A week or so ago, I noticed that Frosted Moon Emporium on Vanderbilt just south of Myrtle looked closed. That made me sad, since despite the bad font on their awning, they often had some really cute things in there. However, a reader tipped me off to a new sign taped in the window:
You guys! A bakery! It’s in Fort Greene, but it’s just one block from Clinton Hill. I just tried the number and got a generic voicemail, so I don’t have any more info yet. I think the space will be just perfect for a bakery.
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wow! that is nothing short of amazing!
Vanderbilt is the border of FG and Clinton Hill, not one block away…
As far as I know, Clinton Ave is the border.
Ahem, your map shows Vanderbilt as the border. http://www.clintonhillblog.com/wp-content/themes/chb/img/hood2006decCHB.gif I read the same elsewhere too.
Go look at the landmarks signs on the street, Vanderbilt is the border on those too.
Either way, it’s good news. Our nabes are so small to begin with so any new business, especially a bakery, is helpful to many.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/clinton_hill.pdf
http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/ft_greene.pdf
Above are the LPC links to the current historic district boundaries. FG/CH divides on Vanderbilt. Of course, these are just the historic district outlines (hopefully to be expanded due to years of effort by the FG Association and Society for Clinton Hill), not the entire boundaries of the neighborhoods, but you can see the Vaderbilit border here.
A good bakery would be a welcomed addition.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/ft_greene.pdf
http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/clinton_hill.pdf
You can see the Vanderbilt border on the links in the above Landmarks District maps. Depends on which side of the street your on
. Hopefully, in the relative near future, the landmarks districts will be expanded to other worthy blocks and buildings as a result of years of effort by the FG Association and the Society for Clinton Hill.
frosted moon didn’t close, she just moved to the other part of the hood, near pequena!
Thanks Geralyn for the Frosted Moon update. I really liked that store and I often stopped by to pick up cute things for friends there. I also remember getting a really nice card for a friend’s upcoming wedding. I’m so happy to know that the business hasn’t closed or moved too far away.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/ft_greene.pdf
http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/clinton_hill.pdf
You can see the Vanderbilt border on the links in the above Landmarks District maps. Hopefully, in the relative near future, the landmarks districts will be as a result of years of effort by the FG Association and the Society for Clinton Hill.
please! can somebody determine which side of vanderbuilt this place is on. i have to know whether it will be in ft. greene or clinton hill as i’d like to shop there but will refuse to if it falls on the incorrect side. many thanks.
you people need jobs or a sense of purpose
is it so difficult to look these things up on google? They give you a very user friendly map that you can use to determine what side of the street its on. Vanderbilt has always been the border. The store falls on the west side of the street, therefore, it belongs to ft. greene.
Do I since a territorial war breaking out over giant cupcakes?
Crumbs does make some kick-ass cupcakes though so…IT’S ON!
BY MY DECREE, THE BOARDER OF CLINTON HILL WILL FALL JUST WEST OF THIS FLUFFERNUTTER CUPCAKE!
I hate myself as I type this but this is not crumbs bakery of Manhattan, this is KRUMBS
Ok, that should be “sense” not “since” and, more importantly, this place is going to be a “Krumbs” with a “k”–not the famous “Crumbs” cupcakery (is that word?) that I had anticipated.
It may be entirely unintentional, but to me the name evokes a bit of a hackneyed, Krusty the Klown, type knock off.
Aw c’mon JD, there’s nothing to be ashamed of.
We’re two grown up, gainfully employed people who just spent the better part of three hours gossiping about cupcakes.
There is nothing remotely pathetic about that at all.
so it’s confirmed? the place is in ft. greene, right?
no complaints here – The founder of my company built her fortune/empire making cupcakes and other ‘good’ies so I can chalk this up as work related research.
While I have everyone’s attention, please note that Jake’s BBQ delivers to our area (FG/CH). They changed my life the other night. I hate Smoke Joint. It’s too gimicky and tastes blah to me. Jake’s is real BBQ.
http://www.jakesbbq.com
718.522.3981
I will try Jakes at some point, but I had Smoke Joint last night and thoroughly enjoyed the chopped beef with fries and slaw.
As for Krumbs versus Crumbs, this reminds me of the hilariously named fried chicken joint on Coney island Avenue called “Kantacky Fried Chicken”. I kid you not, the place exists.
I think we’ve all seen the postings about Jake’s BBQ by now, thanks. I’m hoping this bakery will sell fresh bread, especially baguettes, and not just cupcakes/ desserts. I think they’d have been better off keeping the name Frosted Moon (awning font and all) for this bakery rather than calling it Krumbs, but I’m still holding out hope.
please! can someone tell me whether jakes bbq is in clinton hill or ft. greene? i must know! thanks.
Chime, click the link posted by JD. It wont bite.
Thanks Chime about BBQ delivery – there goes my diet……
Sweet Merciful Jeebus!
A BAKERY!!!!!!
woohooo! i seriously thought this day would never come.
now all we need is a good butcher.
I agree. JD is Jakes paying you to advertise for them. Good lord. Thanks already.As for Chime, go figure. You wont shop a store located on a certain side of a block that puts it in a certain neighborhood. Lmao.
A bakery selling bread would be great, but I think the neighborhood already has easy-access cupcakes right beyond the CH boundary. Heavenly Crumbs is on Franklin between Lexington and Quincy (I think), and their cupcakes are great.
yeah right, I wished!!! I get very emotional about food and love to share good finds.
the difference between ft greene and clinton hill is as stark as the divide that separates manhattan and brooklyn (minus all the water). people please. the cupcakes WILL taste differently depending on which side they fall.
Shaun, I remember Kantacky Fried Chicken! They closed a few years back. BTW, after a threatened lawsuit, the owner futher distinguished it from the more famous KFC by changing the sign to NEW Kantacky Fried Chicken. No joke.
Chime…please say your joking. Sarcasm is tough to read in print–hoping you’re using A LOT of it.
The bottom line is that you’re eating a raspberry scone at 154 Vanderbilt Avenue. No arbitrary neighborhood distinction is going to give that act a sense of “street cred”.
oh matt, you with your “quotations.” i read the blogs, and not only this one either. i know about these lines that demarcate neighborhoods and the effects they will have on my (unborn) children’s education, social status, mortgage rates, etc. you may not care about your (unborn) child’s property divestments, but someone over here is thinking about the future when he’s eating his crumbcake. let’s start calling it like it is people: is the dividing line between ch and fg vanderbuilt and if so, will prospect heights ever really be relevant?!?
oh matt, you with your “quotations.” i read the blogs, and not only this one either. i know about these lines that demarcate neighborhoods and the effects they will have on my (unborn) children’s education, social status, mortgage rates, etc. you may not care about your (unborn) child’s property divestments, but someone over here is thinking about the future when he’s eating his crumbcake. let’s start calling it like it is people: is the dividing line between ch and fg vanderbuilt and if so, will prospect heights ever really be relevant?!?
i posted it twice because it reads better the second time around.
we are talking about a bakery still, right? Since when did yeast rolls and monkey bread become the the pale horse?
JD, I don’t what all this talk about monkeys and horses is about, i mean really.
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