On Saturday, we had another item about the Park Slope Branch Library and some dissatisfaction with the staff and its attitude. A follow up came our way via the Park Slope Parents group having to do with anti-stroller allegations, which is the Park Slope equivalent of tossing a hand grenade. Here it is: I must […]

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It’s been a while since we offered up some Park Slope vids on a Sunday, so here are few, newer and older.

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Back in February, we posted someone’s negative observations about “terrible service” at the Park Slope Library.Today, we find another email in our inbox, forwarded to us by a reader of the Park Slope Parents list: Has anyone else had problems with the staff at the park Slope library? While the librarians in the children’s room […]

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If a weird Park Slope building keeps getting served with violations, but the owner ignores them, do they make a difference? That is the question with the notorious Park Slope Mystery Building at Seventh Avenue and Second Street.–Brownstoner

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If you recognize this South Slope storefront as the former location of Laila on Seventh Avenue, it’s only because you recognize the location. Everything else about the spot has changed as it morphs into Ten, a new Japanese restaurant. There’s no opening date, but judging by the look of things, it will be soon. The […]

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We’ve been featuring a lot of busted up and stripped bike, but we found this beauty parked on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope of all places and felt compelled to feature it.

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Well, the space that was once occupied by D’Agostino’s and Gothic Cabinet Craft on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope is now two-thirds occupied. The biggest part of the space will be taken by Bank of America. Yesterday, we noted that Five Guys Burger chain is moving into the space, as well. A look inside and […]

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We mentioned on Monday that Thai Tony’s had opened in the South Slope between 15th Street and 16th Street on Seventh Avenue. We were wrong. So, we swung past and found it decorated with grand opening banners. It’s the tiny former Brawta space, meaning that there are only a couple of seats unlike the one […]

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So, if you have a bunch of stuff that needs to be shredded and no shredder, you might be interested in Shred Fest NYC. It’s happening on Sunday (4/27)from 10AM-4PM at J.J. Byrne Park, which is on 5th Avenue at 4th Street. Here’s some of the email we got about it: Nine million Americans had […]

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This is nature’s total gorgeousness currently on full display on Fourth Street in Park Slope.

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After much build up, Barrio opened yesterday on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope. We popped in to grab a menu and few photos and chatted with Spencer Rothschild who, with his wife Julie, is behind the restaurant. “This space is a dream come true,” said Rothschild, who is also involved in a number of Manhattan […]

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The mystery of the tenant that will occupy the remaining part of the D’Agostino’s space on Seventh Avenue at Sixth Street is solved: It will be an outpost of the Five Guys Burger and Fries chain of restaurants. The chain most recently opened in Brooklyn Heights on Montague Street. The other part of the storefront […]

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The Big Eye is gone from the storefront on Seventh Avenue between Second and Third Streets where artist Mark Ravitz has been placing his work and it has been replaced by new work. The grate was already down yesterday evening, so we could only capture all three of them as they appear behind steel.

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There was a big commotion on Fourth Street in Park Slope between Sixth and Seventh Avenues yesterday with the NYPD, FDNY and Hazmat teams in place. The incident inovlved the death of a 65-year-old man, apparently by cyanide.–Gothamist & Brownstoner

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1) Aperitivo, the new Italian offering on Fifth Avenue from the owners of Seventh Avenue’s Sotto Voce, is open. We found it jammed on Friday night and open to the beautiful spring night air. Chalk it up as an instant smash hit. 2) The much publicized Barrio on Seventh Avenue had a teaser opening on […]

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We’re reached that sad time when many beautiful blossoms start coming down, like these on Prospect Park West.

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Spring is done springing at JJ Byrne Park on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. Trees on the Fifth Ave. side of the park are in full greenery and Spring’s work is clearly done here.

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We don’t know how we missed this gem, but we did until Dave Hogarty at Gothmist picked it up: Seven students at Park Slope’s MS 88 hid in the school until everyone was gone on Monday. Then, they “stuffed papers and books into a microwave in the teachers’ lounge and turned it on to start […]

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This blossomly beauty comes from Lincoln Place, across the street from the beautiful Montauk Club.

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[Photo courtesy of Anna Lewis] These are flowers in Park Slope that come to us courtesy of GL Correspondent Anna Lewis. She notes that the pink ones on the left are called Bleeding Hearts.

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The space that was most recently occupied by the defunct Biscuit on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, is coming back to life as a spot named Lookout Hill. A GL reader reports that the new name has appeared on the awning.–GL Inbox

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Anyone who’s been online the last couple of day reading up on Brooklyn news has probably heard about the Park Slope girl who went missing a couple of days ago. Thankfully, she has been found. OTBKB reported an email she got yesterday evening from a member of the Park Slope Methodist Church saying she was […]

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This is a front yard on Prospect Park West near Grand Army Plaza that is always blazing with color in Spring.

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The Third Annual Brooklyn Blogfest is approaching quickly. It will take place on May 8 at 8PM at the Brooklyn Lyceum, which is located at 270 Fourth Avenue (at President Street) in Park Slope. Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn’s Louise Crawford, who founded the event and has worked hard on it every year, is putting […]

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We’re not sure what’s more compelling about this tale of an attack on Sixth Street in Park Slope by a group of teens: the attempted mugging and attack or the resident who got upset the victim fell on her flowers. We’re leaning toward the latter as it seems to be one of those utterly classic […]

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