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  • 01.07.2025 - Memphis-Pearl project receives key approval, set to demolish buildings in preparation for groundbreaking

    The Land

    A new project in Old Brooklyn aims to manage a precarious balancing act – preserving a historic 100-year-old church while also bringing modern apartments and retail space to the neighborhood. 

  • 12.13.2024 - The Witch Doctor, a Botanically Themed Bar, Set to Open This Spring in Old Brooklyn

    Scene

    If all goes as planned, Matt Luebert and Charles Eby will open a new cocktail bar and lounge in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood this coming spring. Already, work has begun to convert the former Sticks & Stones Social Lounge into the Witch Doctor (3314 Broadview Rd.).

  • 12.07.2024 - Foundry Concert Club Moving to Old Brooklyn in 2025

    Scene

    The Foundry Concert Club has been a popular Westside concert venue (under a few different owners and by a few different names) for years and even played host to several Scene music-related events back in the day.

    Starting in February, the club will begin operating at a new location in Old Brooklyn.

  • 11.05.2024 - 6 townhomes to be built on Old Brooklyn vacant lot

    Cleveland.com

    A townhome development is coming to Old Brooklyn after developers accepted approval conditions by the Cleveland Planning Commission.

  • 10.17.2024 - An Old Brooklyn Ward Tour with Sixth City Cycles

    Signal Cleveland

    The latest episode in our “A Ward Tour” video series focuses on Ward 13. The name for “A Ward Tour,” as you may have guessed if you love 1990s hip hop, is an homage to the song “Award Tour” from A Tribe Called Quest’s 1993 album “Midnight Marauders.” I’ll be watching as A Tribe Called Quest is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this Saturday.

  • 10.14.2024 - How the Old Brooklyn CDC wants to reimagine Broadview

    The Land

    Old Brooklyn CDC lays out six months’ worth of data collected on the often forgotten corridor, Broadview Rd., with new storefront remodel options coming. The panel seeks to provide advice and best practices on reimagining Old Brooklyn’s center lane.

  • 10.07.2024 - Old Brooklyn StreetFest to feature food, music, more at Greater Cleveland block party

    Cleveland.com

    Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood is hosting an all-day celebration this Saturday including food, live music and more.

    The Old Brooklyn StreetFest is set for noon to 8 p.m. on October 12. Broadview Road will be closed to traffic between Spring Road and Tampa Avenue to accommodate the neighborhood block party.