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‘No One Has Ever Asked If We Even Want It’: Prickly Public Responds To 16 Miles Of BQX Streetcar Proposal

[L-R] Jeff Peel, project manager at the Department of Transportation and Adam Giambrone, Economic Development Corporation. (Photo by Amy Holiday / BKLYNER) Community members made their feelings known Thursday night over the prospect of theBrooklyn Queens Connecter [/brooklyn-queens-connector-streetcar-may-become-reality-under-mayors-2-5-billion-proposal-parkslopestoop/] (BQX), a proposed 16-mile light rail system that would run from Sunset Park

Animals

The Great PUPkin’s Greatest Hits: Pooches, Puns, And Costumes Make Crowds Howl In Fort Greene

Photo by Amy Holiday / BKLYNERA grumpy bulldog dressed as a Lego, a Pomeranian turned-milkman and a basset hound dressed as a chainsaw were some of the crowd favorites at the 18th Annual Great PUPkin Dog Costume Contest [http://www.fortgreenepups.org/the-great-pupkin] in Fort Greene Park. On Saturday, October 29,

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Police Called To Scene Of Community Board 6 Meeting After Chaos Erupts Over Citi Bike Expansion

Chaos erupted over the Citi Bike expansion. (Video by Amy Holiday/Park Slope Stoop) Tensions and anger over the recent expansion of Citi Bike [/blog/politics/citi-bike-expansion-ushered-dot-city-community-leaders-5th-avenue-ribbon-cutting-2/] interrupted the agenda of Wednesday night’s Community Board 6 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] General Meeting. What was expected

Business

Uncle Louie G Has Been Screaming For Ice Cream For Over 20 Years

Photo via iamchantastic731 [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJGZNfIgQVL/?tagged=unclelouieg&hl=en]There are Park Slope restaurants. And then there are Park Slope institutions. Uncle Louie G [http://unclelouiegee.com/]’s is one of the latter. Uncle Louie G’s, a homemade Italian ice and ice cream shop with

Education

‘Getting Gowanus Right’: BBQ, Comprometido, And Bridging Gowanus

Photo by Timothy Caldwell [https://www.flickr.com/photos/shitebot/3316691870/] This is the second in a series of articles by Park Slope Stoop documenting the Bridging Gowanus open houses which are taking place in August and September 2016. Read our previous series article here [/blog/development/getting-gowanus-right-bridging-gowanus-kicks-off-series-of-public-conversations/] . On Friday,

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‘Getting Gowanus Right’: Bridging Gowanus Kicks Off Series Of Public Conversations

Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopThe next phase in the Bridging Gowanus [http://bridginggowanus.org/] community planning process kicked off on Tuesday, August 9 at The Bell House [http://www.thebellhouseny.com/], providing the public an opportunity to share input on the future of the Gowanus neighborhood. Residents, volunteers,