Business
Photo via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/JuguemosACantar1/photos/a.147691521927924.25514.147690681928008/147691525261257/?type=3&theater] A new dual-language program at a new location [https://www.google.com/maps/place/511+5th+Ave,+Brooklyn,+NY+11215/@40.666792,-73.9900657,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c25ae34cca58a9:0x442fbec156e3257b!
Arts & Culture
Author and journalist Joseph Alexiou. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop) “It’s a little pungent today.” On a recent Sunday, author, journalist, and historian Joseph Alexiou was leading a group on a walking tour focused on the history of the Gowanus Canal and the surrounding neighborhood. He paused
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Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopYour editor is admittedly obsessed with this El Camino, because we’ve posted about it back in November [/blog/photos/photo-day-el-camino-rojo/]. Back then, it was sitting right outside of Colson Patisserie [http://www.colsonpastries.com/] (374 9th Street at 6th Avenue) grabbing a pastry.
Events
Southern Culture on the Skids plays The Bell House on Thursday, May 26. (Photo via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/southerncultureontheskids/photos/a.10150609358842737.397998.110567342736/10151791022457737/?type=3&theater] )Welcome to the week, which features super-interesting events: Southern Culture on the Skids, Satanism, Detroit jazz, and more! JSTOR
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Tanya Kinne leaving Methodist Hospital on May 31 after nine days and three surgeries.Police are searching for a [green medallion taxi and] driver who struck a woman in the Gowanus neighborhood on Saturday night. The driver fled the scene after hitting a woman who was crossing at the intersection
Arts & Culture
Thingtide Show and Tale founder Martie McNabb gives an introduction to Brooklyn Battles at the Old Stone House in Prospect Heights. (Credit: Elizabeth Elizalde) Personal historian Martie McNabb has always been interested in people’s lives and how they chose to live them. It inspired her to start an archival
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Stabbing victim Efrain Guaman. (Via family handout)A Queens man sustained a 2-inch deep wound in his stomach after being stabbed and robbed of his cell phone while riding the N train. According to a report by the New York Post [http://nypost.com/2016/05/20/robber-stabs-man-steals-his-iphone-on-crowded-subway-platform/] , the incident
News
The Gowanus Sea Monster at the Union Street Bridge. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)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,
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Police have released surveillance photos of three suspects. (Photos via NYPD) Police have released photos of three suspects who they say are involved in an incident which took place on Friday, May 13. According to the cops, a 32-year old transgender individual was a victim of a brutal attack [/blog/
Animals
(Courtesy Flickr/Christopher Najewicz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/chiefy/4674606813/in/photolist-885zKc-fuHxy6-fuHy1M-4u8poz-dDCvPq-5T2fxW-ckcjk5-6o2wNf-5SWUFR-UA5fs-fhyA7-6nXb31-nWaAKA-qqsddM-61d8Rz-5xuJuw-9iqTvi-DLskN-7WLqT1-7ZsWmF-7hL3mo-UyRRD-5cGJf-6KexkQ-aaLj4-bVq9Zx-5yAvaT-sdKBUL-4r1NNu-8R3k1g-7KsqHm-4NwZwx-9c1NVp-7RAZ2p-5MpR5W-FJR5o-i1434o-7dEa5-enJxg-4zZLrx-JhYPb-4sivv4-bZF2mG-oLFy9n-7aNJ21-73fT9g-9tqfvx-e9ZDEq-6B4zg-dYmA7s] .)After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of
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A 1941 Schwinn at last week’s Brooklyn Bike Jumble. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopAfter a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our
history
Photo via Brooklyn Visual Heritage [http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/park-slope-jewelers-393-5th-avenue]The buildings in Park Slope predate [/blog/history/flashback-friday-5th-avenue-1930s-style/] the businesses that reside in them currently, and it’s interesting to see what the residents of Park Slope saw when they walked down the streets years ago. Back in 1952,