What month better than Women's Month to recognize some of the women business owners who are shaping our neighborhoods every day? Across Brooklyn, women are opening their doors each morning, building businesses, and creating spaces where joy, laughter and community come together, and we are proud to have Flatbush Granola products lining their shelves.
Read on for the inside scoop on some of these great local finds!
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peace + riot📍401-403 Tompkins Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216 Brooklyn's own interior designer Achuziam Maha-Sanchez built a space where design and Caribbean influence move together. Color, texture, and culture fill the room. Every shelf holds something worth studying. Before you know it, you've spent an hour picking up things, imagining how they will look in your living room now you've got a cookbook, some art prints and a candle or two in hand as you head to the cash. Seeing our candles right up front makes us feel right at home! Store faves: Chai Time Granola, BedStuy Baddie, Fort Greene Fresh |
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BROOKLYN WOMEN'S EXCHANGE📍137 Montague St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 For 170 Years the Brooklyn Women's Exchange has been fostering a community of creators, artists, and crafters who are dedicated to their crafts. Located in Brooklyn Heights, the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run craft and gift shop that has become a haven for the artisan community by enabling them to not only showcase their work but also make a living from their artistic endeavors. Store faves: Brooklyn Heights Bestie, Cobble Hill Cozy, Cranberry Classic Granola |
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AWESOME BROOKLYN📍653 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225 If you walk a few short blocks south of Prospect Park, you might find yourself wandering into a cute, neighborhood gift shop with a thoughtful selection of locally made goods, art and unique gifts. When you ask the staff about the electic selection of items, they'll be happy to let you know that most of the items are from makers in the Brooklyn creative community. Store faves: Flatbush Posse, Caribbean Queen, Kings County |
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AMANI MARKET📍727 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238 Stepping into Amani Market is like walking into the coolest art project. It's hard not to get energized by the bold colors, inspired by the art work, swept away by the scents or drawn to the wide range of unique apparel and accessories. Nicole has a clear focus on sustainability and thoughtful sourcing. Many of brands in store are from small makers who care about the process behind their products. Fair warning, you'll walk in for one thing and leave happily with more than you planned! Store faves: BedStuy Baddie, Crown Heights Cutie, A Whole Vibe |
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DA SPOT NYC📍City Point BKLYN, 445 Albee Square W, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Da Spot NYC carries that Brooklyn energy like it's light work. Michelle Cadore has filled her shelves and racks with local everything, so the culture shows up in the products, the music, and the conversations happening inside. You see creativity moving through the space and it makes you want to catch the wave. Store faves: Brooklyn is Bae, Flatbush Posse, Park Slope Player Diffuser |
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SAINT JAMES LIBATIONS📍269 Stanhope St, Brooklyn, NY 11237 Tucked away in Bushwick is Saint James Libations,
a queer, Black woman-owned wine bar and cultural gathering space designed to Slip into this moody, warm, and intimate lounge, perfect for slow pours, deep conversation, and curated cultural experiences while the scent of our Bushwick Baby candle floats through the air. |
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THE LOCAVORE VARIETY STORE
📍434 6th Ave, New York, NY 10011 Welcome to the Locavore Variety Store - an emporium of local goods, all grown, baked, fabricated, assembled, crafted, concocted, sewn, stuffed and pickled within 100 miles of NYC. The Locavore is the brain child of Caroline Weaver, who went looking for a resource to help people understand what it actually means to “shop small”. In the end, she solved her own problem, first launching the Locavore Guide and then opening a shop in Greenwich Village of the same name. Store faves: Chai Time granola, Say Ole granola |
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MAKE MANIFEST📍382 - 384 Tompkins Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216 This dynamic creative hub with an in-shop vegan café is a whole experience! Look no further for handmade goods crafted locally and by artisans throughout the diaspora, and curated programming and experiences that connect and inspire the collective. Make Manifest stays true to its word, rooted in the knowledge that creativity, community, and collaboration are what push the culture forward. Store faves: New York State of Mind, Brooklyn is Bae, BedStuy Baddie |
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