Has half of your office taken the whole week off, and the other half is checked out at their desks while they wait for the holiday weekend? You definitely need to get out and enjoy an event or two this week to make it go a bit faster, then. A
There are a couple of late-night changes to look out for if you’re hopping on the F or G train this week. Details from the MTA: F service operates in two sections Late nights, 12:01am to 5am, Tuesday to Friday until July 11 (except July 4) Service operates
lucky 13 saloon
South Slope’s loss is Gowanus’ gain, as Lucky 13 Saloon [https://www.facebook.com/Lucky13Saloon], which opened on 13th Street at 5th Avenue in 2003, is moving to a larger location [/blog/business/lucky-13-closing-13th-street-saloon-moving-north] (shown above) at 644 Sackett Street, between 3rd and 4th Avenues. According to owner Melody
For the handful of people still in the neighborhood (did it feel like a ghost town to you this morning, too?), there are a few changes to look out for on local subway lines this week. The D and N are skipping some local stops, the G is going slow,
The season for roadwork is upon us, and the Department of Transportation will be in our area this week doing some milling on local streets. According to this week’s schedule [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bkresurf.pdf], here’s where you should avoid parking and/or
Petitions
When you head out to enjoy a nice afternoon in Prospect Park, does the smoke from barbecues bother you? For one 14th Street neighbor, it’s been getting to be too much, so she’s started a petition calling for an end to barbecuing in the park by 2015 [http:
[Updates below.] At least one man was shot Monday morning on 13th Street in Gowanus, and the shooter remains barricaded at the scene, police say. Calls came in around 11:15am, and the NYPD reports one man was shot in the chest and the torso. The FDNY says the victim
We’ve got a short week ahead as the Fourth of July weekend approaches, but it’s not a short list of changes to local subway lines leading up to that break. The D and N are skipping some local stops, the G is going slow, the Q and the
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You’ll see some nice flowers along 3rd Avenue, that’s for sure. Take a photo in Park Slope recently? Send it to editor@bklyner.com, add it to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/] , or tag it #parkslope on Instagram, and we’ll
Florists
So many sunflowers for sale outside of Food Train [http://www.foodtrainmarket.biz/] on the corner of 7th Avenue and 11th Street. 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,
It’s stoop sale season! With a nice weekend ahead of us, and because it’s the end of the month (which means folks moving and looking to unload), this should be a good one to find some bargains in the neighborhood. Here are a few that are coming up: