Posted in Food, tagged 57th st manhattan, brooklyn, brooklyn diner nyc, flatbush ave, genuine brooklyn, junior's, photography, tourist trap on March 29, 2011| Leave a Comment »
W. 57th Manhattan: If we want to make an overpriced tourist trap, we’ll make our own! It’s not clear what this restaurant has to do with Brooklyn, anyway. Jump on a southbound train up the street and you could be sitting at Junior’s within half an hour having a gen-u-wine Brooklyn dining experience.
Posted in Food, tagged brooklyn, cupcake, flatbush ave, junior's, junior's cheesecake, junior's restaurant, photography, sprinkles, superbowl food on January 8, 2010| 2 Comments »
At Junior’s on Flatbush Avenue, where the kingdom of cheesecake began in 1950, there’s diversification going on. Look closely – what first appears to be a cherry is really a plastic football helmet. Rah, rah, go team! One month to go until the Super Bowl. I hope they will adjust the frosting colors to match the teams’ colors.
Posted in Food, Misc, tagged brooklyn, downtown brooklyn, flatbush, junior's, junior's cheesecake, morning rush, photography on December 28, 2009| Leave a Comment »
It’s not yet 8:30 AM. Junior’s on Flatbush is known for their cheesecake, but in the AM, the main thing they sell is coffee, sometimes with a bagel or danish on the side.
Posted in art & photography, tagged brooklyn, brooklyn history, ej korvette's, fulton mall, fulton st, junior's, ocean ave, painting, parkside, photography, pigeons, plywood, prospect park, sculpture on September 17, 2009| Leave a Comment »
This sculpture, made of three painted plywood panels, sits where Parkside meets Ocean Avenue, at one corner of Prospect Park. (The park, being an irregular shape, has more than four corners.) The paintings show historic Brooklyn through a combination of portraits, architecture, storefronts, and signage. This one is of downtown Brooklyn and the Fulton Street shopping area.
Though it’s nothing more than rumor, I still like to think that E.J. Korvette’s got its name from Eight Jewish Korean War Veterans. The discount department store chain began to decline in the mid-1960’s, was eventually sold to a French corporation, and breathed its last breath in 1980. Though Junior’s remains at the corner of Flatbush, the Fulton Street landscape is now dominated by sneaker, phone, and low-budget clothing stores.
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