, as we mentioned back in July, "LuLu's then&now" is opening at 75A Fifth Avenue tomorrow (August 31st, one day ahead of the September 1st date we originally reported). Promising to sell a mix of new and gently used children's clothing, toys, books and baby gear, the store will join Guvnor's Vintage Thrift, Odd Twin, and Beacon's Closet in a sort-of mini "vintage-clothing district". When you add in Fifth Avenue's antique shops and you connect it all to Atlantic Avenue's row of antique shops, you have yourself quite an interesting walking tour.

There, we gave you the idea for free. Now run with it.

News Round-Up

Restaurant Letter-Grading Serves Up Anxiety [WSJ]

Off the Stoop onto the Street, Park(ing) Day in Brooklyn! [Park(ing) Day NYC]

LuLu's then&now Opens Next Week [Brownstoner]

Befit Your Own Budget at Brooklyn’s BYOB Spots [Brokelyn]

Park Smart Pilot Has Cut Traffic in Park Slope, DOT Finds [Streetsblog]

Police Blotter: Restaurant Week for Local Thieves [The Brooklyn Paper]

President Street Garden Reopens

Here is some good "open space" news for Fifth Avenue. The Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID has announced that it is partnering with local community volunteers to reopen the Community Garden at the corner of Fifth Avenue and President Street. The BID will be opening and closing the garden and providing some maintenance on a daily basis.

We are looking forward to dropping by and enjoying it!

Photo via Flickr. Perhaps the garden will be a vibrant community asset again in the coming months, as it was in this photo.

Fifth Avenue: Home to one of the "10 Best Cookies"

Last week, the Village Voice's Fork in the Road blog published a list called "Our 10 best Cookies in NYC" and, what do you know, our very own Little Buddy Bisquit Company made the grade with their "Ginger Molasses" cookie.

Congratulations, guys!

You can check out the complete list here. This should be a great page to bookmark, for future reference!

Tonight at Dancing Under the Stars: Vince Lisi

The above performance featured Vince Lisi so we think this is what Fifth Avenue is going to experience tonight. We hope so, because you can definitely dance to it. For a change, the temperatures will be cool so, unlike the previous Tuesday nights this summer, it should be an easy night to dance without collapsing from heat stroke.

As always, the festivities will start at 6 with kids programming. Tonight's kid performer will be Gabriel Hays. The adult, dancing portion of the program will begin at 7 and continue till 9.

See you there!

Help Save Puppet's Jazz Bar

Last week we received a message from Puppet's Jazz Bar, asking for some help from their customers. We thought we would help the cause by spreading the message to you.

To All Our Valued Customers, Musicians, Friends & Family,

We hope everyone has been having a great summer. Puppet’s Jazz Bar has missed you. As we all know, times are very tough right now economically. Puppet’s Jazz Bar has been fighting to survive this economic climate since the day we opened. The last few months have been especially hard on us and we are currently in dire straights. We need to boost business now or we will not be around much longer. That means we need your help. We’ve decided to have a fundraiser on Friday and Saturday August 27th and 28th in an effort to save our friendly neighborhood Jazz Club. We feel that we provide a valuable service to the neighborhood by providing quality healthy food and amazing live music on a daily basis. If you feel the same way, we need you to start showing it. We hope that you can join us. Feel free to invite as many people as possible. We need anybody and everybody to come out and support. Not only for us (the owners of Puppet’s Jazz Bar), but also for all the musicians (both old & young) who depend on Puppet’s, and for the neighborhood. There will be no cover charge for the fundraiser, but we will be accepting any form of donations you can give to save Puppet’s Jazz Bar, whether it’s cash, check, charge or just buying some food/drinks. If for any reason you cannot come to the fundraiser, but still want to give a donation to help save Puppet’s Jazz Bar, you can email us through the website (www.puppetsjazz.com) to arrange a meeting with either Marty or Jamie, or just come on by and give what you can. Thank you for all of your support over the past 6 years! We hope this event will be a great success, so we can continue to serve you in the future.

Sincerely,

Marty, Jamie, Paul, Jon, & the entire Puppet’s Jazz Bar Family

Perhaps Puppet's is one of your 3/50 Project local businesses to support and save? Or, perhaps you just love Jazz music or you recognize the importance of having a diverse, interesting mix of businesses on Fifth Avenue. Whatever the reason, we hope that you will spread the word and/or help, if you can.

Photo via Jazzpassengers.com

News Round-Up

The 3 Best Spotless NYC Nail Salons [Refinery29]

Cars Keep on Driving Into Stores [Racked]

Park Slope Historic District Likely to Expand [Brownstoner]

4 Ways to Make the Grade: Back to School Tips for NYC Kids [Daily Candy]

BK Fashion Blogger Q&A: Keiko Lynn [Brooklyn 365]

Brooklyn's Subway Origins, at an Insane Intersection [The Bowery Boys]