Ten Japanese Cuisine opened recently in the space that was once occupied by Laila in the South Slope. The space is unrecognizable from the basic premises that used to house the Middle Eastern restaurant. When we passed by, quite early in the evening or late afternoon, there were already a few people dining.

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The Department of Transportation appears to be making quick work of changing Alternate Side Parking signs around Park Slope, and many Slopers are finding that their alternate side days are being changed, in some cases from Thursday and Friday to Monday and Tuesday. Many of the new signs block out 9AM-10:30AM as the new “no […]

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There is a report on Brooklynian that Red Hot, the Chinese restaurant on Seventh Avenue at 10th Street that closed to much neighborhood dismay during the winter, will be reopening. It will be a Chinese restaurant with some of the same staff as the shuttered restaurant. Here’s the lowdown from BrooklynGigCenter: So there’s been some […]

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This is 910 Union Street in Park Slope, right off Grand Army Plaza. A few weeks ago we noted on Curbed that the People’s Cathedral of St. Michael & All Angels was on the market and that it was being sold as a development site which could handle a “vertical enlargement.” Here’s one idea for […]

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Some people think that there are too many people asking for money on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope. the “askers” fall into two categories: the familiar faces that stake out spots and always beg for change, and the politically motivated looking for donations for various causes. Here’s a complaint about it from Brooklynian: I am […]

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This is a new store that will be opening on what we’ve called the Death Block on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope between Second and Third Streets because of there were four empty storefronts at one point this winter. The new addition will be Carmen’s Exclusives for Children. One’s point of view on this development […]

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Here’s what the writer calls “A Tale of Park Slope LOVE” about a wallet dropped on the sidewalk and returned to the owner in Park Slope. We’re not sure its any more indicative of neighborhood virtue than stories of unfortunate things happening say something about a neighborhood’s depravity, but we think it’s interesting enough to […]

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The Local Produce Festival of the Performing Arts from Spoke the Hub, had to fight off some stormy weather, but this was the scene when students from PS 321 in Park Slope performed. The festival is in its 14th year and continues today with events in some community gardens.

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[Photo Courtesy of Adrian Kinloch] This is a sunset over South Brooklyn as seen from Park Slope and captured by GL Contributor Adrian Kinloch of Brit in Brooklyn

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Our totally unscientific Park Slope Parking Watch finds definite movement in the block that our Special GL Correspondent has been tracking since in the beginning of the temporary suspension of alternate side of the street parking regulations nearly two weeks ago. In this photo taken late yesterday, two spaces are available and one vehicle has […]

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Here’s one of our weekly features from the Center for the Urban Environment (CUE). This week’s interview is with Get Fresh owner Caroll Lee. Get Fresh, which is located at 370 Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, is part of the local living economy stressing organic, local foods. Q: How did Get Fresh Get Started? A: […]

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Fifth Avenue in Park Slope now has a Park Slope 5th Avenue Business Improvement District (BID). The district will cover the area from Dean to 18th Streets. It was approved yesterday by the City Council. A statement from City Council Member Bill de Blasio said: “I commend the 5th Avenue Merchants Association for helping make […]

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The Park Slope Food Coop has followed its ban on bottled water by nixing the use of plastic bags. The vote came last night and was reported by the Brooklyn Paper as being “nearly unanimous.” (The vote was, approximately, 250 in favor and four against.) The Brooklyn Paper writes: In both cases, the well-being of […]

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We’ve been running a series of photos of the same block since last week to try to figure out if there are, in fact, cars that have been dumped in Park Slope and left there while alternate side of the street parking is suspended while signs are replaced. Our first week of observation courtesy of […]

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A GL reader write about a “barricade situation” on St. Mark’s Place at the edge of Park Slope: “There is currently a ‘barricaded subject’ at 28 st. mark’s place (between 3rd and 4th ave) — google seems to imply that this is some sort of hostage situation (?!). The whole block is full of NYPD […]

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[Photo courtesy Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] Someone in Park Slope, if not many people in the Slope, has a “crush” on Barack Obama, per this photo sent to us by Brit in Brooklyn blogger and GL contributor Adrian Kinloch.

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This particular Brooklyn Missed Connections involves a couple of compelling things, that hotbed of lust on Union Street in the Slope known as the Food Coop and, well, letting someone into the express line with extra items because they’re cute. We have seen people nearly dragged to the basement and forced to pack cheese for […]

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From a GL reader come the following query: “The post office on 7th Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets has lost its sign. They already had the gate in the front window down when I passed since they had closed several hours earlier. I could, however, see in the door and there certainly was no […]

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Today’s emails that have come our way via the always interesting and blogworthy posts to the Park Slope Parents list makes for perfect Memorial Day Weekend reading: are Park Slopers abandoning the use of upper case letters in their emails? Is it too complicated to hit the shift key at the same time as a […]

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And so, we come to our fourth day of Park Slope Parking Watch and find that two cars have moved, making for a total of five car movements on the side of the street that our Special Correspondent has been monitoring. Curiously, one space has accounted for four of the five movements. In other news, […]

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We saw the news on Brookynian last night before we saw the that the Tea Lounge on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope is closing. It is reportedly being killed by a massive rent increase. Says on commenter on Brooklynian: It makes me sad. I heard (from one of the people who work there) that apparently […]

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We’ve never seen as much parking in Park Slope as there is in this photo. Seriously, though, this is Eighth Street, which has been torn up forever for a sewer project and which has been a horror for drivers for months. It looks as though, with work having drawn to a close, the city is […]

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Here’s an interesting question that someone sent to us from the Park Slope Parents list that indicates some interesting things may be going on in Park Slope backyards: Hi – we are considering raising chickens in our small outdoor space (we have room for about 2-3). If anyone on the listserve has chickens, we would […]

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Check out an up to date photo gallery of the development goings on on Fourth Avenue between Park Slope and Gowanus. There are many buildings making progress.–Brownstoner

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We’re starting a new feature today called Park Slope Parking Watch that may be long lived or may be short lived. It’s motivated by the Great Park Slope Alternate Side Parking Suspension Experiment, which will either bring joy to residents that don’t have to move their car or will bring misery to them because people […]

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