Broadway and Gates is the busy location of a subway stop, a convenient cross-Brooklyn bus, and now, a coffee shop to serve commuters and locals alike.

Opening up a new establishment — particularly in Bushwick — can be daunting. The influx of new eateries and bars largely contributes to the neighborhood’s constantly-evolving landscape, and those changes are a perennial subject of contention in the neighborhood and beyond. For business owners, however, the facts remain: while some new ventures in Bushwick succeed, others accordingly fail. […]