Announcements
Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson meets with Brooklyn CB Chairs and District Managers. (Photo via Community Board 6 [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynCB6/photos/a.287002111324247.78754.145307852160341/1090407767650340/?type=3&theater] )Are you passion about engaging in significant decisions in your community? Do you have opinions about real estate
Central Brooklyn
Ikhari Hinds-Lewis (center) at the YEAH! NYC Rock Camp last summer. (Photo: Kassim Hinds)Good news, but a long road ahead, for a young member of our community who had a tragic accident last month. Former P.S. 139 student Ikhari Hinds-Lewis, now 16, who suffered a traumatic brain injury
Arts & Culture
Blue Sky Bakery owner Erik Goetze with artist Terri Frohman. (Photo by Jessica Geren)Stop into Blue Sky Bakery [http://www.blueskybakery.org/] (53 5th Avenue between Bergen Street and St. Marks Avenue) for one of their famous muffins and enjoy some artistic work while you’re there. This month,
Neighbors
The former Burger King on Knapp Street is now being used as a temporary mosque. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)When a local Muslim group rented out the long-abandoned Burger King [/knapp-street-burger-king-converted-temporary-mosque-ramadan/] on Knapp Street in the summer of 2014, it was supposed to serve as a short-term place for
Animals
It’s an awkward ballet, isn’t it? The snow, puddles, ice … and the poop. Ah, irresponsible dog owners: not a new topic among our readers, but still a group who makes walking down the street a little more terrifying for everyone (including the good dog owners who do pick
Neighbors
Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop“The first rule of Park Slope Parents is you don’t talk about Park Slope Parents.” Or so goes the premise for the Friday, January 29 The New Yorker humor piece titled Park Slope Parents’ Fight Club: A Friendly Reminder Of The Rules
Arts & Culture
Seussical cast pictured L to R: Ashley Harris, Adrian Rifat, Jesse Manocherian (standing), Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld, Paula Galloway (Photo by Scott Andrew Cally) “Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living,” Theodor Geisel once said. “It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.” The
Central Brooklyn
Crossing Guard Donna Fisher escorting a child across the street at PS 179. (Photo by Donny Levit / Ditmas Park Corner)Donna Fisher is on the lookout. 8:15am on a weekday morning is prime time for school children arriving at PS 179 [http://www.ps179kensington.com/] (202 Avenue C, between
Central Brooklyn
Bright colors at 722 Coney Island Avenue. (Photo: Sarah Crean)Coney Island Avenue just got a little more colorful but not everyone’s happy about it. On the west side of Coney Island Avenue, not far from the corner of Cortelyou Road, a four-story building painted brilliant colors of green,
Arts & Culture
Now That We’re Friends album cover. (Artwork by Jonathan Blum)It’s hard to categorize Amelia Robinson’s oeuvre of music because of its diversity. She’s a composer, musician, singer — and neighbor. Robinson is renowned for her sophisticated work on the ukulele, which she describes as a “little
Neighbors
Photo provided by the NYPDCops have located a missing 79-year-old man with Alzheimer’s who disappeared last night from outside the Cherry Hill Gourmet Market on Emmons Avenue. A woman claiming to be the man’s granddaughter [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=8850805] posted a message to Facebook
Business
T.E.A.L. CEO and Co-Founder Pamela Esposito-Amery. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)We’ll give you a moment to bookmark this page. [Reader bookmarks page.] Now that you’ve done that, we’ll tell you why: this information could very well save you or a loved