Coming up next Monday, July 23, join CAMBA for a Brooklyn Cyclones game [http://camba.org/CAMBATheCyclones/tabid/436/Default.aspx]: > Last year, our night there was a lot of fun: Kids got to run the bases, the Cyclones even were kind enough to hit a walk-off home run
even more frozen yogurt
This is what gentrification looks like, via Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yogurtland_Yogurt_High_Res.jpg] HPS reports [http://www.heresparkslope.com/home/2012/7/18/fro-yo-coming-to-thrifty-liquidators-space-on-fifth.html] that Thrifty Liquidators, formerly one of South Slope’s many semi-interchangable discount stores, is being replaced with…wait
Brooklyn Lyceum
Confirming my suspicions [/blog/kids/roller-skate-rentals-this-friday-in-prospect-park] that all anyone does anymore is roller skate, Brooklyn Lyceum [http://brooklynlyceum.com/] wants you to (once again) come shake your groove thing. And given the number of roller opportunities this summer, we should all be pretty good at that by now. August 4th.
bicycle thief
photo credit: Johanna Clearfield via Patch [http://parkslope.patch.com/users/johanna-clearfield] Johanna Clearfield locked her bike up outside over night, and, in a twist surprising to no one, it was gone by morning. Or rather, most of it was gone — she was, she reports, the victim of a “double
photo credit:Carryboo [http://www.flickr.com/photos/carryboo/] Captured a Park Slope moment on camera? Send it to parkslopestoop@gmail.com [ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com] or add it to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/] and we’ll post it on the blog.
Louis C.K.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Muf6Gl2pHM&feature=player_embedded In late May, we noticed “Louie” filming on the streets [/blog/news/louis-c-k-conquers-world-7th-avenue] of 7th Avenue, and ever since the 3rd season premiered three weeks ago, we’ve been waiting for our close-up. The time has come. On Thursday,
Dreamed of being a crossing guard? Here’s your chance. Brooklyn Spoke just announced [http://brooklynspoke.com/2012/07/17/volunteers-needed-in-prospect-park/] that the Prospect Park Alliance is recruiting bike enthusiasts and would-be traffic cops to help educate folks on the new Prospect Park loop design. On the upside, you’ll
So many bars
And so many more As North Slope is consumed by frozen yogurt [/blog/food-drink/7th-avenue-pinkberry-to-open-in-june], South Slope is fast becoming drinks central, which is saying something, since there wasn’t exactly a shortage before. Since October, though, at least 7 new bars have opened up — let’s take stock of
Rendering of the new branch, via Vincent Benic Architect [http://www.vbarch.com/park-slope-library/] It’s happening: after three years, the Park Slope BPL Branch at 6th Ave and 8th Street is finally set to reopen [http://parkslopeciviccouncil.org/2012/07/slope-library-to-reopen-in-september/] . And while we’ve all heard that before,
atlantic terminal
Bad news for Park Slope discount shoppers: Daffy’s is going the way of fellow bargain basement Filene’s, which is to say, out of business [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120716/RETAIL_APPAREL/120719920]. All 19 New York-area locations will shutter their doors by fall, possibly as soon as
BCCO
So it’s not the New York Philharmonic, but then, that’s so last week [/blog/art-music/tonight-philharmonic-in-the-park], anyway. Tomorrow, the Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra takes their turn in the free summer concert spotlight, bringing their classical stylings [http://www.bcco.info/index.html] to Washington Park. The program is
Thai
photo via Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/SkyIceNYC] Serious Eats is systematically licking their way through the best ice cream in the city [http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2012/07/daily-scoop-thai-tea-ice-cr.html], allegedly because July is “National Ice Cream Month” (also, though: ice cream is the best). Today’s “Daily Scoop”