[Photo for GL courtesy of E.C. Stephens] As we’ve noted, Playa, a new pan-Latino resturant on the corner of Fifth Avenue and President Street in Park Slope, opened late last week. It’s run by the same team that brought Barrio to Seventh Avenue this year and has a great spot called Cabana Bar in the […]

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[Photos for GL courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] These photos come from local artists and GL Contributor Gary Mirabelle. He reports of these photos of this dog walker in Park Slope: “Nine dogs and she says she been doing it for 10 years or so.” One can only assume that she loves pups and is very […]

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Al di Là’s Anna Klinger and her husband Emiliano Coppa have been serving up some of the best Italian dishes in the borough. Park Slope foodies that have endured the notoriously long waits for dinner can now rejoice. Al di Là is entering into a new phase in its evolution by taking on the lunch […]

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There is a long and involved discussion going on among our dear and good friends at Park Slope Parents about the horrors at the emergency room at Methodist Hospital, although to be fair, a few people have reported positive experiences. (We thank some PSP members for their very encouraging emails yesterday, by the way, for […]

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There are few Brooklyn hospitals about which one doesn’t hear horror stories, but a perrennial favorite is Methodist Hospital on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope. Today, our dear friends at Park Slope Parents bring two such tales of uplifting visits to Methodist’s emergency rooom. There is this: We had a horrible experience at Methodist’s emergency […]

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[Photo courtesy Marco Boni/Flickr] Several food reports in from that Park Slope dining mecca known as Fifth Avenue: 1) Al di La, one of everyone’s favorite Slope Italians is now reported to be open for lunch, via correspondent E.C. Stephens. 2) Oh Baluchi’s. It was not open last night as had been previously rumored. The […]

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When we first read that someone was selling their 20% off coupon for a single shopping trip at Key Foods on 7th Avenue we had to chuckle. After all, it’s only one coupon for one trip. You’d have to be a bit desperate to go though all that trouble and according to the seller, “I […]

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The long-awaited (by some) Baluchi’s on Fifth Avenue, which has only taken about three years to open, is set to open (at least for carry out) on Thursday. We’re not yet clear on whether they will be open for full services. As of yesterday, the interior appeared to not quite be ready to accept customers. […]

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There are neighborhoods people can fuck with and neighborhoods that they can fuck with that will cause them more grief than others. Park Slope falls into the latter category. Yes, there have been story of IDT energy “scammers” working the Slope. But this email comes to our attention via our good and dear friends at […]

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Here’s a glimpse into the future ramen noodle emporium coming to Fourth Avenue and Degraw Street courtesy of GL’s E.C. Stephens. When Brownstoner originally broke news that the owners of Sheep Station would be opening it, they said they were shooting for November. Doesn’t look like they’re going to make the target, but it’s still […]

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“Just walked home from the train around 11:30 and saw a group of two or three older looking Skinheads hanging out with some of the younger punk kids from the neighborhood on 7th Ave and 15th. Couldn’t tell if they were the racist kind but I’ve never seen them around here before so I didn’t […]

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If one had to select a couple of cuisines that Park Slope doesn’t need more of, one would be Japanese and the other would be Italian. Yet, here we are. This is Primo Atto, which is now open in the space formerly occupied by Cocotte. The menu looks interesting. It is a block from Villa […]

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On the left we have the Shaft of Fourth Avenue, a rental building, from Bricolage Designs. On the right, we have a boxy thing designed by Armand Quadrini that was originally a Robert Scarano product. The Quadrini is 12 stories and will have 44 units. Comparison between the two versions here.

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Making the rounds on Fourth and Fifth Avenue over the weekend we found some fences down and the place formally known as Terrapin Playground, which we like to call the Boymelpark in honor of Novo Park Slope developer Shaya Boymelgreen, open. The handball courts were in use. The brand new dog run was available. The […]

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One of the hottest with our friends at Park Slope Parents is still the Berkeley Carrol School’s decision to close its (money making) child care center. (Mind you, the tuition is over $20K a year.) There is a group organizing to try to save a center that can be contacted at savebccc (at) gmail (dot) […]

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Well, the Christmas snowflakes aren’t just up on Seventh Avenue some of them have experienced premature illumination. Oops. We caught this one last night around First Street.

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There were several reports yesterday of “brown, stinky” tap water in both Park Slope and Sunset Park. The Slope reports came from Garfield Place, Carroll Street, Second Street and 6th Ave and 1st St. The Sunset Park report came from 40th St and 5th Ave. Uh, some sediment being stirred up in pipes?–Brooklynian

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Developer Shaya Boymelgreen’s Novo Park Slope Condo on Fourth Avenue now has it’s “street level retail.” In this case, it’s New York Methodist Hospital’s Ambulatory Infusion Center. We won’t crack any jokes about this one because, among other things, it’s where cancer patients go to get their chemotherapy.

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This is not going to be a good day to be an exec at Carnegie Hall. We can feel it in our bones. Why? Well, they have a policy that has pissed off a Park Slope mom by charging for a seat for a baby and, now, said mom is trying to rally the troops […]

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[Photo courtesy of Megunski/GL Flickr Pool] Right out there on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope in front of good, old Szechuan Delight. We assume it is not their new delivery vehicle.

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We have posted about community anger about the elite Berkeley Carroll School in Park Slope closing their child care center and some particular bitterness about the way it is being done. We found this email via our dear friends at Park Slope Parents trying to organize the community to prevent the center’s closure and to […]

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Free Kittens! from bmcds24 on Vimeo. A GL reader who knows our soft spot for helpless creatures wrote: “Please help us find homes for these sweet kittens that were found in a bucket outside Key Food (on Fifth Avenue & Baltic Street) on Sunday morning. Unfortunately we are not in a position to keep them. […]

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“Maybe it’s a sign of the times that this prime piece of real estate, on the corner of 9th Street and 5th Avenue, is going to be a discount shop. DII is now the name of the discount department stores known as Dee & Dee. The space was formerly occupied by Eckerd, but the company […]

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Well, friends, the deed is done on Seventh Avenue. A pharmacy is now open in the space that had once been the Second Street Cafe, where the food was so-so and the little ones could draw on their placemats and find the results of their art posted on the walls. In any case, a couple […]

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Yeah, we know, it’s only a Baluchi’s, but given the astounding mediocrity of Indian food in Park Slope there’s something encouraging in the fact that the Baluchi’s on Fifth Avenue is nearing opening. Last night, the sign was lit an workers were inside getting the place together. The countdown is on.

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