Michael Ameri
Deputy Inspector Michael Ameri, who’s been the Commanding Officer at our 78th Precinct since December 2011, is leaving the position to head up the NYPD’s Highway Patrol Unit. DI Ameri’s move, as reported by the Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/78th-precinct-top-transfers-head-nypd-highway-patrol-article-1.1869410] , comes after
fish
Fifth Avenue is getting more and more fishy — first Grand Central Oyster Bar Brooklyn [/blog/food/now-open-grand-central-oyster-bar-brooklyn], then word of Luke’s Lobster [/blog/food/lukes-lobster-coming-to-5th-avenue] coming soon, and now Ocean Fish Market has made its move [/blog/business/ocean-fish-market-moving-from-7th-to-5th-avenue] from 7th Avenue to the former Park Slope Veterinary Care
Flamingo
A little slice of suburbia on one of our main drags. 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 on Instagram, and we’ll post them
tom prendergast
It wasn’t just dogs [/blog/animals/bodacious-bulldog-takes-top-prize-at-freddys-first-doggie-fashion-show] that stole the spotlight at the first Summer Stroll [/blog/events/summer-strolls-return-to-the-slope-in-july-and-august] on 5th Avenue this past Friday. Photographer Tom Prendergast shares this shot of some sweet rides lined up over the Prospect Expressway. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Share
It’s warming up again this week, but don’t let a little bit of heat keep you inside — there’s plenty of hot stuff to check out in the neighborhood! From a spicy cocktail competition to the blazin’ work of some young filmmakers, you’ll find it’s worth
Greenspace at President Street
Another great, free, local summer activity is coming up at the GreenSpace @ President Street [https://www.facebook.com/pages/GreenSpace-President-Street/164193103645266?sk=timeline] (on the corner of 5th Ave and President) when they fire up the projector to present two nights of movies in the garden [http://allaboutfifth.blogspot.com/
FasTrack work will impact the F and R trains late in the evening this week, but that’s not all — a number of our local subway lines have some changes you should look out for. Details from the MTA: Manhattan-bound D trains run local from 36 St, Brooklyn to DeKalb
Doggie Fashion Show
A stout bulldog with pink toenails named Lola may have taken home the night’s top prize, but there were no losers at the first annual Doggie Fashion Show at Freddy’s Bar [http://freddysbar.com/] this past Friday! Around a hundred people came out to cheer on the dapper
There’s some FasTrack work affecting two of our local lines this week, but that ends up adding some other changes to other lines, as well. If you’re riding the subway late at night this week, there’s plenty to look out for. Details from the MTA: Manhattan-bound D
The season for roadwork is upon us, and the Department of Transportation will be in our area this week paving some local streets that were previously milled. According to this week’s schedule [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bkresurf.pdf], here’s where you should avoid parking
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