Updated, June 2024
In honor of Juneteenth today, we’re re-sharing our updated list of Black-owned businesses located in North Brooklyn.
Juneteenth, commemorating the date in 1865 when the news of the end of slavery reached the shores of Galveston, Texas, first earned federal holiday status four years ago, though it has long been observed within the Black community.
Nearly 60% of Greenpoint and Williamsburg residents are white,which makes supporting the Black and BIPOC…
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Stuart Cinema is fully operational & showing new movies. I just watched Ant-Man there yesterday. http://www.stuartcinema.com
One patronizes a business because of a good deal at a good price.
If you do it because of race/gender/other demo it is discriminatory, divisive, and eventually hurts the business involved since demo comes first and quality/good deal comes second if at all.