Achuziam Maha-Sanchez, co-owner of gift and home design haven Peace & Riot, believes her neighborhood deserves certain amenities. “I think you should be able to buy a NY Times, healthy produce, a slamming outfit and a gift all within walking distance of your house,” says the longtime Bed-Stuy resident, who runs the shop with husband Lionel Sanchez. “If you’re a host, you should be able to get all your serveware and decor too.”

The absence of proximate home and gift offerings prompted her to open an earlier business, Ibo Landing, in 2003. That store closed after five years, but nobody else emerged to fill the gap — so in 2013 she came back as Peace & Riot.