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One Fourth Avenue Family Homeless Shelter Is Open; Other To Open In The Fall

535 4th Avenue & 555 4th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)PARK SLOPE – After much delay and controversy, one of the two large family homeless shelters announced for 4th Avenue, the Shirley Chisholm Family Residence at 535 4th Avenue, officially opened its doors last month. The other is expected to open

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33-Year-Old Pedestrian Killed Crossing The Street

BOERUM HILL – A 33-year-old Sunset Park resident was killed while crossing the street against the light, cops say. This morning at around 12:05 a.m., a 55-year-old man was driving his 2002 Dodge Stratus southbound on Flatbush Avenue. As he was approaching Fourth Avenue, cops say he had the

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Sunset Park Calls For Fourth Avenue Bike Lane

(Photo via NYC DOT)Sunset Park residents are calling on the Department of Transportation to change its plans for a Fourth Avenue bike lane, activists said. Activists said the agency has ignored their repeated requests for a lane, meanwhile one in Marine Park was built without people asking for one.

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Child Hit By Turning Car On Fourth Avenue; Driver Issued A Summons

Photo by Alvimann [ http://mrg.bz/VErTdX].A little girl in a stroller was struck by a car near 51st Street and Fourth Avenue at around 12:30pm this afternoon and she was rushed to Lutheran Medical Center with “bruising on the lower part of her body,” according to police

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Gates Down At 4th Avenue’s Brooklyn Finest Market

A neighbor sent word on Monday that Brooklyn Finest Market, located at 550 4th Avenue, at 15th Street, had closed its doors. Sure enough, the gates have been down every time we’ve walked by this week. As noted on the city’s Department of Buildings website [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.

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Large Residential Building Coming To Former Strauss Auto Site

The high rise rental parade continues to make its way down 4th Avenue. The Real Deal announced on Monday [http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/04/28/slate-adam-america-to-develop-141-unit-rental-property-in-park-slope/] that Adam America Real Estate Group [http://adamamericare.com/projects], Slate Property Group [http://www.slatepg.com], and AEW Capital Management [http://www.

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Still No Signs Of Life At 4th Avenue’s Park Slope Laundromat

According to signs posted [/blog/business/park-slope-laundromat-closed-until-february-24] outside of 510 4th Avenue, the Park Slope Laundromat [http://www.yelp.com/biz/park-slope-laundromat-brooklyn] was scheduled to reopen on February 24. That date has come and gone, though, and the gates remain down. When we called today, a gentleman told us that

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New Residential Building Looking For Renters On 4th Avenue

603 Fourth [http://603fourth.idealpropertiesgroup.com/residences.php], which began construction [/blog/real-estate/residential-building-with-retail-space-going-up-at-603-4th-avenue] in the fall of 2012, celebrated its grand opening on December 2, and is on the lookout for their first tenants. The luxury building, located on 4th Avenue, between 17th and 18th Streets, houses six apartments

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Create Marathon Signs At P.S. 124 Fundraiser Sunday

Have a friend or family member running in the marathon [/blog/events/2013-marathon-banners-arrive-on-4th-avenue]? Just want to show some local love for the runners? Be sure to stop by P.S. 124 [https://www.facebook.com/ps124pta] (4th Avenue, between 13th and 14th Street) on Sunday, November 3, and make a

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A Wonderland Of Beer Spotted On 4th Avenue

We stopped by Gourmet Food Mart [http://www.yelp.com/biz/gourmet-food-mart-brooklyn] (4th Avenue and 11th Street) for a gallon of milk on Thursday, and were greeted with a gigantic wall of beer. Owner Frank Kardar said that the store began expanding its brew line about two months ago, and

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Meet Minnow Who Might Just Be The Cutest Cat Ever

Looking for a new friend? Minnow is staying at the Park Slope Veterinary Center [http://parkslopeveterinarycenter.vetstreet.com] (639 4th Avenue, at 19th Street) this week in the hopes of finding a foster or forever home. Contact The American Street Cat [http://www.theamericanstreetcat.org] or The Park Slope Veterinary

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Taco Heaven at Reyes Deli and Grocery

You’ve probably passed Reyes Deli and Grocery [http://www.yelp.com/biz/reyes-deli-and-grocery-brooklyn] (532 4th Ave) a gazillion times, but if you’ve never stopped in for a peek at their menu offerings, you don’t know what you’re missing. Friends and neighbors, we’re talking real-deal-taco-ecstasy. Just

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South Slope Gentrification: Inevitable Fact of Life?

It’s not difficult to see the changes in South Slope that have occurred over the past several years. Dollar stores and bodegas have become pubs and banks, condos now inhabit areas where wood frame homes once stood [/blog/real-estate/residential-building-with-retail-space-going-up-at-603-4th-avenue] , and according to Voices of New York [http://voicesofny.

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New Condo Coming to 4th Avenue…What???

Brace yourselves, South Slope. There is a new condo going up at 4th Avenue and 15th Street. I know. Shocking. Brownstoner reports [http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/09/attack-of-the-developments-on-4th-avenue/] that the nine-story, fifteen-unit tower is scheduled for a May 2013 completion and, as you can see from the image

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Levi Aron Charged With Murder In Brutal Killing Of Leiby Kletzky

Levi Aron (from facebook via Daily News)Both CNN [http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/07/13/new.york.missing.boy.remains/index.html?hpt=ju_c1] and NY1 [http://brooklyn.ny1.com/content/top_stories/142809/suspect-charged-with-murder-of-missing-brooklyn-boy] reported last night that Levi Aron has been charged with murder in