Business
Ovenly Park Slope, S’mores Cake (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The bake shop Ovenly [http://www.oven.ly/] is expanding—opening a third location in Park Slope (at 210 Flatbush Avenue between Dean & Bergen Streets ) on July 5 and two additional Brooklyn outposts in Fall 2017. Ovenly was
Big Story
Representatives of the NYC Department of Social Services discussed Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “Turning the Tide on Homelessness in New York City” plan with Community Board 6 members Wednesday evening, giving them the opportunity to help decide where future shelters will be situated. In a meeting initiated by NYC
North Western Brooklyn
Photo by brooklynworks via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BRB-7sthgov/]A twenty-year-old man attending a high school graduation at the John Jay Educational Campus this morning attacked three others attending the ceremony. A police representative told BKLYNER that at approximately 11:30am this morning, the suspect, who was attending
Business
(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Park Slope’s iconic French-Hungarian cafe has officially — and quietly — closed, owners confirmed today. After the Sunday crowds shuffled out, owners of Cafe Dada at 57 7th Avenue between Lincoln Place & St Johns Place, put up a single ‘closed’ sign that remained during Monday
Park Slope
Photos via NYPDPolice released a video and photos of a third suspect they are searching for in connection to the murder of a man involved in a threesome [/menage-trois-gone-wrong-leads-murder-park-slope/] last week in Park Slope. The suspect is described as a dark-skinned male, approximately 5’9″, weighing 165 to 170 pounds.
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via Coney island/Facebook)Feeling the Monday work-a-day blues? Take advantage of the upcoming long summer nights with two free outdoor movie series — one in Coney Island and Prospect Park — to get you out under the stars. Flicks on the Beach, organized by the Alliance for Coney Island [http:
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Photo by BKLYNERAt a Community Board 6 Landmarks and Land Use Committee meeting held Thursday evening at PS 32, board members voted to approve an increase to the height limit in the plans for the Park Slope Key Foods site [/update-bye-bye-key-food-deal-closed-construction-to-begin-this-year/] located at 120 Fifth Avenue. Brian Ezra, a Founding
Food & Drink
Camperdown Elm, 441 Seventh Avenue at 15th St. (Photo by Carly Miller)South Slopers have been waiting for months during the extensive renovation of Thistle Hill Tavern [/thistle-hill-tavern-to-close-in-days-dale-talde-partners-continue-to-reshuffle-restaurants/] in preparation for the grand opening of Camperdown Elm, a new dinner restaurant named after a famous elm tree in Prospect Park.
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Summer has officially started, and there is no better place to take advantage of the year’s most verdant season than Brooklyn’s Brownstone Belt. Check out these sweet deals on swanky spots. (Courtesy Venus Shum of Brooklyn Real Property, Inc)154 10th Street [http://www.brooklynrealproperty.com/property/15410St11215]
Arts & Culture
Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Piper TheatreSince 2005, Piper Theatre [http://pipertheatre.org/] has presented free, high-quality theater productions outside of Park Slope’s The Old Stone House [http://theoldstonehouse.org] in Washington Park, including Shakespearean classics as well as musicals like Xanadu [/aussies-on-roller-skates-the-piper-theatres-xanadu-opens-tonight-parkslopestoop/] (on rollerskates!), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,
Park Slope
Photo via Harvey K / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/theharv58/6805188814/in/photolist-bnmnxC-7KqGp4-dhysjP-9XGVEn-9rQvTt-ecVqDK-ab77GB-9bfUCg-5HdCGb-4KPf6B-8392Ri-6cBDwA-9rJYYc-a8BgD9-51638U-b3kp8-5fqYA6-ab9XEj-CWBFEx-4tm4p-64tP7S-dK8RG-d3cwQU-ao23y9-ftTWf-9WAzC2-ab9XBJ-do4uFD-mLPih-4sYLvC-pUNQcw-2jzEnw-7z82jY-9EVarh-3ASWC-iJXA2n-do4C9h-8ojEVe-vbSNk-4zLBCi-8ByMpE-67qp7o-9qGYL-6nJf2B-52bAev-aa31z-6WSuSR-5ATaLP-dCP2Nk-7QwtgF] [UPDATED: June 20, 2017 at 11:20am] Police have announced that th
North Western Brooklyn
Photo via Harvey K / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/theharv58/6805188814/in/photolist-bnmnxC-7KqGp4-dhysjP-9XGVEn-9rQvTt-ecVqDK-ab77GB-9bfUCg-5HdCGb-4KPf6B-8392Ri-6cBDwA-9rJYYc-a8BgD9-51638U-b3kp8-5fqYA6-ab9XEj-CWBFEx-4tm4p-64tP7S-dK8RG-d3cwQU-ao23y9-ftTWf-9WAzC2-ab9XBJ-do4uFD-mLPih-4sYLvC-pUNQcw-2jzEnw-7z82jY-9EVarh-3ASWC-iJXA2n-do4C9h-8ojEVe-vbSNk-4zLBCi-8ByMpE-67qp7o-9qGYL-6nJf2B-52bAev-aa31z-6WSuSR-5ATaLP-dCP2Nk-7QwtgF] Early this morning the NYPD report they discovered the body of a