Close To Home | OneTwoOne Café, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn | Episode 2

Know who you're serving.

After a decade in Los Angeles, Emilienne and Eric Gray came back to Bed-Stuy, the neighborhood where they started their family. They saw an opportunity to build something the community didn't have yet. The name says café, but OneTwoOne is also an art gallery, a music space, and a gathering place for neighbors of every generation.

In Episode 2 of Close to Home, Jason Manningham visits the couple at OneTwoOne Café to find out what it takes to succeed in one of Brooklyn's fastest-changing neighborhoods. Then Emilienne takes Jason on a walk through Bed-Stuy, stopping by a few of the local businesses she loves.

Along the way, she shares where she'd put OneTwoOne Café's billboard and which TV show she'd buy, then plays a round of Would You Drive for That? Joe's Pizza in the West Village, a fried oyster po'boy at Lowerline, Magnolia Bakery, Sunday brunch at Sylvia's in Harlem, and one of Eric's live music nights at OneTwoOne Café are all on the line. Hit play above to find out which ones are worth the trip.

For Emilienne, knowing the people who live nearby shapes everything, from the programming on the calendar to the music playing in the room. It's the same idea behind proximity intelligence: the businesses that win are the ones built around the community closest to their door.

Visit OneTwoOne Café at 121 Ralph Avenue in Brooklyn, learn more at onetwoonecafe.com, and follow along on Instagram at @onetwoonecafe.

Close to Home is a series about local business, community, and the power of proximity.

Music: "Working on It" by Eric Gray, from the album Love is Here.

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