A New Destination for Afghan Baked Goods Is Coming to Brooklyn

Diljān, a new Afghan bakery, is opening in Brooklyn Heights by the team behind Afghan coffee shop Little Flower Cafe and baker Bryan Ford with Afghan breads and Afghan pastries in November 2025.

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NYT Architecture : A Fixer Upper That Predates the Brooklyn Bridge https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/realestate/greek-revival-townhouse-brooklyn-heights.html #RealEstateandHousing(Residential) #BrooklynHeights(Brooklyn,NY) #Architecture
A Fixer Upper That Predates the Brooklyn Bridge

A Greek Revival townhouse, the sole survivor of its row, heads to market after over half-a-century in the same family.

The New York Times
Seen in Brooklyn Heights on April 6, 2025, an Amazon e-cargo "bike" (I dispute "bike" but setting that aside). I used these photos to illustrate an article. Setting aside the question of whether something with four wheels can be a bike, I like the form-factor and it is fun to watch them chug along in Brooklyn.

Article:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/amazon-cargo-bikes-in-brooklyn/

Tags:
#NYC #NewYorkCity #Brooklyn #BrooklynHeights #Houses #Brick #Street #Amazon #ECargoBike #EQuadCargoBike #Delivery #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal #GooglePixel #GooglePixel6a #GrapheneOS
The nice thing about Cybertrucks is how they just blend right in with everything around them. Pictured here is a Cybertruck in front of the Bossert Hotel in Brooklyn Heights. The Bossert Hotel is no longer a "hotel" -- it was once a galmorous hotel in the 1940 and 50s. It was owned by the Jehovah's Witnesses for a while before they left Brooklyn Heights (well-maintained). They left. It has gone through multiple owners since and is dragging the area down. The only residents live under the shed, which I now only view from across the street.

Article:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/u-s-air-force-targets-cybertrucks/

Tags:
#NYC #NewYorkCity #Brooklyn #BrooklynHeights #BossertHotel #Shed #Scaffolding #Cybertruck #GooglePixel6a #GooglePixel #GrapheneOS #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal
This 1914 #NYTMCollection photograph shows a portion of Montague Street in #BrooklynHeights that no longer exists, plus a streetcar line that once travelled on it. Taken looking east from the waterfront, the image depicts Montague Street sloping downhill and passing under a stone archway.

U.S. Air Force Targets Cybertrucks

https://thenewleafjournal.com/u-s-air-force-targets-cybertrucks/

I tell you what is really (operative word) happening with the U.S. Air Force’s requesting Tesla Cybertrucks for target practice.

U.S. Air Force Targets Cybertrucks

I offer a specious take on the United States Air Force’s request for Tesla Cybertrucks to use for target practice.

The New Leaf Journal
Jim Walden is an independent candidate for Mayor of New York City. He has roughly the same chance of being elected as I do. But prospects of victory aside, I came across his campaign car, it appears to be a MINI Cooper, parked in Brooklyn Heights (where Mr. Walden reportedly lives) on Hicks Street between Montague and Clark. It was the first time I had seen a campaign car in person since stumbling upon Jimmy McMillan's campaign van in Flatbush, Brooklyn, in 2011, so I had to turn it into an article. (Do note the *interesting* license plate in the second photo.)

Walden Article:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/jim-waldens-nyc-mayor-campaign-car/

Bonus Jimmy McMillan Article:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-true-story-of-jimmy-mcmillan-and-a-too-long-line-at-dunkin-donuts/

Tags:
#NYC #Brooklyn #BrooklynHeights #PoliticalCampaign #CampaignCar #Trees #JimWalden #GooglePixel #GooglePixel6a #GrapheneOS #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal
Stop lining up in #BrooklynHeights to buy #croissant 🥐 #breakfast #cereal!
New NYC Bakery Ferrane Opens With Swedish Baked Goods

New New York City bakery Ferrane opens in Brooklyn Heights with Swedish baked goods like cardamom buns, semla, princess cake, baguettes, and brioche in May 2025.

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