Arts & Culture
Screenshot of Gigbloc AppThe Velvet Underground. The Talking Heads. Sonic Youth. These are iconic New York bands of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s that got their start playing memorable gigs in small clubs. Digable Planets. TV on The Radio. Parquet Courts. These bands represent a sliver of brilliant Brooklyn bands
Health
Photo by Park Slope StoopA key component of New York’s effort to bring down opioid abuse — which requires doctors to file prescriptions electronically [http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1098.pdf] rather than with handwritten notes — takes affect next week, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced [https://www.governor.ny.gov/
Nonsponsored
Photo by Priya BalanNeighbor Priya Balan caught a beautiful shot of the grand trees of Prospect Park. Take any photos in the neighborhood lately? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/], or tag them #parkslope on
Announcements
Two weeks until you get to try Fifth Avenue’s acclaimed restaurants and watering holes, have a bottomless glass, dance, enjoy the beautiful Grand Prospect Hall while raising money for local charities. Wednesday April 6, from 6:30pm-9:30pm The Grand Prospect Hall A ticket allows you to sample all
Arts & Culture
[Left-Right] Sidney Fortner, Jonathan Mesisca, James Swanson, Joseph Cassese, Justin Bennett, Christopher James Russell, Dan Kellmer, and John DeSilvestri in Gallery Players’ One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (Photo by Bradley Coleman)The towering schizophrenic “Big Chief” Bromden — half Irish, half Native American — shuffles in a catatonic haze, sweeping
Events
Symplegades (2014) by Steven Hirsch. Gowanus Waters: An Exhibition by Steven Hirsch will be at Gowanus Souvenir Shop through April 3.Are you ready for an incredible selection of events this week? Choose from brilliant photos of Gowanus waters, a surreal comedy, a passion play, and more. For even more
Business
Photo by Park Slope StoopOne of the newest coffee, bagel, and lunch outposts in the area has opened in the former neighborhood favorite Beygl space on 5th Avenue. And while the owner is new, and the menu is different, Brewshot [http://www.brewshotcafe.com/] (291 5th Avenue between 1st and
Neighbors
/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/new-video.mp4Video via NYPD Additional video has been released as police search for a suspect in an incident involving a 91-year-old Elizabeth Gioino [/blog/crime/91-year-old-woman-choked-robbed-and-threatened-with-a-gun-on-9th-street-police-say/] , who was choked, robbed, and threatened with a handgun. The video provides a look from a different angle. On Wednesday
Events
Photo via ctorrico26 [https://www.instagram.com/p/BC54TjmkvxA/?taken-at=61172945&hl=en]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,
News
Photo via raoul_simon [https://www.instagram.com/p/BC6aG4uDZbp/?tagged=gowanus&hl=en]After 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 sister
Arts & Culture
Maggie Pouncey and Matt Miller, Co-Owners of Stories Bookshop and Storytelling Lab. (Photo by Odochi Ibe / Park Slope Stoop)It’s not everyday that people are able to turn their fantasies into reality, but the novelist Maggie Pouncey — who penned “Perfect Reader [http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Reader-Novel-Maggie-Pouncey/dp/0307474801]” — is
history
Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/place/403+3rd+St,+Brooklyn,+NY+11215/@40.6721254,-73.9818927,3a,75y,123.06h,93.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_umP6Nn4hDpkxF0o5bZlkQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c25b01c11abf0f:0xec1921b605288b24!6m1!1e1] If you’re a Park Slope resident, and a