Food & Drink
Photo via meghancorridan [https://www.instagram.com/p/W9-nS8SKZA/]St. Patrick’s Day is this Thursday, March 17, and the neighborhood is a pot o’ gold full of celebratory options! From parades, to bars, to the beloved Irish Soda Bread, you need not leave our neighborhood to take part in
Nonsponsored
Photo via PBP [https://vimeo.com/71975359]In just a few weeks, you’ll be able to vote for projects involving schools, libraries, parks, streets, and other shared spaces throughout the neighborhood. Between Saturday, March 26 – Sunday, April 3, you and your neighbors will be able to choose which projects
Food & Drink
Photo via easyjunkremoval_mo [https://www.instagram.com/p/BC77ucMPSBE/?taken-by=easyjunkremoval_mo&hl=en] Mathematicians, cool nerds, and pie lovers unite! March 14 = 3.14 = Pi Day! You don’t have to know that π = the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter to celebrate.
Events
‘And I Must Scream: An Examination of Body Horror in Japanese Animation’ will be at Morbid Anatomy Museum on Monday at 7pm. (Image courtesy of Morbid Anatomy Museum)Are you ready for a wild selection of events this week? Choose from a strip tease class, crybabies, a lecture on the
News
Photo via quinnstagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BCehP0WvWyi/?taken-at=61172945&hl=en]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, story ideas,
News
Photo via __d_i_a_n_e__ [https://www.instagram.com/p/BCgdV7KSSbV/?taken-at=61172945&hl=en]After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories
history
461 15th Street from a photo in the Brooklyn Eagle, July 27, 1915. The sign reads: “This building for rent. COLORED people only. Boarding house preferred. Inquire Hudson Terminal Building, New York, Room 414.” (Via Brooklyn Eagle) Edward Reiss, owner of Marine Wrecking Company — meet Walter Kraslow of Kraslow Construction
News
Dominick Valoroso was sentenced for what DA Thompson called “ripp[ing] off hard working homeowners” in Park Slope. (Photo courtesy of Brooklyn DA’s Office) Always make sure they’re licensed. A Brooklyn man was sentenced today for bilking homeowners out of $85,900 after being hired to execute contractual
Business
Rendering of new development at 120 7th Avenue via YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/02/park-slope-key-food-developers-unveil-details-for-120-fifth-avenue-at-contentious-public-meeting.html] After a meeting in early February marked by both impassioned pleas and extreme exasperation by hundreds of community members [/blog/business/its-a-bodega-and-more-outcries-as-developer-presents-plans-for-5th-avenue-key-food-site/] in response to developer Avery Hall’s future plans for
Animals
Photo via Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153511004686483/?type=3&theater] Looking for a new companion? Look at this handsome boy! And he comes all the way to Brooklyn from Baku, Azerbaijan! > Sean Casey says [https://www.facebook.com/
Animals
Photo via Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153511004686483/?type=3&theater] Looking for a new companion? Look at this handsome boy! And he comes all the way to Brooklyn from Baku, Azerbaijan! > Sean Casey says [https://www.facebook.com/
Central Brooklyn
Image Via Google MapsTwo victims were stabbed in separate incidents Wednesday night in Prospect Park. The police arrived on the scene at approximately 11:30pm on March 9. According to police, 26-year-old Keny Rochelin has been arrested who may be responsible for both incidents. The first incident involved a 30-year-old