227 4th Avenue
The future of the Brooklyn Lyceum [http://brooklynlyceum.com/] is once again in the air after real estate developer Greystone [https://www.greyco.com/home.html] purchased the building at a public auction [http://www.heresparkslope.com/home/2014/10/23/brooklyn-lyceum-in-foreclosure-being-auctioned-today.html] on Thursday. The landmarked building at 227
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Greenwood Park
Get ready for a ghoulish good time for the whole family on Sunday, October 26 from 12-3pm at the Hip Tot Halloween Hullabaloo [http://hiptot.com/halloween-hullabaloo/]at Greenwood Park [http://greenwoodparkbk.com/], 555 7th Avenue. It’s the final Hip Tot Family Day at Greenwood Park for the season,
art exhibits
Photographer Steven Hirsch [http://stevenhirsch.com/] has an awesome set of images [http://gowanuscanalbrooklyn.blogspot.com/] that make the toxic mess of the Gowanus Canal look downright beautiful. While you could wander over to the water’s edge and see it live anytime, you may prefer the relative safety of
Heads up to anyone who might be riding the subway late tonight with a MetroCard that’s low on funds — you better have some cash on you, just in case. All MetroCard vending machines will experience an outage [http://web.mta.info/metrocard/MetroCardVendinMachinesOutageoctober25_2014.html] because of a system
Ivy Bakery at Root Hill
Root Hill Cafe [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Root-Hill-Cafe/267208381801?fref=ts] is back up and running at 262 4th Avenue, on the corner of Carroll Street, after closing back in July [/blog/business/root-hill-closed-for-a-break-unclear-when-they-may-reopen] to reevaluate their plans. But there’s a pretty tasty twist — Ivy Bakery [http://ivybakery.
metrocards
Heads up to anyone who might be riding the subway late tonight with a MetroCard that’s low on funds — you better have some cash on you, just in case. All MetroCard vending machines will experience an outage [http://web.mta.info/metrocard/MetroCardVendinMachinesOutageoctober25_2014.html] because of a system
grant
Does your area have a project that needs some love — maybe a vacant lot that needs cleaning up, a street that needs more trees planted, walls that need graffiti removed? Show your love for your block by applying for a $1,000 grant to transform and beautify it. The Love
Heads up to anyone who might be riding the subway late tonight with a MetroCard that’s low on funds — you better have some cash on you, just in case. All MetroCard vending machines will experience an outage [http://web.mta.info/metrocard/MetroCardVendinMachinesOutageoctober25_2014.html] because of a system
pumpkins
Photo by Tom Prendergast, who spotted this collection of jack-o’-lanterns on 11th Street near Prospect Park West. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Share it with us! Add it to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag it #southslope on Instagram, or email it to
Look at that pup coast in the park! Photo by sweetpeathea [http://instagram.com/p/uetNOONHUf/?modal=true]. Take any photos in Park Slope recently? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/], or tag them #parkslope
Whether you’re hoping to enter your dog in a Halloween costume contest, you’re looking to get scared at a book reading, or you think you can win a no-hands cider donut-eating contest, there are a lot of fun events coming up in our area this weekend. And if