Have you ever walked across the Union Street Bridge, looked down at the Gowanus Canal and thought, I want to get closer to this polluted body of water? No? You are probably in the majority. But you can get closer. In fact, you can actually take a canoe trip down
There are plenty of fun things to do in Park Slope this Independence Day weekend! You can have some family fun in Prospect Park, Grab some barbeque and listen to some Americana music, or take in a burlesque show at The Bell House. There’s something for everyone. And for
pianos
Photo by nataliagubinski [https://instagram.com/nataliagubinski/]You never know what you are going to find on the streets of South Slope! 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,
Photo by Bebe Browning [https://instagram.com/bebe.browning/]What a beautiful photo of the Holy Family & St. Thomas Aquinas Church on 4th Avenue and 9th Street. This is the borough of churches after all. Take any photos in the neighborhood lately? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add
78th Precinct Community Council Meeting
The 78th Precinct Community Council [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_078.shtml]held their last meeting until the fall on Tuesday night. And Captain Frank DiGiacomo started off the meeting with some good news. Officers had arrested three people in connection with anumber of burglaries that
78th precinct community council
The 78th Precinct Community Council [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_078.shtml]held their last meeting until the fall on Tuesday night. And Captain Frank DiGiacomo started off the meeting with some good news. Officers had arrested three people in connection with anumber of burglaries that
582 5th Ave
Photo via 5th Avenue BID [https://instagram.com/theother5th/]Thanks to the 5th Avenue BID [http://parkslopefifthavenuebid.com/] for noticing that the signage is up at the new Pay-O-Matic Money Center [http://www.payomatic.com/index.html] opening at 582 5th Avenue near 16th Street. Pay-O-Matic is associated with Western
citizenship
Tuesday morning, 20 people from 17 different countries became American citizens during the first ever naturalization ceremony at the Old Stone House [http://theoldstonehouse.org/] in Washington Park. The proceedings were presided over by Magistrate Judge Steven Locke, the keynote speaker was U.S. Congresswoman Nydia Velasquez [http://velazquez.house.
row houses
Photo by blake.t.smith [https://instagram.com/blake.t.smith/]There are some really wonderful looking row houses in our neighborhood! 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,
Crepe
Photo by Tom PrendergastWe love watching all the activity on the streets of Park Slope. Take any photos in the neighborhood lately? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/], or tag them #parkslope on Instagram, and
conductor
F Train riders got a surprise yesterday evening when the conductor of their train took the train express and failed to open the train doors at the Jay Street-MetroTech station around 6pm. One rider [https://twitter.com/adamgurri/status/615647124659683328] who alerted us to the situation said the conductor sounded
450 Dean Street
Patsy’s Pizzeria [http://www.thepatsyspizza.com/] is now open at 450 Dean Street near Flatbush Avenue. We spotted the open doors yesterday at the newest outpost of this famous pizzeria. [http://www.thepatsyspizza.com/] We’ve been waiting for this location to open for quite a while — it was