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Photo by Jeff BushSometimes, friends in high places don’t always help you out — especially when your spelling is suspect. Neighbor Jeff Bush sent us a photo of this moped at 12th Street and 5th Avenue. “De Blazzio’s Pal: Don’t Ticket” is written in black ink on the
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The intersection of 7th Avenue and 2nd Street. (Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6711096,-73.978059,3a,75y,301.8h,92.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQRZKCM5PRz2NEFWI3-4g4Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656] )A 21-year-old woman escaped from an attempted rape early Sunday morning near the intersection of
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Via US Environmental Protection Agency.The public has one more week to comment on a controversial proposal to build an underground sewage tank near the Gowanus Canal. “The deal, when finalized, will end years of sparring between the city and EPA over the location of two underground sewage tanks that
Arts & Culture
Author and journalist Joseph Alexiou. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop) “It’s a little pungent today.” On a recent Sunday, author, journalist, and historian Joseph Alexiou was leading a group on a walking tour focused on the history of the Gowanus Canal and the surrounding neighborhood. He paused
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Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopYour editor is admittedly obsessed with this El Camino, because we’ve posted about it back in November [/blog/photos/photo-day-el-camino-rojo/]. Back then, it was sitting right outside of Colson Patisserie [http://www.colsonpastries.com/] (374 9th Street at 6th Avenue) grabbing a pastry.
Events
Southern Culture on the Skids plays The Bell House on Thursday, May 26. (Photo via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/southerncultureontheskids/photos/a.10150609358842737.397998.110567342736/10151791022457737/?type=3&theater] )Welcome to the week, which features super-interesting events: Southern Culture on the Skids, Satanism, Detroit jazz, and more! JSTOR
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Tanya Kinne leaving Methodist Hospital on May 31 after nine days and three surgeries.Police are searching for a [green medallion taxi and] driver who struck a woman in the Gowanus neighborhood on Saturday night. The driver fled the scene after hitting a woman who was crossing at the intersection
Police & Fire
Stabbing victim Efrain Guaman. (Via family handout)A 33-year-old Queens man traveling to his job in Sunset Park sustained a 2-inch deep wound in his stomach after being stabbed and robbed of his cell phone while riding the N train last week. According to a report by the New York
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Stabbing victim Efrain Guaman. (Via family handout)A Queens man sustained a 2-inch deep wound in his stomach after being stabbed and robbed of his cell phone while riding the N train. According to a report by the New York Post [http://nypost.com/2016/05/20/robber-stabs-man-steals-his-iphone-on-crowded-subway-platform/] , the incident
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Stabbing victim Efrain Guaman. (Via family handout)A Queens man sustained a 2-inch deep wound in his stomach after being stabbed and robbed of his cell phone while riding the N train. According to a report by the New York Post [http://nypost.com/2016/05/20/robber-stabs-man-steals-his-iphone-on-crowded-subway-platform/] , the incident
News
The Gowanus Sea Monster at the Union Street Bridge. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and sign up for our daily newsletter. And if you ever have any news tips,
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Police have released surveillance photos of three suspects. (Photos via NYPD) Police have released photos of three suspects who they say are involved in an incident which took place on Friday, May 13. According to the cops, a 32-year old transgender individual was a victim of a brutal attack [/blog/