e-waste
Another chance to recycle those old electronics you might have gathering dust in your apartment is coming up this Saturday, December 7 from 10am to 4pm, at an e-waste recycling event [http://lesecologycenter.org/index.php/calendar.html?task=view_detail&agid=321&year=2013&month=12&
Gowanus Alliance
The Gowanus Alliance [http://www.gowanusalliance.org/project-reflect/] is set to unveil a very special Christmas tree near 16th Street and 3rd Avenue on Friday, December 13, honoring the work of neighborhood non-profit CHiPS [http://chipsonline.org/], which has generously provided needy families in our community with food, clothing, and
Clothing Donations
Looking for a place to drop off clothing and other textiles that’s not a donation bin placed illegally on a sidewalk [/blog/sanitation/sanitation-wants-clothing-donation-bins-gone-from-4th-avenue]? As you make room in your closet for new winter duds, and in the future when you start thinking about spring cleaning, here’s a
153 4th Avenue
Yet another tall apartment building is coming to 4th Avenue. Filings for the 18-unit, 11-story building [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=3&passjobnumber=320592961&passdocnumber=01] planned for 153 4th Avenue, between Douglass and Degraw, were spotted by BuzzBuzzHome [http://news.buzzbuzzhome.com/2013/11/153-fourth-avenue.
Pinecones
Though the temperature yesterday made us wonder, it is in fact December, which for a lot of people means decking the halls for Christmas or setting a new scene at home for wintertime. And when it comes to decorations, they’re pretty much limitless, and countless stores in the neighborhood
Lower East Side Ecology Center
Another chance to recycle those old electronics you might have gathering dust in your apartment is coming up this Saturday, December 7 from 10am to 4pm, at an e-waste recycling event [http://lesecologycenter.org/index.php/calendar.html?task=view_detail&agid=321&year=2013&month=12&
Who says they just have to be evergreens [/blog/holiday/where-to-buy-a-christmas-tree-in-park-slope]? Photo by amberala [http://instagram.com/p/hYoftxTSmv/]. 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
bingo
If you’re looking for gifts for people on your list (or, perhaps, for yourself), this weekend is packed with fun and festive sales — and they’re not all just about shopping. Those and more events coming up in Park Slope: Brooklyn By the Book: Malcolm Gladwell [http://malcolmgladwell.splashthat.
The gift-wrapped collection boxes are popping up around you. They’re there when you pay for your groceries, when you drop your kids off for school, when you stand in line for the teller. Toys for Tots [http://www.toysfortots.org/] is up and running again! The Park Slope Civic
2013 mayoral race
With all the talk about Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio hailing from Park Slope [/blog/politics/if-de-blasio-wins-should-he-stay-in-brooklyn], another neighbor’s close-call in the race has so far gone unnoticed. So how close did Patrick Stewart [https://twitter.com/SirPatStew], the pizza-loving [/blog/news/neighbors-in-the-news-patrick-stewart-calls-for-an-end-to-violence-against-women] , Broadway-acting [/blog/news/patrick-stewart-and-ian-mckellen-getting-existential-on-broadway-this-fall] , former
This weekend, the F and G trains are stopping at 4th Avenue/9th Street in both directions, but things get complicated if you want to head down to the Coney Island (we’re sure someone out there appreciates the beach on a frigid December day). From the MTA: No F
Clothing Donation Bins
A couple of for-profit clothing donation bins that popped up along 4th Avenue — at the corners of Sackett and Degraw — have been flagged for removal by the Department of Sanitation. Notices to remove the bins were affixed to both on November 16, and the owners of them have 30 days