Business
Homemade Irish soda bread with butter, salt, and a glass of Guinness. (Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus)Hartley’s [http://www.instagram.com/hartleysnyc] is the authentic Irish pub that Clinton Hill never knew it was missing. Open for a month (since mid-December) and owned by three friends
Food & Drink
Photo by Park Slope StoopThe neighborhood is chock full of many lunch spots, which often include a lunch special. How can you decide which one to choose? The Park Slope Lunch Beat guides you through the myriad of choices available. We’ll break down the basics, share some special tips,
Arts & Culture
Image via BRIC.Congratulations are in order for BRIC Arts | Media House and UrbanGlass, which received LEED Silver certification for their environmentally friendly building! The performance, media, and art studio hub “was designed to minimize the consumption of natural resources in construction, reduce demand for water and electricity, and offer
Arts & Culture
Works by Jo Ann O’Rear. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)“I have to use them all the time. My hands and arms are on fire.” Artist Jo Ann O’Rear [http://www.joannorear.com/] is describing how the artistic process fuels her. “I’ve been like that
Events
Image via Brooklyn Public Library.Martin Luther King Jr. Day is this coming Monday, January 18, and Brooklyn organizations and leaders are honoring what would have been his 87th birthday (today, January 15) with a week-long celebration of speaking events, movie screenings, and volunteer opportunities. Thanks go out to Olanike
Kids & Family
Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6679339,-73.9837487,3a,75y,49.02h,95.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRzn8kBoDPnXc5mIYIPF4RQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1] The Park Slope Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/park-slope] is getting a major upgrade and a furry, funny friend in
Arts & Culture
Photo by Aymann Ismail.It’s been nine months since the sculpture bust of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden popped up unannounced [/blog/2015/04/06/prison-ship-martyrs-monument-vandalized-with-edward-snowden-bust/] in Fort Greene Park’s Prison Ship Martyrs Monument, sparking a fevered debate about art, protest, and public space [/blog/2015/04/07/art-protest-and-history-residents-react-to-snowden-bust-removal-from-prison-ship-martyrs-monument/
Events
Courtesy Theatre Development Fund [https://www.facebook.com/TheatreDevelopmentFund/photos/a.10153165205267844.1073741863.27723672843/10153165209007844/?type=3&theater] With temperatures freezing outside, parents across the five boroughs are desperately seeking fun activities for the kids that take place inside. Finding just the right spot can be especially tough, though,
Arts & Culture
Siobhan O’Loughlin in a December 12 performance in Park Slope. (Photo by Jason Speakman)After a sold-out run in the Park Slope bathtub circuit earlier this month, writer, performer, activist, and award-winning playwright Siobhan O’Loughlin [http://siobhanoloughlin.com/about/] will be returning to Brooklyn [/blog/art-music/park-slope-apartment-bathtub-is-setting-for-one-woman-play/], including
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Photo courtesy of Councilmember Laurie Cumbo’s office.Last spring, Councilmember Laurie Cumbo introduced a bill known as Int 762 that would “require all taxicabs, hail vehicles, liveries, black cars, and luxury limousines to have a panic button installed that would allow a passenger to send a distress signal to
News
Photo by hparr [http://websta.me/p/1017037450412103269_2261348]File this one under: “Oh god, no.” The Prospect Avenue station in Park Slope is among 30 subway stations proposed to be completely shut down in coming years [http://gothamist.com/2016/01/08/subway_facelift_shutdown.php] in order as
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Photo by Daniel Avila/NYC Parks.Mulchfest 2016 was a big success, with 1,107 trees mulched this past weekend at Fort Greene Park! That news is bittersweet, though: it only put us in third place citywide, although we still hold the record — earned last year! — of 1,743 trees