celebrity
Photo via Corcoran [http://www.corcoran.com/nyc/listings/display/3798550]Actress Chloë Sevigny is packing up and moving out of Park Slope, the area she once described as “the dorkiest, hokiest neighborhood [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/24/chloe-sevigny-on-the-cosmopolitans-new-york-s-frat-boy-takeover-and-asshole-michael-alig.html] .” Sevigny purchased the four-bedroom, three-bathroom apartment at
Food & Drink
Cooks & Captains at 254 5th Avenue (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Another farm-to-table concept restaurant enters the Brooklyn restaurant scene. Cooks & Captains [https://www.cooksandcaptains.com/] officially opened in the former Grand Central Oyster Bar space at 254 5th Avenue (between Garfield Place and Carroll Street) two weeks ago.
Business
Key Food, 120 Fifth Avenue (Photo by Nathan Haselby)One of the largest developments on 5th Avenue in Park Slope is getting closer to becoming reality: Avery Hall Investments has finally sealed the $45 million deal to acquire the site of Key Food property, Real Deal reported yesterday. Avery Hall’
North Western Brooklyn
Union Hall, 702 Union Street, Saturday afternoon, March 25 (Photo by Nathan Haselby)As BKLYNER reported Saturday morning [/fire-union-hall-park-slope-last-night/], there was a fire at bar/music venue Union Hall located at 702 Union Street (at 5th Avenue) just before midnight Friday night. FDNY received a call at 11:50pm Friday
Business
L-R: Bill Spencer, Jreh Hurst, and Christine Hurst of BK Fitness in Park Slope Heading down 4th Avenue in South Slope there are plenty of construction sites and auto shops, but you’d be hard-pressed finding a gym or a fitness facility in the area. The Hursts are here to
Nonsponsored
Spring cleaning might be ruining commutes [/three-r-line-stops-will-close-for-half-year-in-total-makeover/] in Southern Brooklyn, but that’s all the more reason to head on over to the Brownstone Belt. The subways are (mostly) underground and the real estate prices are rock bottom. I know it’s an ironing board, but I wish it were
Central Brooklyn
Photo via the Participatory Budgeting ProjectVoting for Participatory Budgeting [/tonight-see-participatory-budgeting-projects-flatbush-midwood/] begins this Saturday, March 25. Below is a list of the 8 project proposals on the ballot for Council Member Laurie Cumbo’s District 35 [http://council.nyc.gov/district-35/] (Bed-Stuy, Clinton Hill, Crown Heights, Fort Greene, Prospect Heights). With
community
Voting for Participatory Budgeting [/tonight-see-participatory-budgeting-projects-flatbush-midwood/] begins this Saturday, March 25. Below is a list of the 18 project proposals on the ballot for Council Member Brad Lander’s District 39 [http://council.nyc.gov/district-39/] (Borough Park, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Columbia Waterfront, Gowanus, Kensington, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace). With
Bensonhurst
Via FasTracKidsSummer is the time for exploration and the best way to experiment, risk free, is in summer camp. Specialties at one location It’s hard enough to get kids to summer camp and get to work on time without changing camps each week. Here are two camps where your
history
Photo by ninagoffi via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BP33mFMF-RL/]Happy anniversary, Prospect Park! Brooklyn’s public backyard turns 150 this year. To celebrate this milestone, the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/stay-connected/?redirect_url=%2Flearn-more%2Fpark-history-slideshow%2F] is hosting an array of activities starting on Friday,
Events
Bigger than ever, A Taste of Fifth [http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2875655]spotlights Park Slope 5th Avenue’s best and tastiest food and drink from 45+ destination restaurants and legendary watering holes that line the Avenue. Come hungry to fully enjoy the annual festival of fine food and complimentary
News
384 11th Street, Park Slope (Photo by Christopher Bride via Property Shark [https://www.propertyshark.com/mason/Photos/view.html?photo=3-01023-0033.aTDLldQT&type=uploaded&rand=697] )Mayor Bill de Blasio is seeking a new tenant for his one-bedroom rental at 384 11th Street in Park Slope. The