This Week In The Slope: Pizza Full Nelson, Soap Box Heroes, Capone Cafe, And More
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• Citi Bike expansion ushered in by DOT, city and community leaders with 5th Avenue ribbon cutting.
• Exhibition Review: ‘Old Stone House: Witness to War’ eloquently blends digital and analog elements.
• Theater Review: ‘Murder At The Food Coop’ boasts neighborhood’s horniest organic freezer.
• New Lark & Elk Owners to build on cafe’s successes.
• Cops search for suspect who groped sleeping woman on Q Train.
• Dining Review: Al Capone slashing legend once filled the walls of La Cerveteca Cafe and Juice Bar.
• Bergen Street residential project slated to provide 24 ‘affordable’ housing apartments.
• Police continue search for attempted rapist of female jogger in Prospect Park. [Video]
• Koko Open Source readies their summer Soap Box Derby heroes.
• Artichoke plays host to Brooklyn’s second biggest Pizza Smackdown.
• Motorcyclist and pedestrian injured in crash on Flatbush Avenue, police say.
• ‘Getting Gowanus Right’: BBQ, Comprometido, and Bridging Gowanus.
• Ambulance injures pedestrian after jumping curb on 8th Avenue.
• Parkour at Aviator Sports and Events Center – A great way to keep your kids active (Sponsored).
• Adoptable Animal Rescue Edition: A duo of Kensington cats.