Neighbors
Courtesy of Green-Wood CemeteryOur local iconic cemetery does not want to bury you young. And they want the world to know it. Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com/] has launched a powerful social media campaign in order to take a stand against gun violence. The image displays a newly dug,
Arts & Culture
Photo by Kira SmithSouth Slope resident Pete Sinjin [http://www.petesinjin.com/] started out his career as a songwriter and musician. Sinjin has been an artistic staple in the community for some time — well-known by both kids and adults. Many know Sinjin by the moniker “Hootenanny Pete” [/blog/photos/photo-day-hootenanny-pete-rocks-bell-house/
Education
The plaque at P.S. 10 in Caleb’s Garden. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)The P.S. 10 community honored the memory of student Caleb Sande [/blog/tag/caleb-sande/] this morning with a memorial plaque that was unveiled in an area now named Caleb’s Garden. Caleb
Animals
Wolverine of Mingo’s Sandwich Factory in Park Slope/Gowanus. (Screenshot via YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmberUHjemM])You don’t have to be a cat owner to be under the watchful eye of one of our neighborhood felines. Whether you’ve stopped by your bodega for coffee,
Arts & Culture
Neighbor Harriet Semegram has surprisingly deep and diverse roots in the Ditmas Park arts scene. More than 50 years ago, she compiled a visual history of Eastern European Jewish life that became the visual inspiration for Fiddler on the Roof. But before this groundbreaking project, Semegram had never made a
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Animals
A new WNYC video series [http://www.wnyc.org/story/bodega-cats-their-own-words-tiger-and-nushi-sunset-park-brooklyn/] , Bodega Cats, is giving voices to our neighborhood’s furriest bodega workers. These feline Brooklynites talk about cat life, how their neighborhoods are changing, and local cuisines. Take Tiger, an orange cat, who just sleeps and eats all day.
Bensonhurst
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=F7q0POdMEPc The awning outside reads Electronics Center, but no descriptor could adequately sum up the store located at 1805 73rd Street. Before you even step inside, racks of clothing, purses, and jewelry are strung up on hooks, and the sidewalk
Arts & Culture
Jamie Courville (left) and Chris Reynolds, creators of ‘Gowanus Current’. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)Sifting through the stories of the Gowanus neighborhood often seems murkier than the toxic canal itself. Stitching together the patchwork of environmental, legal, historical, savagely political, communal, artistic, fiscal, real estate-laden topics and
Business
(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Kensington may be getting a walk-in medical clinic on Beverley Road at East 7th street, though this sign has been hanging from the residential terrace for about two years with no business opening in sight, one neighbor told us. The commercial unit at 624 Beverley
Animals
(Courtesy Mickey the Beekeeper)Be on the lookout for a swarm of bees! But fear not: Mickey the Beekeeper [http://mickeythebeekeeper.com/home] says they’re a gentle lot. A wind storm on June 12 knocked over a tree at a residence on Vanderbilt Avenue [/?s=vanderbilt+avenue] in Fort
Neighbors
1 Prospect Park West (Photo by Park Slope Stoop)Karma’s a bitch, isn’t it? Messing with the elderly and their families may finally have come back to haunt real estate developer Haysha Deitsch [/?s=haysha], who hasn’t been having his most lucrative month. Not only does he
Arts & Culture
Photo by Daniel MyersWalk a few paces up Garfield Place from 5th Avenue and take a peek into the alley behind newish restaurant Brooklyn Burgers & Beer [http://www.brooklynburgersandbeer.com/] (295 5th Avenue at Garfield Place), and you’ll come face to face with one of the Slope’s