Events
The community lighting will take place at Park Slope Playground after menorahs were vandalized. (Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6772822,-73.9785075,3a,75y,213.11h,93.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxBUoiKG-8zS4FiTVqru9CA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656] )After two menorahs were vandalized in area playgrounds, Borough
Police & Fire
Photo via NYPDAn early morning subway ride turned into a distasteful and disturbing experience for a young woman. Police are searching for a suspect involved in a public lewdness incident which took place on a Manhattan-bound N train on Monday, December 19, 2016 at approximately 1:30am. Cops say a
Police & Fire
Photo via wikimedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton%E2%80%93Washington_Avenues_(IND_Crosstown_Line)] A drunken straphanger wearing a Santa hat narrowly avoided being run over by a subway an hour after Christmas Day. Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-man-santa-hat-survives-run-subway-train-article-1.2924635] reported that it was
Food & Drink
Buttermilk Bakeshop at 339 7th Avenue has closed. You can still get the bakery’s sweets at their 5th Avenue location. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)A lump of coal appeared in 7th Avenue’s stocking as Buttermilk Bakeshop [http://buttermilkbakeshop.com/] closed one of its two Park Slope outposts.
News
Photo via lucky_bites / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BOTPmmkDMOJ/?taken-at=61172945&hl=en]Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and
Holidays
Images via dover1185 / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BOHqT4VDrSH/?tagged=charliebrownchristmas&hl=en] and Anna Banana / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tannesphotos/5225453389/in/photolist-8XKPeX-q2Yowd-puiA6T-qf8mdU-BSPLr7-dzSWjs-8Z3bVf-5LUbt4-dBhWHg-q9CgmD-7QwjHg-hVvqNi-4eNBzv-b91Tdz-dJUXKF-pukAv7-3yoxJH-fN9XX2-dyQ1et-q2w6sz-qrdeKp-98wWcn-dsLgEm-5GwByM-aY5cCp-otyZyT-hUPSZM-dySrNC-5LEBUb-qfVKwi-qiUamu-qcCAu3-bDMyQz-naZHWp-79H8fS-dwFxS9-irfGt4-5Lm5wJ-ehmXGe-bHcbvt-92Ssyr-ehgehu-9
News
Photo via ata_tov / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BOAGclfATg8/?tagged=menorah&hl=en]The entire borough was jumpin’ this week. And you were busy jumpin’ as well. Here’s a chance to catch up on all the goings on throughout the county of Kings. “Pure Bensonhurst”: Local
News
Photo via lucky_bites / instagramThe entire borough was jumpin’ this week. And you were busy jumpin’ as well. Here’s a chance to catch up on all the goings on throughout the county of Kings. “Pure Bensonhurst”: Local writes unofficial biography of The Backwards Wheelchair Lady [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/
Events
[L-R] Rabbi Moshe Hecht and Mayor Bill de Blasio at the 2015 lighting. (Via The Largest Menorah)33’6″ of light and joy. That’s the exact size of the menorah which is about to come to life at Grand Army Plaza to celebrate the eight nights of Hanukkah. And
Neighbors
Apartment photo via Corcoran, photo of Chloë Sevigny by Arthur Kade via WikipediaActress Chloë Sevigny is selling her apartment just three years after moving to what she once described [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/24/chloe-sevigny-on-the-cosmopolitans-new-york-s-frat-boy-takeover-and-asshole-michael-alig.html] as the “dorkiest, hokiest” neighborhood in Brooklyn. The 42-year-old actress’ Brooklyn
Nonsponsored
Department of Building plans for 470 Dean Street (Via YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/12/foundation-work-underway-on-eight-story-63-unit-mixed-use-project-at-470-dean-street-prospect-heights.html] )There’s no slowing down for the skyline [/development-watch-proposed-new-law-let-skyline-get-even-taller-parkslopestoop/] near Barclays as the recently completed 461 Dean Street [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/11/touring-the-worlds-tallest-modular-building-at-461-dean-street-in-pacific-park.html]
Business
Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNERCreature comforts and annual rituals serve as the foundation to the holidays. And sometimes the simplest ones are the most appreciated. Angelo Fiumefreddo knows this well. As owner of the Park Slope Barber & Hair Stylist [https://www.yelp.com/biz/park-slope-barber-and-hair-stylist-brooklyn] (223 7th Street between