With temperatures falling around the city, everyone is digging out the puffy jackets, hats and gloves. It’s also important, though, to remember that our pets get cold, too. We recently sat down with South Slope neighbor Heather Smith, part of the Brownstone Dog Walkers [/blog/neighbors/brownstone-dog-walkers] team, to
bar 718
Channel your inner Joey and Chandler on Sunday, November 17, at Bar 718, as the watering hole hosts their second “mixed martial foosball tournament [https://www.facebook.com/Bar718/posts/758771244149862].” Teams should be made up of one guy and one girl, but 718 says that if you don’t
meltkraft
If you haven’t tried the grilled cheese wonderland [/blog/food/now-open-meltkraft] known as MeltKraft [https://www.facebook.com/MeltkraftBrooklyn] (442 9th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues), Friday would be an excellent day for your inaugural visit. The restaurant has organized a fundraiser for those in the Philippines affected
If you’re thinking about bringing a little extra love into your home, Sean Casey Animal Rescue [http://nyanimalrescue.org/] has a lovely lady you should meet. Gweenie [http://nyanimalrescue.org/adopt/sean-casey-dogs/] is a 5-month-old beagle mix that is spayed, dewormed, treated to prevent fleas and ticks, and is
If you haven’t tried the grilled cheese wonderland [/blog/business/meltkraft-makes-its-slope-debut-on-9th-street] known as MeltKraft [https://www.facebook.com/MeltkraftBrooklyn] (442 9th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenue), Friday would be an excellent day for your inaugural visit. The restaurant has organized a fundraiser for those in the Philippines affected
Hawk vs. Starlings. Photo by Mary Bakija. Snapped any photos in the neighborhood lately? Share them with us! You can add photos to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag them #southslope on Instagram, or email them to us at editor@bklyner.com and we’ll post
The Blacklist
NBC’s The Blacklist [http://www.nbc.com/the-blacklist/?__source=Reso_TheBlacklist_MediaAds&hcoref=search&WT.srch=Google] , starring James Spader [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000652/], is back on 13th Street next Tuesday, November 19. If your car is parked on 13th Street between 8th Avenue and
Before the now-vacant Strauss building [/blog/real-estate/real-estate-sign-appears-on-old-strauss-auto-building] housed an auto center, it was home to a number of churches. Greenwood Baptist [http://www.nycago.org/Organs/Bkln/html/GreenwoodBapt.html] built a church on the corner of 15th Street and 4th Avenue in 1874, and remained in the space
Ready for a weekend of opera, dance and theatre? You won’t have to go far! Here’s a few of the events that are happening this weekend around South Slope: Smashed: The Carrie Nation Story [http://www.smashedtheopera.com/] When: Thursday, November 14, 8pm Where: Freddy’s, 627 5th
Did you know that from October 1 through May 31, building owners are required [http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/tenants/heat-and-hot-water.shtml] by the city to keep the heat in their buildings at certain temperatures? • Between the hours of 6am and 10pm, if the outside temperature falls below
Remember how the F train stopped at 4th Avenue/9th Street last weekend in both directions? That was great, wasn’t it? Queens-bound F and G trains skip Fort Hamilton Parkway, 15th St-Prospect Park, and 4th Avenue-9th Street Weekend, 11:45pm Fri to 5am Mon, Nov 15-18 and Nov 22-25
Slope Park
Sounds like a good plan to us. Spotted in Slope Park. Snapped any photos in the neighborhood lately? Share them with us! You can add photos to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag them #southslope on Instagram, or email them to us at editor@bklyner.com