Los Pollitos II
Mexican restaurant Los Pollitos II [http://www.yelp.com/biz/los-pollitos-restaurant-ii-brooklyn] (148 5th Avenue at Douglass Street) has been closed by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance for non-payment of taxes, which Here’s Park Slope notes [http://www.heresparkslope.com/home/2013/11/14/los-pollitos-ii-seized-by-taxman-again.html]
Holy Family
Get a jump on holiday shopping this weekend, or just score some deals, at the annual Holy Family St. Thomas Aquinas [http://www.stthomasaquinaschurch.org/] flea market. There are currently 35 tables of goods expected, and all of the proceeds will go toward helping the parish’s youth group attend
brownstones
Looking for a new home in Park Slope? We’ve rounded up a few of the more promising looking places for sale that are hosting open houses this weekend. Any thoughts? 627 3rd Street [http://www.corcoran.com/nyc/Listings/Display/2808406] Open House: Sunday, November 17, 12-2pm List Price:
flea market
Get a jump on holiday shopping this weekend, or just score some deals, at the annual Holy Family St. Thomas Aquinas [http://www.stthomasaquinaschurch.org/] flea market. There are currently 35 tables of goods expected, and all of the proceeds will go toward helping the parish’s youth group attend
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The Sunset Park strip club Peyton’s Playpen [http://www.yelp.com/biz/peytons-playpen-brooklyn] got Park Slope neighbors (and many media outlets) all hot and bothered this summer when they put up a billboard on 4th Avenue and President Street [/blog/news/do-you-find-this-billboard-for-sunset-park-strip-club-inappropriate] . It’s since been replaced [http://www.
For Trade
Spotted this sweet offer on 6th Avenue. The sign reads: > Columbia student will trade this paper clip for anything. All offers considered. > Paper clips are always useful for hundreds of projects. If you have something you no longer want, a paper clip is a great trade! Looks like
no parking
Upcoming Cinemax series The Knick [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2937900/] had been scheduled to film in the neighborhood today [/blog/art-music/the-knick-is-filming-in-park-slope-next-week], but new signs up along 7th Avenue and St Johns Place now say that they’ll be filming tomorrow, Friday, November 15. The 10-episode series, directed by
The City Council is currently considering legislation that would lower the speed limit to 20 miles per hour [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=862343&GUID=6E062EC0-0168-4378-A432-8CF34EFC837C&Options=&Search=] on “all streets fewer than sixty feet wide in areas zoned for residential purposes” in New
Weekend Planner
The weather is warming up and the subways are going to be disagreeable [/blog/transportation/watch-for-changes-on-the-f-g-and-q-trains-this-weekend], which makes it a pretty great weekend to stick around Park Slope and enjoy some local events: Writing War: Fiction And Memoir By Veterans [http://brooklynreadingworks.typepad.com/brooklyn_reading_works/2013/10/nov-14-writing-war-fiction-and-memoir-by-veterans.
Person Of Interest
The CBS television show Person of Interest [http://www.cbs.com/shows/person_of_interest/], which stars Jim Caviezel [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001029/] (whom you may remember as Jesus [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335345/?ref_=nm_knf_i1]) and Michael Emerson [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256237/
In July the MTA said it expected fares and tolls to increase by about 15% by 2017 [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/transportation/mta-plans-two-fare-hikes-in-next-four-years] , but now they’re saying it will only be about half that bad. Yesterday the MTA announced [http://new.mta.info/news-mta-lirr-metro-north-subways-buses-fares-tolls-financial-plan-budget/2013/11/13/mta-financial] that
In July the MTA said it expected fares and tolls to increase by about 15% by 2017 [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/transportation/mta-plans-two-fare-hikes-in-next-four-years] , but now they’re saying it will only be about half that bad. Yesterday the MTA announced [http://new.mta.info/news-mta-lirr-metro-north-subways-buses-fares-tolls-financial-plan-budget/2013/11/13/mta-financial] that