440 Gallery
The rain is just about over, so it’s time to focus on what you’re going to do for those glorious two days known far and wide as the weekend. New Voices MS 443 Recycling Festival [http://newvoicesbrooklyn.com/] When: Saturday, June 8, 10am to 2pm Where: The schoolyard
history
As we wander about our modern neighborhood, caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it’s easy to ignore the long and vibrant history of our community. Let’s remedy that. Every weekend, we’ll take a step back, with the help of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle
fifth avenue
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classifieds
We’d like to take a break from our regularly scheduled Friday posts, and introduce you to the newest section of our website, the South Slope News Classifieds [/classifieds]. If you’re looking for an apartment to rent, trying to get rid of your kids’s outgrown clothing, or lost
Real Estate
Let’s shake things up a bit! Instead of rentals, we’re going to take a look at some of the open houses happening around the neighborhood this weekend, because we all like to pretend we’re on HGTV’s House Hunters [http://www.hgtv.com/house-hunters/show/index.html]
78th Precinct
In news that is just as depressing as today’s weather, our friends over at Lullaby Baby [https://lullabybabyny.com] (488 5th Avenue, between 11th and 12th Street) discovered they were the victims of a cell phone theft on Thursday, June 6. Owner Yossi Rapoport said that his phone was
art
Open Source Gallery [http://open-source-gallery.org] (306 17th Street at 6th Avenue) will be hosting the first in a series of fundraisers on Thursday, June 13, that aim to winterize the art house in 2014. Owner Monika Wuhrer tells us that the gallery has “a plan to build a modular
Prospect Avenue
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candy shop
Tommy Alioto’s family owned the building that is now occupied by Toby’s Public House [http://www.tobyspublichouse.com/brooklyn/index.html] (686 6th Avenue at 21st Street) for a number of years during his childhood, and he was kind enough to share a few details (and some really
72nd precinct
Each week, the NYPD releases CompStat data that shows statistics of crimes in each precinct in the city. South Slope is covered in part by both the 72nd and 78th Precincts, so we’re sharing the stats from both with you, along with a few recent specific incidents, below. Grand
90s music
Whether you’re looking to go all Cliff Clavin on the crowd at Bar 4, or lose yourself in the music of the ’90s, South Slope is the place to be this weekend. Here are some of our top picks from around the neighborhood. Let’s Get Factual [http://www.
Education
South Slope families are joining kids and parents from across the boroughs in City Hall Park this morning to sign their own “Declaration of Education,” in an effort to show how the high stakes testing culture of our public school system is stifling both students and educators alike. The debate