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7th Avenue

A collection of 29 issues

Views from the Park Slope Halloween Parade [PHOTOS]

A ghoulish drum corps led the Park Slope Civic Council’s Halloween Parade down 7th Ave in Park Slope last night (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)PARK SLOPE – After a long Halloween weekend, the Park Slope Civic Council [http://parkslopeciviccouncil.org/]capped of the spooky holiday celebrations with a parade down 7th

Cafe Dada Shutters After Five Years On 7th Avenue

(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Park Slope’s iconic French-Hungarian cafe has officially — and quietly — closed, owners confirmed today. After the Sunday crowds shuffled out, owners of Cafe Dada at 57 7th Avenue between Lincoln Place & St Johns Place, put up a single ‘closed’ sign that remained during Monday

Dead Body Discovered On Q Train Tracks

MTA workers found a dead body on the subway tracks in Brooklyn on Sunday morning, cops said. The man’s body was discovered on the Q train tracks between the Prospect Park and Seventh Avenue stations around 6:45am on May 7. A train was approaching the scene, but workers

Asking Rents For Prime 7th Avenue Retail Space Up

Photo by BKLYNERThe Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) released its Winter 2017 Brooklyn Retail Report [https://www.rebny.com/content/rebny/en/research/REBNYRetailReport/Winter_2017_Brooklyn_Retail_Report.html] yesterday, revealing that the average asking rents for available ground floor retail spaces have increased in seven of

A Trio Of ‘Triangle Parks’ Coming To Flatbush Avenue

Intersection at 6th Avenue and Flatbush Avenue (March 30, Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Flatbush Avenue, between Bergen Street and Sterling Place, is going to get a lot nicer—and safer. A project that will transform three islands along Flatbush Avenue into pedestrian-friendly green spaces kicked off this week. The

Have You Seen These Men Suspected Of Assaulting A Good Samaritan On The Q Train ?

/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/212-17-BTRS-71-PCT-TD32-12-10-16.mp4 Cops are searching for five men suspected of punching a straphanger on the Q train near Prospect Park in December. The victim, a 56-year-old man, saw the suspects harassing an elderly man aboard the southbound Q train near the Prospect Park station on Saturday,

Storied Park Slope Plane Crash Happened 56 Years Ago Today

Park Slope Plane Crash, December 16, 1960. (Photo via Brooklyn Public Library [http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/search~S64?/Xpark+slope+plane+crash&m=k&searchscope=64&SORT=D/Xpark+slope+plane+crash&m=k&searchscope=64&SORT=D&SUBKEY=park+slope+plane+crash/

Police Hunt For Co-Worker Of Sunset Park Woman Nearly Slashed To Death

60 Street and Seventh Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6369376,-74.0116372,3a,68.2y,127.84h,89.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0aHfNvH2fvd5zE_rvHRIGA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656] )A Sunset Park woman is recovering from severe stab wounds after nearly being slashed to death by

NYPD Deploys Agents To Combat Dyker Heights & Sunset Park Traffic

Morning Brooklyn traffic on 65th Street and 7th Avenue. (Courtesy: Carlo Scissura / Twitter)New plans to combat morning rush hour in Dyker Heights leading into Sunset Park resulted in the NYPD’s deployment of two traffic agents to ensure traffic flow near a major supermarket, a Brooklyn council member announced

Trains Snarled Through Brooklyn, Fire Investigated At 7th Ave Q, Says FDNY

(Courtesy Josh Freed)This morning’s commute has been a miserable one. The Q train was stopped at 7th Avenue in Prospect Heights due to a rubbish fire in the tunnel, according to the FDNY. Additionally, there are problems on the 2/3/4/5, according to the MTA. An