{"id":331175,"date":"2026-08-27T18:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T18:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/331175\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T18:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T18:06:11","slug":"chick-fil-a-to-open-brooklyn-junction-in-line-location-with-25000-donatioin-to-fight-food-insecurity-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/331175\/","title":{"rendered":"Chick-fil-A to open Brooklyn Junction In-Line location with $25,000 donatioin to fight food insecurity \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chick-fil-a.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Chick-fil-A<\/a> has just arrived in Brooklyn \u2014 and its opening will come with a $25,000 donation aimed at helping Brooklynites facing food insecurity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Chick-fil-A Brooklyn Junction In-Line, located at 1569 Flatbush Ave. in East Flatbush, is set to open Aug. 27. To mark the occasion, Chick-fil-A, Inc. will donate $25,000 to Feeding America to support hunger relief efforts in New York City, including through the Food Bank for NYC. The new location marks the borough\u2019s fifth Chick-fil-A.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynpaper.com\/category\/arts-entertainment\/food-drink\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">restaurant<\/a> will also participate in Chick-fil-A\u2019s Shared Table program, which redirects surplus food to local organizations serving people in need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Brooklyn native Natalie Finkelstein will serve as the restaurant\u2019s local Owner-Operator. For Finkelstein, opening the restaurant represents a return to her roots and an opportunity to become more involved in the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAs someone who was born in Brooklyn, it has always been my dream to return to my roots and open a restaurant that serves great food while bringing together the incredible diversity that makes this community so special,\u201d she said. \u201cBrooklyn has always represented a melting pot of cultures, backgrounds and stories, and I hope this restaurant becomes a place where everyone feels welcome. By supporting our Feeding America and Shared Table partners, my mission is to help increase access to meals and support those experiencing food insecurity in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The restaurant is expected to create approximately 80 to 90 jobs in the neighborhood. Finkelstein also hopes the location will serve as a place where Brooklynites can gather while providing career opportunities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Before taking on the Chick-fil-A location, Finkelstein owned and operated The House of Pok\u00e9, where she developed experience in hospitality, leadership development and restaurant operations. She previously worked as a speech-language pathologist after earning a master\u2019s degree in Speech and Language Sciences from Mercy University.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The new Flatbush Avenue restaurant will be open Monday through Saturday from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., with dine-in, carry-out and delivery options. Delivery service will run until 11 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There will also be a special opening-day promotion for Brooklynites willing to embrace Chick-fil-A\u2019s signature cow mascot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Guests who arrive Aug. 27 dressed in cow attire \u2014 whether that means a full cow costume or a cow-spotted accessory \u2014 can receive one free entr\u00e9e or kids meal inside the restaurant, while supplies last. No purchase is necessary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The offer is limited to one per person in cow attire per day, with additional details available at the restaurant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new Chick-fil-A has just arrived in Brooklyn \u2014 and its opening will come with a $25,000 donation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,6596,1882,1873,6420,97006,3415,18868,25891,9,24,63,821],"class_list":["post-331175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-chick-fil-a","tag-community","tag-flatbush","tag-food-insecurity","tag-food-bank-for-nyc","tag-jobs","tag-local-business","tag-new-businesses","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}