295 3rd Avenue
Robert Gardner and Helena FabiankovicPerhaps the most important thing to know about the new pierogi restaurant opening this Saturday [/blog/business/babas-pierogies-opening-soon-on-3rd-avenue] in Gowanus is that, unlike some of the new, former warehouse spots in the area, it’s not enormous, and it probably won’t be able to accommodate
foster
Minnie Red is ready to help out some kittens — are you? Photo by Park Slope Veterinary Center [https://www.facebook.com/parkslopevet/photos/p.969184216433922/969184216433922/?type=1&theater] Kitten season is upon us, which means a number of local strays may be having litters, which often end up
Discovery Guide
Photo by Julie Larsen Maher, via Prospect Park Zoo [http://prospectparkzoo.com/volunteering/discovery-guide]Know a teen who’s interested in animals and is looking to do some volunteering? A program at the Prospect Park Zoo [http://prospectparkzoo.com/] might be just the thing! Applications are currently being accepted to
teen discovery guide program
Photo by Julie Larsen Maher, via Prospect Park Zoo [http://prospectparkzoo.com/volunteering/discovery-guide]Know a teen who’s interested in animals and is looking to do some volunteering? A program at the Prospect Park Zoo [http://prospectparkzoo.com/] might be just the thing! Applications are currently being accepted to
161 7th Avenue
Are you hungry for tortas, 7th Avenue? Hope so, because you’ll be able to get your fill when a new Mexican restaurant opens tomorrow. The owner of Papi’s Grill [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Papis-Grill/1378424232457225?fref=ts] at 161 7th Avenue, between Garfield and 1st, tells us
Photo by Leann L.It got a little wild there with the rain yesterday, but what followed was lovely, as neighbor Leann L. captured so well from her studio. Take any photos in the neighborhood lately? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr
rainbow
Photo by Tom Prendergast“Looks like Mother Earth gifted Windsor Terrace for Earth Day,” says local photographer Tom Prenderast of this view he captured Wednesday afternoon from Prospect Park West. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Share it with us! Add it to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/
Photo by Kristin Resurreccion [https://www.flickr.com/photos/krisrex/497212420/] Come grilling season, local outdoor cooks will soon have another place to roast some wienies, as Prospect Park is adding another sanctioned barbecuing area. The new grill spot, which will not have any fixed grills (so it’s bring
electronic waste recycling
Now that you can no longer leave electronics curbside for collection [/blog/sanitation/ban-on-trashing-tvs-computers-more-starts-in-2015], you’ll need to figure out alternative ways to get rid of that ancient tube television. One option: an upcoming e-waste recycling event [http://www.lesecologycenter.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&
greenwood baptist church
Photo via Theo Bleckmann [https://www.facebook.com/theo.bleckmann/photos/pb.155050757996227.-2207520000.1429816362./362370160597618/?type=3&theater] There are a lot of great events coming up in our area this weekend, including opportunities to give back to the community through volunteering, readings that are both funny and
5 train
Images courtesy NYPD The NYPD is after a man they say nabbed a straphanger’s phone and then punched her in the face after she tried to chase him down. Cops say that on Monday, April 20 at about 4pm, a 20-year-old woman was sitting on a northbound 5 train,
e-waste
Now that you can no longer leave electronics curbside for collection [/blog/sanitation/ban-on-trashing-tvs-computers-more-starts-in-2015], you’ll need to figure out alternative ways to get rid of that ancient tube television. One option: an upcoming e-waste recycling event [http://www.lesecologycenter.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&