If you’re embracing the season and doing some spring cleaning, pack up those books you read this winter and donate them to our local library to help support its wonderful programming! The Friends of Park Slope Library [https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofParkSlopeLibrary] will be accepting donations for the upcoming
383 5th Ave
Nasi LemakThere are only a handful of Malaysian restaurants in Brooklyn, and as of last week, Park Slope is lucky enough to have one of them. Al Seabu [https://www.facebook.com/Alseabu?fref=ts] has opened at 383 5th Avenue, between 6th and 7th Streets, touting its menu as
Carlos Menchaca
If you’re 14 or older and live in District 38, you can vote in Councilmember Carlos Menchaca [http://council.nyc.gov/d38/html/members/home.shtml]‘s Participatory Budgeting elections [http://council.nyc.gov/d38/html/members/pb38.shtml] starting Saturday, April 11 through Sunday, April 19. Participatory Budgeting
Bike NYC
Photo via bruce_mcadam [https://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_mcadam/295346798/] /FlickrStart thinking spring and all the nice, warm-weather bike rides ahead of you, then sign up for the 3rd annual Bike the Branches [https://apps.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/btb/], a one-day bike ride that lets you discover parts of
156 7th Avenue
A new grocery and flower shop has opened on the corner of 7th Avenue and Garfield, where a string of similar businesses have operated for years. New Apple Tree and the adjacent New Apple Tree Flowers opened recently at 156 7th Avenue, calling back the name of the business that
sidewalk plates
Some of the more interesting, if perhaps less noticeable, bits of the past you can find all over the neighborhood are sidewalk plates, those small metal calling cards, essentially, for the businesses that laid those sidewalks, often quite a long time ago. Though some have been walked over so much
daffodils
Photo by Tom PrendergastLocal photographer Tom Prendergast spotted these daffodils in bloom in Prospect Park today, to which we can only say: FINALLY! 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
Kids & Family
Photo via The Pop Ups [https://www.facebook.com/thepopups/photos/a.156783870998283.37052.124276210915716/826523730690957/?type=3&theater] Looking for something fun to do with the whole family this week? From a storytime about waiting with a popular author, to a fun live performance that includes a talking
463 5th avenue
The Sunrise Medical Laboratories [http://www.sunriselab.com/] office on 5th Avenue between 10th and 11th Streets is moving to another space in the neighborhood, and its current storefront is up for rent. The office, currently located at 463A 5th Avenue, will be relocating to 143 15th Street, at the
baseball
Photo by amberala [https://www.flickr.com/photos/63814897@N02/8625997918/]It feels like we’ve been waiting half a year to fully enjoy Prospect Park [http://www.prospectpark.org/] again without some serious shivering, but the turning point is approaching at long last! This Saturday, April 11 is Opening
Photo via Brooklyn Public Library [http://misc.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/btb/]. Start thinking spring and all the nice, warm-weather bike rides ahead of you, then sign up for the 3rd annual Bike the Branches [https://apps.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/btb/] (use this discount code: NYCCO2015), a one-day bike ride that lets you
opening day
Photo by amberala [https://www.flickr.com/photos/63814897@N02/8624885057/]It feels like we’ve been waiting half a year to fully enjoy Prospect Park [http://www.prospectpark.org/] again without some serious shivering, but the turning point is approaching at long last! This Saturday, April 11 is Opening