Photo via Celebrate Brooklyn [https://www.facebook.com/CelebrateBklyn/photos/pb.22563989208.-2207520000.1398872438./10151671725409209/?type=3&theater] Nothing says summer like free outdoor concerts, and we’ve got some of the best ones in the city right in Prospect Park. The lineup for Celebrate Brooklyn 2015 [http://bricartsmedia.
Leo J. Bates
For decades, the storefront at the corner of 7th Avenue and 11th Street stood shuttered, until one day recently the security gates disappeared, large windows were revealed, and a new restaurant announced it was coming soon [/blog/business/hugo-sons-restaurant-coming-soon-to-long-vacant-storefront-on-7th-avenue] . But what had been going on inside there all that time?
Looking good on Berkeley between 5th and 6th Avenues! Take any photos in the neighborhood lately? 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,
bartel-pritchard square
Quite the welcome into Prospect Park right now at the entrance by Bartel-Pritchard Square. 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, or email it to editor@bklyner.com, and
Photo via the Flemington Neshanock [http://www.neshanock.org/daguerreotypes-photos/neshanock-in-rutherford.html] Looking for something fun to do with the whole family this week? From an old timey baseball game to a big Brooklyn playdate, and from poetry to a performance designed for children on the autism spectrum, there are
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Photo via Lulu’s Then & Now [https://www.facebook.com/LulusThenandNow/photos/pb.257898947590000.-2207520000.1430248556./753367321376491/?type=3&theater] A local children’s resale and consignment shop is making a move — but they’re not going too far. Lulu’s Then & Now [http://lulusthenandnow.nyc], the
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One of the greatest new traditions in the neighborhood is at it again this summer, as South Brooklyn Shakespeare [http://www.southbrooklynshakespeare.com] returns for a third season — and they’ve got a teaser about which play to expect! Founded in 2013 [/blog/events/south-owners-bring-august-shakespeare-to-5th-avenue] by South [https://www.facebook.
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The votes are in for this year’s participatory budgeting initiative [http://southslopenews.com/blog/politics/cast-your-district-39-participatory-budgeting-vote-starting-tuesday] in Councilmember Brad Lander’s [http://bradlander.com/PB] District 39, and we’ve got some cool local projects to look forward to! Nearly 2,700 people turned out to vote — including Mayor
The votes are in for this year’s participatory budgeting initiative [/blog/politics/cast-your-district-39-participatory-budgeting-vote-starting-tuesday] in Councilmember Brad Lander’s [http://bradlander.com/PB] District 39, and we’ve got some cool local projects to look forward to! Nearly 2,700 people turned out to vote — including Mayor Bill de Blasio
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The votes are in for this year’s participatory budgeting initiative [/blog/politics/cast-your-district-39-participatory-budgeting-vote-starting-tuesday] in Councilmember Brad Lander’s [http://bradlander.com/PB] District 39, and we’ve got some cool local projects to look forward to! Nearly 2,700 people turned out to vote — including Mayor Bill de Blasio
summons
As one of the more traffic-conscious police precincts in the city, with recent failure-to-yield stings [/blog/crime/16-summonses-issued-to-drivers-for-failure-to-yield-since-thursday] , pedestrian education [/blog/transportation/nypd-reminds-pedestrians-to-be-safe-too-with-new-posters], and increased attention to cyclist safety in Prospect Park [/blog/crime/prospect-park-safety-in-the-spotlight-again-following-deadly-cyclist-pedestrian-crash-in-central-park] , it may come as no surprise to lea
We miss you and how much you loved playing in the snow, Sam!Local dog organization FIDO [http://fidobrooklyn.org/] will be holding a gathering to celebrate the memories of our dearly departed dogs [https://www.facebook.com/FIDOBrooklyn/posts/10153261248724806] this weekend, and neighbors are invited to participate. This