Looking for something to do this weekend? With everything from a storytelling event, to a children’s book signing with crafts, to a web horror series screening, you won’t have to go far for fun. Here are some of our favorite events from around the neighborhood through Sunday: Free
3rd avenue
As part of its work in advance of a New York City sewer project [/blog/news/con-ed-work-planned-in-advance-of-upcoming-sewer-project] that will hopefully alleviate flooding in the area, Con Edison will be taking up two lanes of traffic along 3rd Avenue for several upcoming days, so you may want to avoid the road
festival
This is the last weekend of the summer you can visit Governor’s Island, and they’re sending off the season with a bang — their first-ever Brooklyn Kite Festival [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brooklyn-Kite-Festival/134708893277341] takes flight this Saturday, September 27 from 11am-4pm, and it should be a beautiful
If you’re planning to hop on the D train this weekend, you’ll want to watch out past Atlantic Ave, as trains won’t be heading into Manhattan. Plus, the 2/3/4 skips stops again, the G goes slow, the N goes local, and more changes to note,
If you’re planning to hop on the D train this weekend, you’ll want to watch out past Atlantic Ave, as trains won’t be heading into Manhattan. Plus, the G goes slow again, the N goes local, and more changes to note, via the MTA [http://web.mta.
Rene Russo
The movie The Intern [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2361509/] filmed again on 7th Avenue yesterday, and several neighbors got a glimpse of Robert De Niro and Rene Russo as the actors did scenes out on the sidewalk between Garfield and Carroll, in front of a fake yoga studio [/blog/
Koi
Beers with the fishes at Sea Witch. Photo by lannygolightly [http://instagram.com/p/tMEne2PoAM/?modal=true]. 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 editor@
Unicorns
Hard to tell whether it’s lost, found, or sexy [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Unicorn&defid=4870912]. Photo by mcbreen [http://instagram.com/p/tVSiCsQsrp/?modal=true]. Take any photos in Park Slope recently? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the Park Slope
Lisa Polansky
The clothing and shoe store Lisa Polansky [http://www.yelp.com/biz/lisa-polanski-brooklyn], located at 121 7th Avenue between Carroll and President, will be closing at the end of the year after 40 years in business. A sign reading “Retirement Sale – Everything Must Go – Thanks For 40 Great Years” recently
162 Flatbush Avenue
J. Lo is out and jeans are in at a storefront just across from the Barclays Center. Signage recently went up for True Religion [http://www.truereligion.com/] at 162 Flatbush Avenue, on the corner of Pacific Street, the space previously occupied by the Jennifer Lopez-sponsored Viva Movil, which only
Heads up if you were planning a visit to the PS 295 Market [https://www.facebook.com/PS295FarmersMarket?fref=nf] on Thursday, September 25. Parent coordinator Amy Janzen tells us the market, like the school, will be closed for the Rosh Hashanah holiday. They’ll reopen on Thursday, October 2
The film The Intern [https://pro-labs.imdb.com/title/tt2361509?ref_=cons_tt_indev_cast], directed by Nancy Meyers [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0583600/] and starring Robert De Niro [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000134/] and Anne Hathaway [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004266/], looks like it’s going