K9Kastle
Thinking about adding a furry new friend to your life? Meet Stewie Gus [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=751206094889572&set=a.563610750315775.137176.198020466874807&type=1&theater] , an 8-month-old cat who was found on Garfield Place, and is now looking for a home through rescue
If you couldn’t find a trash can in a subway station, would you hold onto your trash until you found one someplace else? That’s what the MTA is banking on, as it announced this week it will remove more trash cans from stations [http://new.mta.info/news/
One Hanson
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 here. Also, follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/TheStoopBK], Facebook
Laughs and book talk, a dancing celebration of a Jim Carrey pic, music for the Lunar New Year, and more fun stuff to do in the neighborhood this weekend: The Perfect Week Screening [http://www.littlefieldnyc.com/event/465213-perfect-week-premier-brooklyn/] When: Thursday, January 30, 8:30pm (doors 8pm) Where: Littlefield [http:
It’s not just drivers the NYPD is reminding to be safe on our local streets — looks like pedestrians are being given a heads up, as well. Following the news that the 78th Precinct has been running “failure-to-yield” stings in our area [/blog/crime/16-summonses-issued-to-drivers-for-failure-to-yield-since-thursday] , issuing tickets to drivers who
Get ready for the F and G trains to pass some local stops every weekend for the next month: Coney Island-bound F and Church Av-bound G trains skip 4 Av-9 St, 15 St-Prospect Park, and Ft Hamilton Pkwy Weekends, 11:45pm Friday to 5am Monday, until Feb 24 For servicetothese
If you ride the F or G, get ready to deal with some changes on the weekends for the next month. That and more to look out for on local lines this weekend: 2 service operates in two sections Weekends, 3:45am Saturday to 10pm Sunday, until Feb 9 1.
dental
Children up to age 16 can get a free dental screening on Friday, February 7 from 9am-3pm during Give Kids A Smile Day [http://www.nym.org/Newsroom/February-Event-Calendar-2014.aspx], sponsored by the Division of Dental Medicine at New York Methodist Hospital [http://www.nym.org/For-Patients-and-Visitors/Our-Services/The-Institute-for-Family-Care/Dental-Services.
Oh well — we were looking forward to the prospect of traditional Mexican cemitas on 5th Avenue, ever since an awning went up above the storefront at 435 5th Ave [/blog/food/awning-for-new-cbk-cemiteria-appears-on-5th-ave] back in November. But we waited and passed by and never happened to see the security gate up,
“Is it Tiny [https://twitter.com/TinytheUsurper]? Haunted snowsuit?” asks the chalkboard outside of Community Bookstore [http://communitybookstore.net/]. Everyone hang in there, the weekend is promising a nice, warm thaw! Take any photos in Park Slope recently? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the Park Slope
the chocolate room
This weekend marked the last day of The Chocolate Room [http://www.thechocolateroombrooklyn.com/] at its space at 86 5th Avenue, where they’ve been since 2005. As construction continues at their future home up the street [/blog/business/the-chocolate-room-signs-lease-on-current-mega-glass-space] at 51 5th Avenue, they’ve opened a temporary space
Dental Screenings
Children up to age 16 can get a free dental screening on Friday, February 7 from 9am-3pm during Give Kids A Smile Day [http://www.nym.org/Newsroom/February-Event-Calendar-2014.aspx], sponsored by t he Division of Dental Medicine at New York Methodist Hospital [http://www.nym.org/For-Patients-and-Visitors/Our-Services/The-Institute-for-Family-Care/