fire
Photo by Tom PrendergastThe Fire Department responded to a two-alarm fire at New York Methodist Hospital [http://www.nym.org/] on 7th Avenue between 6th and 7th streets at 11:18am Saturday morning. The FDNY said it arrived within five minutes of the call. A total of 105 firefighters from
Brooklyn Volunteer Fair
Photo by Karen ChanToday’s photo comes from reader Karen Chan who explored the Brooklyn Volunteer Fair on Thursday looking for opportunities to get involved in the community. If you didn’t make it to the fair but want to learn more about how you can get involved, check out
Antiques
It’s prime stoop sale season and this weekend should be a good one take a walk and find some bargains in the neighborhood. Here are a couple that are coming up: Where: 5th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues [https://newyork.craigslist.org/fct/gms/5056434733.html] When: Saturday,
south slope stoop sales
Hoping to spruce up your apartment with some new furniture? Before you go to IKEA, you may want to scope out some new-to-you stuff at some local stoop sales. See below for where you should be if you’re hoping to find a deal. Where: 15th Street, between 7th and
76th Precinct
Photo via NYPDThe NYPD needs your help identifying and locating a suspect wanted for two robberies that occurred at the Smith and 9th Street subway station. Police say the suspect in each incident was seated on the train, and as the train prepared to stop, he approached the victim, grabbed
Alexandra Kalmanofsky
Alexandra is cycling 150 miles with her team this weekend. (Photo courtesy Alexandra Kalmanofsky)Neighbor Alexandra Kalmanofsky, who has been battling the disease for 16 years, says that once you have had cancer, it remains a part of your life. Because of this belief, in 2008 she began an annual
Adoptable Pet of the Week
Photo via Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/]We are sure glad Wilson is alive but wish he had a home. Wilson was rescued from a kill shelter in North Carolina and has been living at Sean Casey Animal Rescue [http://nyanimalrescue.org/] for almost a year:
Red Light
Photo by Christina Verde [https://instagram.com/cverde312/]The red skies are a welcome change to the dreary clouds we’ve had this week. 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
Photo by Megan McFadden [https://instagram.com/meganmcf/]The Warren St. Marks Community Garden is as green as can be! 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
Containers
Photo by bklynx [https://instagram.com/bklynx/]Beloved Windsor Terrace institution Farrell’s Bar and Grill [http://www.yelp.com/biz/farrells-brooklyn] will have to get rid of their iconic styrofoam cups, or “containers” as the regulars call them, come July 1st, when the citywide ban of styrofoam takes effect.
food trucks
Songs for Unusual Creatures [https://www.facebook.com/events/676378139161188/] Looking for something to do this weekend? With everything from 90s music and tango lessons, to unusual creatures and opera, you won’t have to go far for fun. Below are some of our favorite events from around the neighborhood.
4th Avenue
DOT’s proposed changes to 4th Avenue.The Department of Transportation announced their plan to make the traffic plan and wider medians on 4th Avenue, implemented in Park Slope in 2013, [/blog/news/4th-avenue-safety-improvements-begin-august-19] permanent, at the Community Board 7 [http://www.brooklyncb7.org/] Transportation Committee meeting Tuesday night and