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May 14, 2012
Say Hello to Bishops & Barons, Yunnan Kitchen
East Village bar Bishops & Barons opened last Thursday. It's a cocktail and supper club spot by the same owner of the spot in Chelsea that was so exclusive it went out of business. According to The Local, the back of the bar "features a small semi-private chamber outfitted like a showgirl's dressing ... More >>
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May 4, 2012
Who or What Is To Blame for Park Slope's Philandering Fathers? Park Slope's Philandering Fathers
When Ashley Madison, OkCupid of adultery, released stats suggesting that family friendly-seeming Park Slope might have more cheating spouses -- especially dads -- than elsewhere in New York, people reacted the way people tend to react to this kind of news. Of course, some (wrongly) blamed wives fo ... More >>
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March 27, 2012
Park Slope Co-Op Will Vote on Boycott of Israeli Products Today
Today at Brooklyn Tech High School at 7 p.m., the Park Slope Co-op will decide once and for all whether to ban Israeli products in its grocery store. The meeting is not open to the public or the press, but there are bound to be legions of angry protesters waiting for the co-op members outside.
Dining
March 7, 2012
Talde: Pan-Asian in the Pan
A Top Chef-er takes his toque to the Slope
Blogs
February 13, 2012
What's Happening This Week: Batali Sandwiches, A Gumbo Cook-Off
Screening of Beer Wars at the Park Slope Co-op Learn about the U.S. beer industry at the Park Slope Co-op on Tuesday at 7 p.m. with Beer Wars, a documentary by director Anat Baron. Tickets are free. Batali Sandwiches at Num PangStarting February 15, Num Pang will serve sandwiches created by famou ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
Say Goodbye to Sweet Melissa, Little Branch
Little Branch in the West Village was shut down by the Department of Health yesterday for operating without a permit. [Eater]Sweet Melissa in Cobble Hill is no more. The owner will now dedicate all her energy to the Park Slope location. [NYT]
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January 26, 2012
Southpaw Closing Next Month; Tutoring Center To Open In Its Place
On Tuesday, a flare regarding the future of the Park Slope venue Southpaw went up via Twitter: "I cant believe I'm writing this but, Southpaw will be closing its doors for good Feb. 20th," wrote @TheGreatHustler, a member of the Park Slope venue's booking and marketing department. "The venue has bee ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Pok Pok Wing; North End Grill Open
Here are the latest newcomers to New York City's cutthroat dining scene. If you hear of any new openings or closings, let us know. Portland sensation Pok Pok Wing has opened at 137 Rivington Street. [Eater NY] North End Grill has opened for lunch at 104 North End Avenue, in Battery Park City. [Eat ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
Say Goodbye to Falai Panetteria
It's a dog-eat-dog world out there. Here are some of the dogs who got eaten this week. Know of any restaurants or bars opening or closing? Drop us a line. Former Le Cirque Pastry Chef Iacopo Falai has shuttered his bakery, Falai Panetteria, after closing his flagship restaurant. The move marks an e ... More >>
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November 25, 2011
Say Goodbye to Christie's
It's a dog-eat-dog world out there. Here are some of the dogs who got eaten this week. Know of any restaurants or bars opening or closing? Drop us a line. Christie's, a popular Park Slope meat patty stand, will close after 45 years of business. The eatery's owner has said that the landlord u ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2011
Park Slope Sex Survey Confirms: (Most) Park Slopers Have Sex
Singles in Park SlopeLast week we wrote about a sex survey going down at Fucked in Park Slope that promised to reveal some interesting things about the neighborhood. Today, part one is out! Turns out the neighborhood has (a few) more women than men, more straight people than otherwise -- and ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
Park Slope Sex Survey Will Show the Kinkier Side to the Slope (That Means Train Sex)
Behind these doors...Our friends over at Fucked in Park Slope are busily compiling answers to their second annual sex survey. Having something of an interest in such things -- intellectually speaking, of course -- we were curious about what this year's results might tell us. We talked to the ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2011
Urban Etiquette Notes, Now With Dog Poop
FIPSSometimes it must be asked: Have we gone too far with urban etiquette missives? I mean, we live in a large city surrounded by millions of other, often annoying in some way or another, people. There's bound to be shit that happens. Yet in one neighborhood, reports Fucked in Park Slope, the ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
Say Goodbye to Kenmare, Holy Basil
It's a dog-eat-dog world out there. Here are some of the dogs who got eaten this week. Know of any restaurants or bars opening or closing? Drop us a line. Kenmare has given up the ghost. The Paul Sevigny and Nur Khan one-time hotspot, in Nolita, will be replaced by a new concept. [Zagat Buzz] ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
Say Goodbye to Shang, Travertine, Cowgirl's Baking
It's a dog-eat-dog world out there. Here are some of the dogs who got eaten this week. Know of any restaurants or bars opening or closing? Drop us a line about it. Susur Lee's Shang, in the Thompson LES hotel, has closed and will be replaced by a Blue Ribbon restaurant. [Eater] Crêpe Monster, the ... More >>
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September 30, 2011
Police Have Released Photos of Brooklyn Sex Assault Suspect's Jacket
The police have released two photos of a jacket believed to be that of one of the suspects in the series of scary sexual assaults in Brooklyn since March. It's a pretty average-looking Champion jacket: Police say the jacket belongs to a person of interest in a sexual assault pattern involving te ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Yet Another Woman Was Attacked in Park Slope On Wednesday Night
We've received a tip from a reader that another woman was attacked in Park Slope last night. The reader got an email from Community Board 7 that describes an assault that happened at 9:15 p.m. on Prospect Avenue between 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue. The victim, a woman in her 20s, was walking ea ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Yet Another Woman Was Attacked in Park Slope On Wednesday Night
We've received a tip from a reader that another woman was attacked in Park Slope last night. The reader got an email from Community Board 7 that describes an assault that happened at 9:15 p.m. on Prospect Avenue between 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue. The victim, a woman in her 20s, was walking ea ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
Cops Release Video of Brooklyn Sex Attack Suspect
This surveillance video was released by the police at a Community Board 7 safety meeting in Park Slope last night. Its time stamp is September 4th, which, as Fucked in Park Slope notes, aligns it with the attack in Sunset Park that happened that night.
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August 5, 2011
Williamsburg Totally Hearts Park Slope (Not Really)
viaRemember when the boroughs were sending each other love and/or hate notes? Hate is a certain kind of love, no? Anyway, now the neighborhoods have gotten involved. Specifically, Williamsburg, which has its own share of PR issues but is lashing out at Park Slope and telling it where it truly ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
Open and Closed: Say Hello to Bread & Tulips, Goodbye to Tonio's
Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Charlie Palmer's Metrazur is serving its last tonight at Grand Central Station. An Apple store is said to be taking its place. [Strong Buzz] Little Veselka, the to-go Veselka outpost above the ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Basset Hound Meet-Up in Park Slope Was Too Cute For Words, But Perfect on Video
This Sunday marked the first ever meet-up of the North Slope Basset Hound Association (NBA, but not that one). Six basset hounds attended the event in Prospect Park, and there was far more cuteness than should exist in one place. The group of hounds and their owners intend to make the meet-ups a re ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Park Slope Pigeon Killer Sounds Off Online
Normally a quiet neighborhood full of mothers and small children, Park Slope was shaken up on Monday when a nutjob admitted online that he's been poisoning pigeons in JJ Byrne Park. Under the username Pyrrhic Victory the killer wrote extensively about his tactics for avian genocide and then r ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Some People Hate Food Trucks. Some People Love Them. Discuss.
Last month, we wondered aloud if there was a burgeoning food truck backlash. In Park Slope, the answer seems to be "why, yes indeed."
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June 9, 2011
Argument Over Bill at Park Slope Nail Salon Leads to Chair-Throwing Rampage
French pedicure = disaster.Today Brooklyn blog Fucked in Park Slope reports on an incident that occurred at what you'd imagine to be a perfectly respectable and generally rage-free (save the cutting of cuticles) zone: A nail salon on Fifth Avenue near Carroll Street. Specifically, H&L Nail Sp ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
Kulushkäkat Will Bring Falafel to Park Slope
As if to offer compensation for neighborhood vegetarians bemoaning the imminent opening of Fleisher's, Kulushkät Gourmet Falafel will soon open its doors in Park Slope.
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April 13, 2011
Park Slope Is Awash in Frozen Dairy
joelk75/FlickrThis past weekend brought major developments for Park Slope lactose lovers, thanks to SkyIce ice cream and Culture Yogurt.
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March 26, 2011
Young Children Too Sleepy to Hear Fire Alarm
In news that will scare the pants off of Park Slope helicopter-parents, scientists are now saying that young kids will probably not be able to hear the sound of smoke detectors in their fiery homes. Scary! Now on top of having to grab the wedding album and finding the dog, parents will have to wo ... More >>
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March 7, 2011
Poor People Walk on the Left in Park Slope
via FIPSAh, Park Slope. Not content to merely offend tourists (remember that Tourist/New York sidewalk signage we were all going on about last year?), some prankster in the borough has taken things a step further and divided the wealthy from the merely average at the Garfield Entrance to Pros ... More >>
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March 2, 2011
Park Slope Citizens Decry Plans To Open A "Yo MTV Raps 'Bling-Bling' VIP Club," Suggest Making It An "Indie" Club Instead
So there's a hot new club/bar/live-music venue called Prime 6 in the works down in the Atlantic Yards nexus at Flatbush and Sixth in Brooklyn, inciting the usual neighborly trepidation, because this club might play rap music. There is now a petition circulating, not to stop Prime 6 from openi ... More >>
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March 2, 2011
Park Slope Anti-Rap Club Petition Flooded With Pro-Rap Signatures, Hilarious Jokes
You will by now be familiar with Prime 6, the soon-to-be Park Slope club and already the site of much controversy. Will the neighborhood descend into an orgy of Yo MTV Raps, "Henessey" [sic], and "bling-bling" on account of the club's plans to play rap music? Or will the forces of "indie" pre ... More >>
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February 23, 2011
The 'Kid Factor' at PSBklyn Is, Predictably, 'No Joke'
PSBklynPSBklyn, with its dearth of vowels and surfeit of arcade game and tableside TV screens, was hailed upon its recent opening Park Slope as the apotheosis of child-friendly dining, a place where offspring could run wild as their parents consumed tasteful gastropub fare. An almost identica ... More >>
Blogs
February 23, 2011
Park Slope Gets Park Slope-iest Trash Cans Ever
Leave it to Park Slope to outdo the rest of us slovenly borough residents, even with regard to trash. According to the Brooklyn Paper, the neighborhood has six fancy new solar-powered self-compacting trashcans, which you can find at Bergen, Union, and Fourth Street, not to mention additional ... More >>
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February 16, 2011
Park Slope Moms Choose Herb
It is via our friends at Fucked in Park Slope that we come by this fragrant nugget, so to speak: When not sending their nannies off to fulfill "family hours" at the Co-op or teaching baby yoga or complaining about hat-gender-stereotyping, Park Slope moms are smoking the doooooobie!
Blogs
December 27, 2010
Park Slopers Ponder Perplexing Existential Questions Wrought by "You Would" Graffiti
One of these messages is confusing. Photo circa 2009. The New York Post notes some strange goings-on in the nabe of Park Slope, where "You Would" tags have apparently never ventured...until now. Graffiti artists have begun to write all over traffic-control boxes and other "blank canvases" wit ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2010
Ariel Panero Memorial Set For Sunday
People are saying their own kind of goodbyes in the comments section here, but if you'd like to do it in real life, the memorial service for Ariel Panero will be held this Sunday, December 12, at the Montauk Club in Park Slope, Brooklyn (25 Eighth Avenue) at 1 p.m. "Please come out and show y ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2010
Village Voice Web Awards: The Finalists for Best Neighborhood Blog Are...
Congrats to our Village Voice Web Award finalists for Best Neighborhood Blog! There are many worthy contenders, of course, but the public has spoken and the 5 favorite blogs in the hood are...
Blogs
November 10, 2010
Wheelchair-Bound Man Totally Schools Store Robber (Video!)
Yesterday we mentioned that civilians seem to have kind of had it with crime. An East Village woman beat her attempted mugger up at an ATM; a Park Slope shopkeeper warded off his store's thief with a heavy-duty wastebasket. Now, take this group of stalwart Vancouver residents, including one ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
Tuesday Afternoon Explosions: Things Blowing Up in East Village and Park Slope
Another Tuesday afternoon, another set of arbitrary, terrifying, and dangerous explosions in New York City to reaffirm that you basically live in a Michael Bay movie waiting to happen here in the five boroughs. Today? The East Village and Park Slope get hit.
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October 25, 2010
Saturday Brought More Bagels to Brooklyn
This weekend was a high-gluten one for Brooklyn, thanks to the opening of bagel stores in both Park Slope and Ditmas Park. On Saturday, per Here's Park Slope, the Bagel Market opened on Saturday on Seventh Avenue, while Catskills Bagel opened on Cortelyou Road, according to Ditmas Park Blog.
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October 24, 2010
Gorilla Coffee Sues New York Times, Eight Ex-Employees
Park Slope's Gorilla Coffee is suing eight former employees, one reporter and the New York Times Company for the "preparation and publication of [a] false, defamatory, malicious and libelous article," according to the Fucked in Park Slope blog. The offending Times journalism was published on ... More >>
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October 19, 2010
Today in Juvenilia: Peels and Anal Warts, Mama Rosa's Batshit Crazy Staff
Everytime we've looked up the address for Peels on Google, we end up with numerous links to skin care clinics and dermatologists. So we feel the pain, the absolute pain, of this Black Book writer whose search for the restaurant yielded not only similar results, but also a listing and (conveni ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
Naruto Ramen: New in Brooklyn
Naruto ramenUntil now, Park Slope and the surrounding area has had only one ramen to chose from--ZuZu ramen, which serves a delicious, though expensive and not particularly traditional, green curry ramen. Naruto Ramen, a branch of an existing place on the Upper East Side, recently opened wi ... More >>
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October 1, 2010
Open & Closed: Say Hello to Riverpark, Goodbye to Johnny Rockets
Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. The Johnny Rockets on 8th Street has shuttered as a result of having lost its lease. [Eater] Long Tan in Park Slope has closed for a complete renovation and conversion into a cocktail a ... More >>
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October 1, 2010
Park Slope Coop's Alleged Dog-Thieving Hooker Really Is an Escort in Park Slope
Yesterday we asked, is there a dog-stealing hooker at the Park Slope Food Coop? We have since, thanks to a helpful commenter, found evidence that the woman alleged to have stolen a maltese named Lola from an unsuspecting client does in fact "work" in the Park Slope area, and is available, may ... More >>
Blogs
September 30, 2010
Taro Sushi's New Flatbush Avenue Outpost Is Open
Earlier this month, we were excited to learn that Taro Sushi, a much-loved, miniscule Park Slope fixture, was expanding to a larger location on the corner of Flatbush Avenue and St. Marks Place. The restaurant projected a late-September opening, and according to Here's Park Slope, it has come ... More >>
Dining
September 8, 2010
Thistle Hill Tavern Cooks Up a Neighborhood Vibe
New American fare gets a personal touch in Brooklyn
Blogs
August 17, 2010
"Ghost Stroller" Appears in Park Slope. What Could it Mean?
via Sugarpond/Flickr.Park Slope mommies and daddies are a bit disturbed these days by the presence of an all-white stroller chained to a sign on the corner of Union Street and Sixth Avenue. What does it mean? Did a child die? Is someone just pranking the baby-obsessed residents of the Slope? ... More >>
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August 2, 2010
Drunk Girl at Park Slope Crime Scene: Pour la Forme (Video)
If you're still hungover from the weekend, who can blame you? Summer's almost gone, and with it, a certain stripe of dumb, drunken deviance the heat tends to, uh, inspire. Like this drunk girl stumbling around the wrong side of police tape in the middle of a Park Slope crime scene.
Blogs
July 26, 2010
Bussaco, Bellavitae, and West Branch Give Up the Ghost
Checkmate.Six months after Katy Sparks abruptly aborted her much-touted reign over the Bussaco kitchen, the Park Slope restaurant has closed its doors for good.
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