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Borough President Adams speaks at the Freedom Rally at Grand Army Plaza. Adrian Childress/BklynerBROOKLYN – Happy Juneteenth! June 19 is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in America. This year there are tons of protests, marches, rallies, vigil happening all throughout today to celebrate, show solidarity,
Announcements
A sketch (left) and a photo of the man from the second incident.PARK SLOPE – Cops are looking for a man who they believed attempted to rape two women in two separate incidents in a span of a week. On September 8 at around 4:30 a.m., a 26-year-old
News
> Prospect Park pic.twitter.com/grfT9iHBVh [https://t.co/grfT9iHBVh] — Adam Gurri (@adamgurri) April 9, 2017 [https://twitter.com/adamgurri/status/851158752699064321] A second brush fire broke out in Prospect Park Monday evening at approximately 6:20pm, the FDNY reports. Twelve engines and 65 firefighters arrived at the scene
News
> Prospect Park pic.twitter.com/grfT9iHBVh [https://t.co/grfT9iHBVh] — Adam Gurri (@adamgurri) April 9, 2017 [https://twitter.com/adamgurri/status/851158752699064321] Brooklynites out enjoying Sunday’s pleasant weather got a surprise when a fire ignited in a wooded area in Prospect Park. Three engines and one ladder responded
Arts & Culture
Photo by South Slope NewsThe rose-colored signs were flapping in the wind. It looks like Prospect Park Southwest is about to get busy with a film crew. CBS’ Madam Secretary [http://www.cbs.com/shows/madam-secretary/] is coming to town. It may be a walk in the (or next to)
greenwood avenue
Photo via Danielle SafonteNeighbor Danielle Safonte sent us a couple of great old photos. Above is a photo of her home on Greenwood ave from 1961 she found digging through old photos. Photo via Danielle SafonteShe also sent in this polaroid she found had found from when she lived on
prospect park west
Sammy Cohen-Eckstein [/blog/crime/12-year-old-boy-hit-by-car-on-prospect-park-west], the 12-year-old boy who was hit by a car and killed in 2013, will get a permanent memorial bench near the spot where he was killed. [/blog/crime/12-year-old-boy-hit-by-car-on-prospect-park-west] A spokeswoman told DNAinfo [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150622/park-slope/12-year-old-boy-killed-by-car-get-permanent-memorial-near-prospect-park] that the Parks Department
3rd Street
Memorial for Sammy Cohen-Eckstein who was killed in 2013.A 5-year-old boy was hit by a car on Prospect Park West and 3rd Street on Sunday at 5:30pm, according to officials. The boy, Roark Bennett, was struck near a memorial erected for 12-year-old Sammy Cohen-Eckstein [/blog/crime/12-year-old-boy-hit-by-car-on-prospect-park-west], who
263 Prospect Park West
Photo by Annie Abruzzo A fire in a four-story apartment building on Prospect Park West sent two people to the hospital with serious injuries yesterday and caused several families to evacuate their homes. According to the FDNY, the fire broke out on the third floor of 263 Prospect Park West,
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> [https://www.instagram.com/p/ym9ndmSsYE/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] [https://www.instagram.com/p/ym9ndmSsYE/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] A manhole explosion on Prospect Park West this morning caused injuries to someone passing by, and according to the FDNY, the
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Photo taken on Prospect Park West by maxallbee [http://instagram.com/p/ttOFK4uW8r/?modal=true]. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Share it with us! Add it to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag it #southslope on Instagram, or email it to editor@bklyner.com,
paving
Well that was fast! The Department of Transportation got to work milling Prospect Park West last week [/blog/transportation/no-parking-on-prospect-park-west-during-dot-road-work], and this week they’ll be paving it, so thankfully all the dust and pebbles will be tamped down soon. But drivers, watch out for the ‘no parking’ signs. Here’
brunswick
Back in January we reported [/blog/business/owners-of-milk-bar-bringing-new-cafe-to-prospect-park-west] that a new restaurant called Brunswick [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brunswick-Cafe/560362010717206?ref=stream] was coming to 240 Prospect Park West, with an anticipated launch date in March. But the other day we noticed the Department of Buildings had slapped a
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The Brooklyn St. Patrick’s Day Parade [http://brooklynstpatricksparade.com/parade.html] returns for its 39th year on Sunday, March 16, and neighbors are invited to come celebrate all that is Irish, as bands, bag pipes, step dancers, and more take to the streets. Prior to the parade’s big
Chloë Sevigny
Want a pretty big sign that Brooklyn, and specifically Park Slope, is becoming more and more of a choice place to buy real estate than Manhattan? Chloë Sevigny [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001721/] — known throughout her acting career as an East Village local — has ditched her Manhattan abode [http:
prospect park west
In a letter sent to NYC DOT [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] Commissioner Janet Sadik-Khan and Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Joseph Palmieri last week, Assemblymember Jim Brennan [http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/James-F-Brennan/] addressed the need for increased safety measures for pedestrians along Prospect Park