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Image via NYPD.Felony assaults and burglaries inched up a bit this week compared to last week (December 21-27 [/blog/2016/01/07/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-week-of-december-21-27/]), but rapes dropped from 1 to 0. Overall, crime compared to last week, last month, and last year showed decent drops and only small increases. Hopefully
Arts & Culture
Nurse and Author Kelli Dunham. (Courtesy of Kelli Dunham)Since the store’s opening in last March, Please [http://www.pleasenewyork.com/] (557 5th Avenue at 15th Street) has become far more than just a boutique where you can buy adult toys, books, lotions, lubricants, ball gags, and wrist restraints
Business
Life is about to get a little less sweet for over 300 employees of national sugar-substitute company Sweet ‘N Low, which is phasing out manufacturing and packing operations at its Flushing Avenue factory in order to save money. Instead, the company plans to shift manufacturing jobs to other locations around
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Photo by mattrock_bk [http://websta.me/p/1028202733229729852_2062833993]Below you’ll find Fort Greene and Clinton Hill subway changes this week on the 2, 3, 4, 5, A, B, C, D, G, N, Q, and R lines in Brooklyn, plus the Franklin Avenue shuttle. Check back later this
Business
Brewshot will replace Beygl at 207 7th Avenue. (Photo by Park Slope Stoop)Out with the old, in with the new? It’s hard to know what will stick and what won’t in the Park Slope food business. What we do know is this: changes are upon us as
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Photo via drink_o [https://www.instagram.com/p/BAH8tFotJVr/?tagged=parkslope] Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and sign up for our daily newsletter. And if you ever have any news tips, story ideas, questions, or
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Image via . [https://twitter.com/BrownstoneDetec/status/685114849634942976] Cumberland Street before and after! Apparently, only one building had changed since the 1930s.
Business
There will soon no longer be an empty storefront at 458 Myrtle Avenue (between Waverly and Washington Avenue)! Da Ciro Brooklyn Trattoria E Pizzeria will soon call the space home, with a goal open for this spring/around March. According to co-owner and namesake Ciro Verdi, and co-owner Victoria Frignani,
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Photo by Mary BakijaAccording to the Home Reporter [http://homereporter.com/fdny-responds-to-flipped-school-bus-in-park-slope/], a yellow school bus flipped onto its side after being involved in a crash. The bus was reportedly struck by another vehicle. The crash happened at the intersection of 4th Avenue and 1st Street. Officials say the first
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511 9th Street. (Photo via MNS Real Impact Real Estate [http://www.mns.com/details/222568#])Looking for a new place to call home, or a spot to start your business? We’ve rounded up a bunch of intriguing Park Slope apartment listings. They’re rentals sitting at the $2,
Events
Tired of chasing rats out of your yard and garbage cans, or seeing them running by when you exit the subway station? Then sign up for what the city Health Department and Brooklyn Community Board 2 (CB2) call “Rat Academy.” The fun-sounding workshop will be all about the not-at-all-fun problem
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Photo via Library of Congress [http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b09952/?co=cph]The peaceful, snow-coated Prospect Park often appears blissful in the winter. Children frolic, family sledding ensues, and nature provides a comforting blanket. That’s not necessarily the case in this early twentieth century snow scene,