Bed-Stuy Gateway and the Fulton-Nostrand Revitalization Project

Profile a Business: Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar® of Bedford-Stuyvesant

Citing a lack of casual dining restaurants in the neighborhood, Apple-Metro, Inc., the New York Metro Area franchisee for Applebee's International, made a commitment to provide this service to Bedford-Stuyvesant and opened in February 2006.

Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar®

Bed-Stuy
1360 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11216
(718) 943-8005

www.applebeesny.com

Hours:
Monday–Thursday: 11a.m.–Midnight
Friday–Saturday: 11a.m.-1 a.m.
Sunday: 11a.m.-11p.m.

 

General Manager Oscar Rodriguez and his service staff views customers as guests who they are welcoming into their family home. Each guest is greeted with the door held open by one of the host. Being guest driven, Oscar wants to ensure that each and every person that enters to dine leaves satisfied and happy.

Applebee’s attention to customer satisfaction goes beyond service. Their unique menu includes Applebee's signature favorites accented by a constantly changing special feature, including a variety of seasonal appetizers and entrees, perfect for those diners looking for variety. The current menu includes dishes created by Food Network celebrity chef Tyler Florence.

Happy Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 4-7p.m.
(Summer, Fall) 10p.m.-midnight          
(Serving both top shelf and well liquors)

 

Coverage of Applebee's Grand Opening

Here is some coverage from Tuesday night's opening party at Applebee's Bedford Stuyvesant.
Restaurant Grand Opening Celebrates New Food, Jobs in Bed-Stuy - NY1: Brooklyn
Applebee's Grand Opening Photo Album - Bed-Stuy Gateway

Bed-Stuy Will Soon Be Eatin Good in the Neighborhood

Out here on Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy, the wait for a genuine full-service casual sit-down restaurant seemed interminable. Announcements about a forthcoming Applebee's kept coming, but the wait for the day when the restaurant would actually open seemed like it would never end. Well Bed-Stuy, the wait is almost truly over. The long-anticipated Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar at Bedford Stuyvesant's Restoration Plaza (1368 Fulton Street, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn) will officially have its public grand opening on Wednesday, February 22, 2006. Let's hope that the success of Applebee's will convince other restauranteurs to set up their kitchens in Bed-Stuy and give this community the choices and variety it deserves.

What's going on at Restoration Plaza?

Well, after an extended silence, we're back.
So there's been a lot of construction going on at Restoration Plaza lately. The long-awaited renovations to Restoration Plaza's West Plaza space are proceeding quickly and we have the pictures to prove it. The old false facade fronting Fulton Street at Marcy Avenue started coming down on January 19th. Here are a series of pictures to show progress on the wall's demolition. Pretty soon, Restoration Plaza will be a more accessible open space that is more visible from Fulton Street.

January 19th, 2006

January 25th, 2006

Aerial view of Restoration Plaza

Courtesy of Microsoft's amazing new mapping and aerial photo technology, we bring you this bird's eye view of Restoration Plaza in Bedford Stuyvesant. 

Link: Microsoft Live - 1368 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216

Putting Some Much-Needed Restoration Into Bedford Stuyvesant's Restoration Plaza

(Above) Conceptual Rendering of the New Fulton Street Entrance to the West Plaza in Restoration Plaza by Garrison Architects

Restoration Plaza, the civic and commercial center of Bedford Stuyvesant that looms large over Fulton Street, is about to get a fresh new look.  Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, which owns the city-block sized complex, recently announced that it is about to undertake Phase 1 of an extensive renovation and revitalization to the Fulton Street-facing West Plaza in the complex.  The corporation says the project is intended to greatly expand visual and pedestrian access to this pioneering circa-1970's hub of commercial, cultural and educational life in Bedford Stuyvesant.

More details after the jump

Crain's: The Billie Holiday Gets a Facelift

34 years young and getting a facelift.  Bed-Stuy's own Billie Holiday Theater is getting a makeover thanks to $900,000 donated by Mr. Brooklyn himself, Borough  President Marty Markowitz.  According to its website, The Billie Holiday Theater "has nurtured the careers of Oscar-nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson; multitalented performer, choreographer and director Debbie Allen; television, film and theater producer Samm-Art Williams; musician, composer and playwright Weldon Irvine (TO BE YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK); actress Tichina Arnold ("Rochelle Rock" on UPN's "Everybody Hates Chris"); award-winning scenic designer Felix Cochren and many others."  At a ceremony on Wednesday, 10/26, The Billie Holiday Theater accepted a check from the Borough President and honored actress Ruby Dee.    
Link: Crain's New York Business news, lists, rankings, directory and more.

Retail Space for Lease: Restoration Plaza

Restoration Plaza is the defacto town center for Bedford Stuyvesant.  This mixed-use complex is home to the corporate offices of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, The Billie Holiday Theater, the College of New Rochelle School of New Resources and a growing number of major retailers.  Join Super Foodtown supermarket, Duane Reade, Washington Mutual, JPMorganChase, Citibank, Baskin Robbins and Applebees and establish a presence in Bedford Stuyvesant at Restoration Plaza. 
 Click here to download the Restoration Plaza Leasing Brochure PDF.
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