There’s nothing like a wide selection of hors d’oeuvres at a New Year’s Eve party. As you’re getting ready for yours this weekend, remember that both the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket [https://www.facebook.com/GrandArmyPlazaGreenmarket?fref=ts] and the Park Slope Farmers Market [http://communitymarkets.
Hope you all found a warm spot of sunshine on this chilly day. Have a neighborhood photo to share? Send it to editor@bklyner.com, add it to the South Slope News Flickr Group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope/], or tag it #southslope on Instagram, and we’ll post
townhouses
Stay warm this weekend! Captured a Park Slope moment on camera? Send it to editor@bklyner.com, add it to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/] , or tag it #parkslope on Instagram, and we’ll post it on the blog.
Best of 2012
Ditmas Park Corner’s 2012 has been eventful indeed. We launched [/blog/news/welcome-to-ditmas-park-corner] on March 10 and have been connecting with more and more neighbors every day since then. Looking back on the past year, we couldn’t be more proud to be a part of this incredible neighborhood.
Capone
Be on the lookout for Capone [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4696438282354&set=o.150453569805&type=1] , a 6-year-old black and white Boston Terrier, who was last seen on Union Street between 5th and 6th Aves last night. Capone was wearing a red collar, missing his
Park Slope has felt kind of empty this week – will that carry over to the weekend, making you the only person at these open houses? Maybe buying during the holidays has its advantages. Let us know if you have any luck after checking out our top picks for open houses
film shoot
Hide the tweens: Are We Officially Dating [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1800246/] , a movie staring Zac Efron of High School Musical and several other dreamy productions, will be filming on Carroll Street between 7th and 8th Avenues on Thursday, January 3. The movie, which is about three young Manhattan
Captured a Park Slope moment on camera? Send it to editor@bklyner.com, add it to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/] , or tag it #parkslope on Instagram, and we’ll post it on the blog
Fallout Shelter
An old fallout shelter sign on McDonald Avenue. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Send it to editor@kensingtonbk.com and we’ll post it on the blog.
Business
When Jennifer Mankins opened Bird [http://shopbird.com/] in the 5th Avenue space that had previously housed another boutique called Bird, she tells the New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/fashion/jennifer-mankins-and-the-brooklyn-aesthetic.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0] that she jumped right in, and knew that
Dar Williams
It’s been a quiet week in Brooklyn, but as you get ready for all the fun possibilities for New Year’s Eve [/blog/events/where-to-ring-in-the-new-year], there are still great events coming up this weekend. Here are our top picks. Thursday, December 27• Bingo? Bingo! The Park Slope Bingo Club
kensington
In response to a recommendation by Community Board 12 to remove two of the four new benches [/events/carolers-sing-vigilers-talk-and-a-neighbor-squawks-at-kensington-plaza] in the 6-month-old Kensington Plaza, neighbor Bridget Elder has started an online petition [http://signon.org/sign/let-us-keep-all-of-the.fb23?source=s.icn.fb&r_by=1489015] to ask that the