We’re calling this one the Brooklyn Fish Camp Leather Sofa because we found it outside Brooklyn Fish Camp on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. It’s definitely more of a Slope couch than a Williamsburg or Greenpoint model.

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1) The Baluchi’s that we reported more than a year ago that will be coming to Fifth Avenue in Park Slope is still on its way. We think. The interior (pictured above) is still a mess and has a long way to go, but the grates were up yesterday on the two storefronts the restaurant […]

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Smith Street clothing, accessories, shoes, jewelry and etc. retailer Bird is now open on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. The new store opened its doors recently and is located at 316 Fifth Avenue, which is between Second and Third Streets. Bird is also opening a big store on Grand Street in Williamsburg.

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[Photo courtesy of mikebny/Gl Flickr Pool] Here’s a bit of a Park Slope Fifth Avenue summer scene courtesy of our GL Flickr Pool.

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Sit down, because this may come as a shock: Park Slopers really love their strollers high-end sex toys. Uh huh. A check-in with Babeland, which opened to some prudish consternation, finds that business is booming. “We’re doubling our sales projections,” says Claire Cavanah, one of Babeland’s owners. “We were conservative about how the sales volume […]

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Yesterday, we had the story from a Park Slope Parents email of the Chicken Parmigiana a la Cockroach at the Slope’s Tutta Pasta. The story made the jump over to Brooklynian and, as such tales always do, brought out other gross-out stories. Like this one from an unnamed Second Street restaurant: …this reminds me of […]

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A special GL Correspondent hit us off with this image with the excellent message “Colonize the Slope.” We are not certain who or what wishes to colonize the Slope, but we certainly will be interested to find out.

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The Drama Cafe on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope has been shuttered a lot longer than it was ever opened and in the process engendered a lot more hostility than the average spot because its owner is a less than beloved figure as Brooklyn landlords go. (Hint: google Sonia Santos landlord.) In any case, the […]

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Hip chainlet Oak may be doing okay on Bond Street in Manhattan and in Williamsburg but they are doneski on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. Per a GL Correspondent, the store at President Street, which switched over to accessories mode earlier this year is no longer. Whether this says more about Oak or about Park […]

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We reported, based on a Brooklynian post back in July, about the Park Slope Flier Ripper. The issue has come back thanks to a series of emails on the Park Slope Parents Group. Now, someone who says he’s the brother of the man known in the neighborhood for tearing down fliers has come forward on […]

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We do love our stories of restaurant food that shows up with some extra protein. So it is with the alleged Chicken Parmigiana con Cockroach from Tutta Pasta on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope. This appetizing tale comes from a Park Slope Parents email and we present it in the interest of keeping the dining […]

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The issue of credit card fraud is close to an evergreen, with things happening everywhere. A few months ago, there were many reports of fraud that seemed to be originating at an unnamed merchant on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, thought no culprit was ever identified. This morning there’s the tale of a recent incident […]

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[Photo courtesy of woodendesigner/GL Flickr Pool] There are storm clouds over Park Slope the other night. The photographer writes: “Working in Park Slope today I managed to grab this shot right before the sky opened up with a tremendous amount of rain. The light was amazing.”

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Here’s a dramatic, bird’s eye view of a 9am-ish (Friday) van fire on 8th Avenue in Park Slope near Dizzy’s. “The fire department rushed into action and the fire died quickly, and we’re pretty sure no one was hurt. Good job, FDNY.”–Brownstoner

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Here’s an interesting question from one of our readers about some activity on Seventh Avenue: “For the past couple weeks construction crews have been busy tearing up the street on 7th Ave between Sterling and Flatbush. It’s been incredibly noisy and has been seriously disrupting traffic- I saw two city busses almost get into a […]

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There’s a new shop called Urban Alchemist that’s open at 343 5th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It’s described as “part store, part gallery and part artisan salon, Urban Alchemist has an eclectic mix of emerging designers as well as carefully selected vintage and modern home goods, accessories and furniture.” Members of the “design […]

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Forget people doing it in the Park, the real new threat in Park Slope is pipe theft. As in, people breaking into buildings to steal copper pipes. Per a post on Brooklynian: Got home from work today and my landlady was sitting on the front stoop — she said there’d been a break-in and that […]

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It looks like there’s going to be a Park Slope Seventh Avenue “Food and Restaurant Tour” coming up in September. It’ll be happening on September 18 from 7PM-10PM. Per an email we got about it: “Please join your fellow Slopers for a stroll along 7th Avenue where your favorite restaurants (and maybe a few you […]

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On Monday, we noted some events commemorating the Battle of Brooklyn at Green-Wood Cemetery. Today, we’ll note, per an email we got from the folks at the Old Stone House, that they have a full schedule of events. For instance, on Saturday (8/16) there will be a Battle Days Opening Reception at the Old Stone […]

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A special GL Seventh Avenue Correspondent reports some hot new Seventh Avenue Park Slope retail news. The last empty storefront on what we’d call the Seventh Avenue Block of Death, the strip between Second and Third Streets that at one point had four empty storefronts, is being filled. Our Special Correspondent spoke with very informed […]

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The Great Park Slope Public Sex Debate continues. First, there was the report of the “Upsetting Incident” at the 15th Street F Station being the recipient of a sex act performed by someone who apparently resides at the Women’s Shelter at the Park Slope Armory. Then, there was a follow-up discussion suggesting that public sex […]

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Yesterday, we ran an item circulated via Park Slope Parents about someone getting oral sex on a staircase at the 15th Street F Train station, and re-ran it this morning because we had server problems yesterday (again). There is follow up and react as well, including an email suggesting that it’s about poverty. Here goes: […]

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[Photo courtesy of David Shankbone] (We originally ran this item early yesterday morning, but since our server was down most of yesterday, we’re reposting it this morning.) There is nothing like a little public oral sex to liven up an afternoon trip with the kids to Cobble Hill for ice cream. This is what’s being […]

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[Photo courtesy of David Shankbone] There is nothing like a little public oral sex to liven up an afternoon trip with the kids to Cobble Hill for ice cream. This is what’s being reported in a Park Slope Parents email as taking place of Friday around three in the afternoon at the 15th Street F […]

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“Compared with New York, the District might lack a real Chinatown and authentic bagel shops, but all that doesn’t really matter when we don’t even have enough space to walk around. I realized this recently when visiting a friend in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood, a mix of rowhouses, restaurants and small businesses similar to my […]

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