5th Avenue
Hunk spotted at Life Thrift on 5th Avenue (Photo by South Slope News)We spotted quite the hunk at Life Thrift the other day! 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
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Photo via theother5th [https://instagram.com/p/6kf8Nvh1T0/]Namaste Indian [http://www.yelp.com/biz/namaste-brooklyn], which took over Zito’s Sandwich Shoppe at 195 5th Avenue [/blog/business/namaste-sign-up-at-former-5th-ave-zitos-location], is now open. This is the new location of the popular Astoria, Queens joint and they are offering a lunch
620 5th Avenue
Photo via Woops! [https://instagram.com/p/5fE_Gjuqi-/?taken-by=bywoops]Almost exactly a year after longtime coffee shop Has Beans closed [/blog/business/has-beans-says-goodbye-after-11-years-on-5th-avenue] its doors, Woops! bakery is moving into the space at 620 5th Avenue near 17th Street, according to a tip from Savor the Slope [https:
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Photo via Green-Wood CemeteryIt was 239 years ago this month that our forefathers fought the British in the first major battle of the Revolutionary War, The Battle of Brooklyn [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Island#Legacy]. And even though we lost the battle, we won the war,
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Students painting mural at 138 5th Avenue (Photo via Groundswell)If you’ve walked along 5th Avenue past the Key Foods parking lot between Sterling and St. John’s Place, you might have noticed students on scaffolding painting the wall. The college students have been working all summer to paint
Photo by candypengi [https://instagram.com/candypengi/]We love spending hot summer days next to the lake! 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@
8th avenue
Photo by Tom PrendergastAfter a crash at the intersection of 8th Avenue and Windsor Place in July [/blog/crime/collision-at-windsor-place-and-8th-avenue], we heard from many readers that this intersection is one of many problem intersections in the area. The Department of Transportation recently presented a number of locations in Windsor Terrace
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Standing in the park that Walt built, Prison Ship Martyrs Monument memorializes the American prisoners who died in British vessels in the East River during the Revolutionary War. (Photo by Francisco Daum)239 years ago, our forefathers fought the British in the first major battle of the Revolutionary War, The
Gotham SideWalks
Graffiti artist working on a commissioned piece. (Photo by Shannon Geis / Park Slope Stoop)When talking about street art in Brooklyn, Bushwick is the most common neighborhood to be mentioned. But our next door neighbor Gowanus is next in line. The largely industrial neighborhood has a plethora of wall space
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Photo via Brooklyn Public Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/support/eagles-prize]The Brooklyn Public Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/], the Brooklyn Eagles, [https://www.facebook.com/bkeagles] a group of engaged young supporters of the library, and local bookstores are celebrating Brooklyn literature this year with the inaugural Brooklyn Eagles
Fort Greene Park
Battle of Brooklyn re-enactment at Green-Wood Cemetery via Green-Wood Cemetery [https://www.flickr.com/photos/greenwoodcemetery/5242952209/in/album-72157625429009109/] 239 years ago, our forefathers fought the British in the first major battle of the Revolutionary War, The Battle of Brooklyn [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Island#Legacy]
Bell House
Photo via Les Sans Culottes [http://www.lessansculottes.com/les_photos.html] Don’t wait until the weekend for a little neighborhood fun! With everything from comedy and improv, to secret science and vinyl, there’s plenty going on in Park Slope this week. Below are some of our favorite