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OK, the first of the two restaurants in the base of the 595 Dean buildings, Nin Hao, opened in mid-September, and this Tuesday, so did SIMÒ Pizza, the fourth location for the mini-chain. The photo at right, looking east along Dean Street, is from Oct. 17, when they were finishing up. The address is 629 Dean Street, open daily 11 am to 10 pm. A margherita pizza at SIMÒ is $13.90.  Nin Hao has a more complex menu and higher price points, and is open at 5 pm daily. Presumably the presence of these two retail outlets will increase foot traffic in the central piece of the project's current open space, along Dean Street midway between Carlton and Vanderbilt avenues. View this post on Instagram A post shared by SIMÒ Pizza: 90 Seconds to Napoli (@simo.pizza)

The Barclays Center yesterday circulated its November 2024 event calendar, citing 17 ticketed events in as many days. That includes six Brooklyn Nets games, nine concerts, and two nights of a college basketball tournament. Note amplified sounds on the plaza today from 12 to 4 pm before the Nets game. The calendar does not include a Nov. 9 concert, R&B Forever Tour , listed on the arena's web site. So there should be ten concerts, not nine, and a total of 18 ticketed events over as many days Plaza action The calendar also includes an "AMEX shoot," presumably a commercial, on Friday, Nov. 8, and another, unspecified commercial shoot, on Thursday, Nov. 14.  Presumably both will take up a portion of the plaza. The duration for both events is said to be 7 am to 7 pm. November 2023 The November 2023 calendar had 20 ticketed events over as many days. The calendar included ten Brooklyn Nets games, two days of college basketball, five concerts, and the Rock & Roll Hall of