Business
Photo via Igor Libo.The old Met Foods building [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/?s=met+foods] at 100 Brighton Beach Ave has been vacant for four years, and work has finally begun to turn it into the grocery and convenience store that the neighborhood lost when Met Foods left in
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Photo via Igor Libo.The old Met Foods building [/?s=met+foods] at 100 Brighton Beach Ave has been vacant for four years, and work has finally begun to turn it into the grocery and convenience store that the neighborhood lost when Met Foods left in 2012. The new store,
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Photo: Sunset Park VoiceA study released earlier this month by the State Comptroller’s Office has found that Sunset Park is a growing, youthful and economically vibrant community as compared to the rest of New York City. But the report also states that the area has an affordable housing crisis,
Arts & Culture
Mary LaRosa Lederer with the Brooklyn Real Big Band. (Photo: Benton Collins)The annual Reeve Place Block Party has always had something special — a 16-piece big band set up in the street playing classic jazz arrangements from the 40s through the 60s. But for the 10th anniversary, scheduled for September
Education
Sixth grade students at the Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School last spring with a greenhouse they constructed using plastic bottles. (Photo courtesy: BUGS) A new generation is helping to make Brooklyn more environmentally sustainable. We’re featuring just a few of the interesting projects created recently by students at the
Central Brooklyn
Sixth grade students at the Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School last spring with a greenhouse they constructed using plastic bottles. (Photo courtesy: BUGS) A new generation is helping to make Brooklyn more environmentally sustainable. We’re featuring just a few of the interesting projects created recently by students at the
Arts & Culture
Carrots at the Coop can be deadly. Gersh Kuntzman, co-creator of ‘Murder at the Food Coop’ and card-carrying Coop member in real life. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)“No veggies were harmed in the making of the show,” says Windsor Terrace resident Gersh Kuntzman, in an assuring tone
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Central Brooklyn
Image via NYPDTwo “persons of interest” have been identified by the police in an attempted rape which took place early Sunday morning on a residential block near Prospect Park [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/crime/woman-escapes-attempted-rape-16th-street-cops-release-footage-video/] , according to the NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce. At a Wednesday press conference, Boyce
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Central Brooklyn
http://parkslopestoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/RMA-1830-16-72-PCT-ATT-RAPE-FINAL-EDIT-1.mp4 Please note the footage includes graphic content. (Video via NYPD) A 34-year-old woman escaped from an attempted rape early Sunday morning in front of 586 16th Street (between Prospect Park Southwest and 11th Avenue), according to the NYPD. The incident took
Business
Interior of Butterfunk Kitchen. (Photo by Butterfunk Kitchen)Butterfunk Kitchen [http://butterfunkkitchen.com/] — a “Soul Food Restaurant & Juke Joint” — opened its doors this past Saturday, April 2nd and it’s definitely a standout, with family recipes handed down over several generations making their Windsor Terrace debut thanks to husband-and-wife
Central Brooklyn
Interior of Butterfunk Kitchen. (Photo: Butterfunk Kitchen)Butterfunk Kitchen [http://butterfunkkitchen.com] — a “Soul Food Restaurant & Juke Joint” — will open its doors on Saturday, April 2nd. The new dining spot will be located at 1295 Prospect Avenue (and Greenwood Avenue). Butterfunk Kitchen is the second restaurant venture for husband
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Corcoran thinks you do already. A local real estate broker just sent out a mass direct mailing, labeling us all as living in WiViKen. The map mash-up seems to indicate that it might stand for Windsor Terrace — Victorian Flatbush — Kensington, though Flatbush has assumed a bit of an odd location