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Vines & Voices 045: We made The New Yorker (and print!)

Hello, neighbors. Big news: CSJ was featured in The New Yorker yesterday. If you follow us on Instagram, you saw a stream of Stories promoting the article on the CSJ account (my personal one, too). Oops, I got excited!

I launched this publ...

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Extra, Extra!

Illustration by Tim Le

CSJ is in print! Starting this month, you'll find us inside the Red Hook Star-Revue.

Our debut “Open for Business” column is in the May issue. It’s a dispatch on spring openings throughout the neighborhood, includin...

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Vines & Voices 044: Billy Durney opens disco cocktail bar next to Red Hook Tavern

Welcome to Vines & Voices, your weekly look at life across West Brooklyn. Curated by CSJ, this free newsletter brings together the local news and goings-on shaping our neighborhoods, plus a few extras worth knowing. Have a tip, a story idea...

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Caputo Bakery (1904 – 2026)

Caputo Bakery, 329 Court Street. Illustration by Tim Le

Who They Are
A fifth-generation family bakery that fed Carroll Gardens for 122 years. Founded in 1904 by Giovanni Caputo, a native of Palermo, and closed in April 2026 when a broken...

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Vines & Voices 043: 122 years. Then a note on the door.

Welcome to Vines & Voices, your weekly look at life across West Brooklyn. Curated by CSJ, this free newsletter brings together the local news and goings-on shaping our neighborhoods, plus a few extras worth knowing. Have a tip, a story idea...

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