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Dine in Park Slope Returns With Over 40 Restaurants Participating

Dine In Park Slope, now in its third year running, holds a slightly heavier weight than usual. With restaurants, especially small, locally run restaurants, struggling to weather a pandemic, businesses need every bit of help they can get. Mark Caserta, the Executive Director of the Fifth Avenue Business Development District,

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Come Dine On Park Slope’s Fifth Avenue

5th Avenue is closed down between Dean Street and Park Place, Friday-Sunday. Ellie Plass, Bklyner.PARK SLOPE – Brooklyn’s 5th Avenue between Dean Street and Park Place is now part of the city’s Open Streets program, designed to aid small businesses and provide more room for social distancing and

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Algenio Continues Reign as Artichoke Pizza Contest Champion

PARK SLOPE – Contestants at Artichoke Basille’s Pizza eating contest dripped with sweat as they shoved yet another slice into their mouths. And then, another. When you thought they were going to burst, they ate another. The fourth annual contest took place last Saturday, the 17th, on Park Slope’s

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Dine In Park Slope 2019: More Than 50 Eateries To Offer Specials Aug. 19-30

PARK SLOPE – The good folks at the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID, North Flatbush BID, Park Slope Chamber of Commerce, and Park Slope Civic Council have teamed up for the 2nd Annual Dine in Park Slope—a hyperlocal alternative to NYC Restaurant Week. “We are excited to kick off Dine

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International Women’s Day: Support Women-Owned Businesses on 5th Avenue

PARK SLOPE – In celebration of International Women’s Day (March 8) the Park Slope 5th Avenue BID‘s Joanna Tallantire and Mark Caserta are tying red ribbons in front of women-owned businesses along the corridor. Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID’s Joanna Tallantire and Mark Caserta tying an International Women’

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Dine In Park Slope: Neighborhood Eateries Will Offer Dining Specials August 20-30

PARK SLOPE – The Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID, Park Slope Chamber of Commerce, and North Flatbush BID have teamed up on a promotion to boost business at local restaurants during the waning days of summer. Via parkslopefifthavenuebid.comFrom Monday, August 20 to Thursday, August 30, area restaurants participating in Dine

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Park Slope BID: Striving to Make 5th Avenue Thrive

PARK SLOPE – With Fifth Avenue’s vast selection of boutiques, restaurants, bars, and other small businesses, it’s easy to overlook the fact that it takes a lot of hard work to maintain the busy commercial corridor. Park Slope 5th Avenue BID’s Mark Caserta and Joanna Tallantire (via Facebook)

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Join The Fun At The Fabulous Fifth Ave Fair This Sunday

Come rain or shine, the Fabulous Fifth Avenue Fair is happening this Sunday, May 21, on Fifth between Sterling Place and 12th Street from 10am to 6pm. Hosted by the Park Slope 5th Avenue Business Improvement District, this popular annual street fair will feature lots of music and dance performances,

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Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID Announces A Taste of 5th And Other Happenings

Park Slope 5th Avenue BID Meeting at Pinot’s PaletteThe Park Slope 5th Avenue Business Improvement District held its first meeting of the year yesterday morning at Pinot’s Palette (382 Fifth Avenue between 5th and 6th Streets). Among the usual order of business, Mark Caserta, BID’s Executive Director,

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Park Slope 5th Avenue BID’s Mark Caserta Knows That Real Men Wear Pink

Mark Caserta, Executive Director of the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID wearing his wardrobe color of choice. (Courtesy of Mark Caserta)Mark Caserta is at it again. On any given day, the tireless Executive Director of the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID is hard to miss on vibrant 5th Avenue.

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The Fabulous Fifth Avenue Fair Brings Diverse Food, Music, and Family Fun to Park Slope

Photo via theother5thThe delicious aroma of festival street food, sounds of live music, and vintage shopping brought a diverse mix of Brooklyn residents to enjoy the Fabulous Fifth Avenue Fair in Park Slope on Sunday. Our first stop was Bogota Latin Bistro, a Latin American restaurant on St. John’s

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New BID Director Mark Caserta Talks About Plans For The Future Of 5th Avenue

After four years as the head of 5th Avenue’s Business Improvement District, Executive Director Irene LoRe retired earlier this summer, paving the way for longtime member Mark Caserta to take the helm. The BID’s summer programs, which include the South Slope Summer Strolls and Dancing Under the Stars,