road closures
A heads up for anyone crazy enough to miss the Halloween Parade [/blog/events/park-slope-annual-halloween-parade-returns-with-literary-theme] and drive someplace instead, the following streets will be closed on Thursday, October 31 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm: • 14th Street between 8th Avenue and 7th Avenue • 7th Avenue between 14th Street and 3rd
b train
The NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign [http://www.straphangers.org/] issued its third annual State of the Platforms [http://www.straphangers.org/platformcensus/13/#5] report today, and the news is, well, not particularly shocking. Turns out subway stations are gross! “We found what many riders know from bitter daily experience: Many
rats
The NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign [http://www.straphangers.org] issued its third annual State of the Platforms [http://www.straphangers.org/platformcensus/13/#5] report today, and the news is, well, not particularly shocking. Turns out subway stations are gross! “We found what many riders know from bitter daily experience: Many
kids
It looks like the rain should hold off until after the Halloween parade tomorrow! That and other fun events for the family coming up this week: Agatha Cunningham (The True Story) [http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/record=g1009038&searchscope=1&SORT2=R] When: Wednesday, October 30, 4pm Where: Central
film shoot
The Netflix series Orange Is The New Black [https://www.facebook.com/OITNB] was shooting yesterday in Grace United Methodist Church [http://www.graceumcbrooklyn.org/] on the corner of 7th Avenue and St Marks Place, and while it doesn’t seem like anyone got a good sneak peak at what
death
A fire broke out in a home on East 15th Street, between the LIRR tracks and Avenue I, this morning, claiming the lives of two neighbors. Police say they responded to a 911 call for a fire at the home at about 3:30am on Wednesday, October 30. The FDNY
bats
We wouldn’t advise walking down 3rd Street unless you’ve recently had your plastic rabies shots. Seen any great Halloween decorations in Park Slope? Send photos to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/], or tag them #parkslope
sanitation
Thanks to the Department of Sanitation (we’re assuming) for finally [/blog/sanitation/department-of-sanitation-you-tease] getting rid of the abandoned bicycle that you flagged for removal a couple weeks ago [/blog/sanitation/ever-seen-sanitation-remove-a-derelict-bicycle] on Union Street near 5th Avenue. But why only take one, and not the other that was also
bathrooms
The state of public school bathrooms in our area reported by DNAinfo today [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131029/park-slope/brooklyns-highest-performing-schools-plagued-by-low-performing-bathrooms] is just appalling. Citing inspection records at MS 51 [http://www.ms51.org/], PS 321 [http://www.ps321.org/], PS 39 [http://www.ps39.org/], PS 10 [http://ps10.
Neighbors looking for a fresh pastry this morning at Sweet Melissa [http://www.sweetmelissapatisserie.com/] (175 7th Avenue) were sadly greeted by brown paper in all the windows and a missing sign. Several neighbors emailed us to ask what’s up, and according to a sign in the window, the
fish
When the Grand Central Oyster Bar Brooklyn [http://oysterbarbrooklyn.com/] opens later this year [/blog/food/construction-fence-goes-up-at-oyster-bar-executive-chef-named] in the giant old Fornino space [/blog/news/grand-central-oyster-bar-moving-into-former-fornino-space] at 254-256 5th Avenue, it will not just serve up shellfish and more to restaurant patrons, but it will have a dedicated retail fish
Basset Hounds
If your Tuesday is off to a bad start, we’ve got the solution: photos of the dozen or so dogs who attended the third annual Basset Hound Meetup [/blog/events/third-annual-basset-hound-meetup-coming-to-prospect-park-oct-27] in Prospect Park on Sunday! “It was so much fun. There were floppy-eared dogs everywhere,” organizer Kerry Geise