The storefront at 658 Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights is slated to become a pub, but investor Mitch Polo says that the community board's attempts to reduce hours threaten his ability to operate.
At a new committee created just to review a wave of applications for liquor permits, Crown Heights residents and business owners square off in tense negotiations over closing times.
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