Announcements
Headstones at Greenwood CemeterySUNSET PARK – Job training non-profit Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow [http://obtjobs.org/home/] (OBT) is taking a step in a new direction, announcing a 2018 program for masonry restoration training in conjunction with Green-Wood Cemetery [https://www.green-wood.com/]. The 10-week paid internship will teach 10
Events
(Photo via prospect_park/instagram)It’s springtime, and romance is sprouting up with the cherry blossoms at the Botanic Gardens [https://www.bbg.org/collections/cherries]. Whether you have a giddy new love or a cherished long-term partner, use this guide to plan the perfect weekend and try something
Animals
Scarlet Tanager (Photo: Steve Nanz)This is a wonderful time for bird watching, but it won’t last forever. Birds of all types are returning from their winter stays to the south, and are traveling through our area now. They fly through the night, and then funnel into large, green
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The Lady Moody House. (Photo: Brooklyn Historical Society)Two local historical buildings — the Coney Island Pumping Station [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/?s=coney+island+pumping+station] and the Lady Moody House [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/?s=lady+moody] — received the greatest support at last week’s Landmark Preservation Committee hearing,
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Lady Moody’s House in Gravesend (Source: Flickr/lisanne001)The Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/home/home.shtml] [LPC] has finally released a plan to deal with the backlog of properties, after the Commission withdrew their plan [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/history/panel-nixes-plan-to-cut-list-of-potential-city-landmarks] to remove
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Source: Flickr/astrozombieNow that we’re back to the daily grind following the holidays, it’s also time to consider how to grind up that Christmas tree. The city offers a couple of options that will take your tree and turn it into mulch, which will provide cover for trees
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Get it? Photo by bridgidbibbens [http://instagram.com/p/hg6JmuqQUd/]. Have you snapped any neighborhood holiday photos? Share them with us! Add them to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag them #southslope on Instagram, or email them to us at editor@bklyner.com and we’ll
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Forget fake spiders [/blog/photos/halloween-in-the-slope-creepy-crawlies], we’ve got the real deal. Photo by madcat1 [http://instagram.com/p/fDhRc8DFgR/]. Snap any photos in the neighborhood lately? Share them with us! Add them to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag them #southslope on Instagram, or email
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Source: British Royal Engineers under Major James Moncrief via Wikimedia Commons Okay, it’s not exactly local, but it’s still kind of neat. From our friends at Green-Wood Cemetery: > SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 2012 – ALL DAY 236TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN > The Battle of Brooklyn, fought
Civil War
Photo Credit: Katie McNishGreen-Wood Cemetery’s historian, Jeff Richman, will tell the tale of the venerable cemetery’s ambitious project to identify previously unknown Civil War veterans – with an illustrated presentation at the New Utrecht Reformed Church Parish House on Wednesday, March 28, at 7:30 p.m., reports the
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Here we have a photo similar to one taken earlier this year [/friday-edition-photo-finish/]. In this version, we’re looking northwest from the Midwood side of the Avenue N Station, which sits on the McDonald Avenue El [http://www.nycsubway.org/faq/elevsec.html], part of the Culver Line [http://en.