252 Albany Ave. NW Corner of Sterling Place

Before renovation shot:

I have not seen any DOH requests yet but, will add that the entire building has now been gut renovated.

I suspect that the building owner is also going to operate the storefront.

So, we are looking at a project done by someone with significant resources. They have a plan.

Rachel wrote a piece

"CROWN HEIGHTS — A new kosher bakery is coming to the neighborhood this summer, bringing “finer baked goods” to a renovated Albany Avenue storefront, its owner said.

Daniel Branover, a Crown Heights local and the proprietor of the popular Kingston Avenue kosher restaurant Basil, said he’s aiming to bring high-quality, “modern” breads and pastries to the new spot, named “Bakerie.”

“We want to create an experience,” he said of the new eatery located on the corner of Albany Avenue and Sterling Place, set to open in June or July.

Bakerie is set to be more like a marketplace than a coffee or sandwich shop, he said, with a selection of large bread loaves for about $7 or $8 dollars each, assorted pastries and baguettes, a handful of prepared sandwiches (made with the bakery’s bread at Basil, three blocks away) and flavored butters and jams.

When asked to describe the shop, Branover was quick to say what it’s not.

“I hate using the word artisanal,” he said, adding later that he’s not a “foodie,” but someone who “appreciates good food.”

“We’re talking about integrity. No preservatives … finer baked goods. No specific style — a little bit French, a little bit Italian — but very modern breads,” he said.

Branover, a native of Israel who works full time in energy management and had never run a restaurant before opening Basil in 2010, said he has two goals in mind for the new bakery: elevating what people expect from kosher food and bringing together what he calls “a big divide” between those who eat kosher and those who don’t.

“They don’t mingle too much and why, really, not?” he asked. “What better way than to break bread?”

At the same time he’s preparing to open Bakerie, Branover is also renovating a second space on Kingston Avenue to become “Meat,” a restaurant serving exactly what the name suggests, all kosher prepared. He said that location will open sometime this summer.

Bakerie is located at 252 Albany Ave. in Crown Heights."

While I find it very pricey, his restaurant Basil seems to attract enough "Kosher and non Kosher" customers to stay in business.

...I am interested in seeing if Albany Avenue will work as a location.

It isn't Kingston Ave.

Wow, those comments! 

That is precisely my issue...as a person without the dietary restrictions of an orthodox jewish person, I can't really justify paying $15 for a personal pizza, $14 for a burger without cheese or $8 for a loaf of bread.  

However, it is located close to my residence so I will probably pop in and give it a try...who knows, if they do combo sandwiches with the "meat" place (dairy omitted, naturally), it could fill a certain niche need for the area.

They were interviewing back in Nov:  https://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/csr/5877589972.html

I suspect the restaurant coming to Nostrand and Crown "Alenbi" will have a similar model: It will cater to Lubavitch foodies, while welcoming others.

http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/47348/el-dorado-restaurant-on-nostrand-will-be-replaced-by-alenbi#latest

I believe it will be the only Kosher place on that section of Nostrand, and this the only kosher bakery on Albany north of EP.