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February 29, 2012
Prospect Park Loop Redesign: More Space for Walkers and Bikers
By now, you have probably heard about proposals to redesign the Prospect Park loop, which were discussed at a public meeting last night. You see, the Prospect Park Road Sharing Taskforce has been seriously considering changes after several recent accidents left two with severe brain injuries. Th ... More >>
Voice Choices
December 14, 2011
New Year's Eve Fireworks
By now, you have probably heard about proposals to redesign the Prospect Park loop, which were discussed at a public meeting last night. You see, the Prospect Park Road Sharing Taskforce has been seriously considering changes after several recent accidents left two with severe brain injuries. Th ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2011
Prospect Park Wildlife Threatened By Poachers
A group of homeless people have been camping out beside the Prospect Park lake for the last two months and hunting small game for food, reports the Post. The poachers stuck to the lake's southern end, where they littered the area with cans and trash and killed "wildlife" like squirrels, ducks ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2011
Prospect Park's Geese to Be Eaten by Pennsylvanians
Following last year's mass slaughter of Prospect Park geese, the Department of Environmental Protection is trying to appease its numerous critics. Not by emphasizing its concern for animal welfare, mind you, but by touting its dedication to recycling. This summer, instead of being left to rot ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 1, 2011
'Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival Presents Andrew Bird'
Following last year's mass slaughter of Prospect Park geese, the Department of Environmental Protection is trying to appease its numerous critics. Not by emphasizing its concern for animal welfare, mind you, but by touting its dedication to recycling. This summer, instead of being left to rot ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2011
Brooklyn Is Covered in Condoms
"Jackpot" for the Prospect Park cleaning crew over the weekend meant condoms. Wrappers and rubbers comprised much of the trash collected by the the Prospect Park Litter Mob, a volunteer group concerned with "Brooklyn's largest remaining stretch of forest," and their community-minded actions e ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2011
Prospect Park Still Doesn't Want Your Damn Bike Lanes
Brooklyn Downtown StarListen, Prospect Park. The generous, benevolent Department of Transportation has bestowed upon you a big, green bike lane to keep you safe from all of those scary, lycra-clad cyclists. Big Brother (i.e., the city) says it keeps your babies safe and your Subarus dent-free, so ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2010
Evil, Marauding, Occasionally Headless Brooklyn Raccoons Now Rabid, Too!
via ICanHazCheezburger.comSince we care about the fate of adorable animals in trouble, and since raccoons can, given relative youth and the right lighting, be considered somewhat adorable (especially if they're not tipping over your garbage cans or swinging through your yard Tarzan-style to r ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2010
Park Slope Zombie Geese Returning in Droves to Make Up for Fallen Comrades
In the epic battle of humans vs. geese, it seems that geese have a win. A little more than a month after the mass gassing of some 400 Prospect Park geese that included the goosicide of folk hero Sticky, the birds are back like part two of a good zombie movie. We imagine they are none too happ ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2010
Live: Sonic Youth Draws a Gazillion People to Prospect Park
Sonic Youth's "Express Way To Yr Skull (Live in Prospect Park)" from Big Ass Lens. There was this terrific moment Saturday night during the encore of Sonic Youth's terrifyingly mobbed Prospect Park show, just after they'd finished Daydream Nation thriller "Silver Rocket" amid a strobe-light finale, ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2010
Last Night: Falu Perform at Celebrate Brooklyn's "Mother India: The 21st Century Remix"
Photos by Puja PatelMI21: Mother India 21st Century Remix with DJ Tigerstyle and Falu Celebrate Brooklyn/Prospect Park Thursday, July 29 "Some of you already have the Bollywood thing down, wearing your sunglasses at night," teased Falu singer Gaurav Shah, as he donned his own pair. "T ... More >>
Blogs
July 28, 2010
Outlaw Geese Flout Feds, Are Decidedly Not 'Down'
Had you lost all hope for New York State's beleaguered, massacred geese? Fear not! The Brooklyn Paper reports today that our avian friends are making a comeback. At least 37 geese have been seen in the lake in Prospect Park since the recent mass euthanasia, and the rebel birds are being aided and ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2010
Studies in Grit: Tough-as-Nails Geese Survive Prospect Park Massacre
It seems only yesterday that 400 Canada geese were tragically euthanized in Prospect Park. We thought that the park's goose population was done, finito, kaput. But today, just when we had given up hope, good news! As many as four survivors of the mass slaughter have been spotted near the lake ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2010
Battle of the Boroughs: Prospect Park vs. Central Park
Does "anyone seriously considered the two parks comparable," as one of the two New York Times writers assigned to the story writes in Sunday's paper? Doesn't matter: here's an artful weekend story, doing exactly that, comparing Manhattan's classic Central Park to Brooklyn's BroBo alternative, ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2010
Wild Goose Chase in Prospect Park Continues for Bird Shot in the Neck
Garey Lewis via New York TimesA wild goose who essentially has an arrow-hole tracheotomy amazingly continues flying and eating in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Hundreds of rangers, volunteers, and Parks Department employees are attempting to capture the bird to provide appropriate medical attentio ... More >>
Blogs
May 21, 2010
Video: Tokyo Police Club, "Breakneck Speed"
Our favorite (or should we say, as these Canadians do, favourite) type of video: tour/friend footage, shot on flip cams and cell phones and whatever else is at hand, repurposed as scrolling nostalgia for a song that pretty much simulates the same. This record, Champ, is a total delight, by the way ... More >>
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March 27, 2010
Things to Do This Weekend for (Mostly) Free
Macy*s flower show opens Sunday, opening with the Petacular Fair, featuring Lady Bunny and a pet runway show. Also Sunday: this year's grand opening of the Cyclone in Coney Island.
Voice Choices
August 25, 2009
REMEMBER THE TIME?
NYC celebrates MJ's birthday in a big way
Blogs
June 9, 2009
Live: David Byrne Regales, Like, 10 Million People at Prospect Park
Just keep your eye on the glowing white rectangle. CREDIT David Byrne Celebrate Brooklyn! at Prospect Park Monday, June 8 A lesson we forget every winter and relearn every summer is how nuts New Yorkers are when it comes to free outdoor shows -- and how many New Yorkers there are. Prospect Park i ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2009
Foraging For Free Food--Garlic Chives in Prospect Park
Free garlic chives in Prospect Park (click to pick) Disembark the Q train at the Parkside stop, wander through the triumphal gate one block west at Ocean Avenue, and then head north along the paved walkway past the muddy picnic grounds. All around you find a wonderland of wild allium, sticking ... More >>
Music
July 3, 2007
Latin Showcase Showdowns
A cheat sheet for the mighty LAMC
NYC Life
May 8, 2007
Let's Take This Outside
Al fresco shows for real New Yorkers (and their houseguests)
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December 5, 2006
New Year's Eve Event Guide
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August 1, 2006
Saturday 8/12
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August 1, 2006
Sunday 8/13
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July 25, 2006
Saturday 8/5
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July 11, 2006
Friday 7/21
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Music
July 4, 2006
Sonic Swimming
Seahorses and indie rock in the park
Music
July 4, 2006
Strings Attached
Classical music without confines
Blogs
July 3, 2006
Live: TV on the Radio Brings New York Back
Classical music without confines
News
July 5, 2005
Too Tall in Park Slope
In marketable Brooklyn, developers are already pushing the envelope
NYC Life
April 26, 2005
Jazz
In marketable Brooklyn, developers are already pushing the envelope
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April 26, 2005
Dance
In marketable Brooklyn, developers are already pushing the envelope
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May 4, 2004
Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals
In marketable Brooklyn, developers are already pushing the envelope
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May 4, 2004
Cabin Fever
The heat is on—and for a limited time only—so get out of the house and soak it up before it's gone
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May 4, 2004
Classical Music
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May 4, 2004
Dance
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March 23, 2004
Close-Up on Prospect-Lefferts
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October 28, 2003
Close-Up on Windsor Terrace
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August 12, 2003
Listings
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May 13, 2003
Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals
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May 13, 2003
Dance
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May 13, 2003
Classical/Opera
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May 13, 2003
Jazz
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May 28, 2002
Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals
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May 28, 2002
And 20 Things to Eat
10 Summer Food Destinations
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May 28, 2002
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May 28, 2002
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