[Photo for GL courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] Here’s a little taste of Windsor Terrace on a wet evening thanks to GL contributor Gary Mirabelle.

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[Photo courtesy of Ginger A./Yelp] First there was news that Da Vincenzo on Prospect Park West in Windsor Terrace was closed. Well, per a GL reader it’s more than just closed: fyi, walking by windsor terrace nabe italian rest., da vincezo, on ppw, i noticed a big “for sale” sign in the window. this follows […]

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We’ve shopped at the Key Food in Windsor Terrace, and while it’s not our fave place to go, we’ve never noticed that it was especially revolting. Well, maybe we haven’t paid attention or it’s gotten worse, since we haven’t set foot in there in a long time. Here’s an email from a GL Reader just […]

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Community Board 7’s Transportation Committee will meet this Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 6:30pm to hear a presentation by Transportation Alternatives on their ideas about the Prospect Park Drive and traffic around the park. The meeting will be held at 4201 4th Ave., enter on 43rd Street, and the public is welcome to attend. For more […]

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[Photo for GL Courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] As we’ve already noted there is a lot of paving going on all over South Brooklyn. This example on an Ocean Parkway overpass was captured by Gary Mirabelle. Us, we can verify that the DOT crews start work at 5:45AM when they’re paving streets and that the vibration […]

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After such an amazing Presidential election behind us, it’s time to get back to the “right here, right now” in our lives. It’s time for another general meeting for the Windsor Terrace Alliance. Take part in your community on Thursday, Nov 13 at 6:30pm, at the Holy Name Church in Shepherd’s Hall. (245 Prospect Park […]

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[Photos for GL courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] GL Contributing Photographer Gary Mirabelle usually sends us shot showcasing the beauty of Brooklyn, particularly of Windsor Terrace and Park Slope. Not so in this case. He doesn’t say much about the properties in question, but one can draw one’s own conclusions. He simply writes: “Hard to believe […]

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[Photo courtesy of nycblondieandbrownie] Windsor Terrace Wines on Prospect Park West (the shop with the cool old windows that have been preserved) is now open. Full details at the blog, Blondie and Brownie.

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If you live out by Prospect and Eleventh Avenue in Windsor Terrace and were startled awake around 11pm Sunday (10/26) night by the horrible sound of a car crash, you thought right. Luckily, no innocent bystanders were hurt by the collision of one car racing into two parked cars. With every bad situation, something good […]

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It’s a sad and sullen time at the corner of 215 Prospect Park West. Daniel Mills Sr., the long time owner of Farrell’s Bar & Grill, took his own life at the Verrazano Bridge this past Sunday, October 19, apparently after his doctor’s diagnosis of a terminal illness. A well known and liked face of […]

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Grab your kid, or find a friend’s kid to babysit, and head on down to Greenwood Playground this Saturday (10/18) for Autumn Chill. Starting at 11AM, be a kid again with live music by Dan Schorr and the Good Boys, a story time with Ms. Cindy (who doesn’t love a great story?!), Ribbons, Bells and […]

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studio] Fall has come to the streets of Windsor Terrace, which are always captured beautifully by GL Contributing Photographer Gary Mirabelle.

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Park Slope fans might recall the discussion way back about whether there is a Park Slope in other towns like Boston. Well, someone on Park Slope Parents is now asking whether there is a Park Slope in Park Slope or, rather, whether the Park Slope of 25 years ago still exists anywhere: Hello, A while […]

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There’s more detail on the arrest in the rash of Windsor Terrace car break ins we reported last week: “Residents of a Brooklyn neighborhood suffering through a rash of car break-ins targeting pricey navigation systems can rest easy – the bad guys were caught by a cop who was late to work. As he hurried […]

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A GL reader sent us these photos of the aftermath of a house fire that took place yesterday in Windsor Terrace. Our photographer writes: “FIre today close to noon on the otherwise-quiet Reeve Place in Windsor Terrace. The fire seems to have started quickly on the second floor and everyone got out safely but it […]

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With Labor Day behind us, it’s that time of year when the community meeting schedule heats up again. So it is that the Windsor Terrace Alliance will be having its general meeting on Tuesday, September 9, at 216 Prospect Park West, which is the future location of Windsor Wines (and a storefront where lovely old […]

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No, these aren’t street couches, per se, but they certainly fall into the category of street seating and, frankly, they are quite compelling as very deconstructed Adirondack chairs. The photographer writes, “looks like someone got rough with the adirondacks at lonelyville.” Lonelyville is on Prospect Park Southwest in Windsor Terrace.

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[Photo courtesy of kmf221/flickr] Here the National Night Out Against Crime from Greenwood Playground in Windsor Terrace the other night. The photographer has posted a really big photoset of the festivities over at flickr.

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We got an email from the Windsor Terrace Alliance about some Thursday programming for children that will be going on through August that sponsored by them and the Center For The Urban Environment. The next session takes place on Thursday, July 24 at 10:00am at Uncle Louis G Ice Cream Parlor at Vanderbilt Street and […]

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This news about Lonelyville, the cool cafe on Prospect Park Southwest comes from Brooklynometry, a blog we like a lot. The Windsor Terrace cafe, it turns out, is being sold (which may or may not mean the space will have another cafe). Here’s Brooklynometry’s report, in part: …It’s a gem adored by the neighborhood for […]

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Actually, it’s the storefront where stained glass was uncovered recently that will become a liquor store. It’s been converted for shooting for the film I Hate Valentine’s Day, which has been shooting locally in recent weeks, mainly in Windsor Terrace. The blog Shooting in Brooklyn, which covers film shoots, has some great pics of the […]

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[Photo courtesy of itsnothatfar/flickr] From Windsor Terrace we learn that Julio was around, if not exactly there. The pic comes from itsnotfar via the GL Flickr Pool.

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If we ever see that anyone has anything nice to say about the Pavilion Theater on the Park Slope / Windsor Terrace border, we’ll post it in lights. Mostly, we sometimes see just complaints about what a crap hole the place is (plus the occasional unfounded rumor its being closed and will be redone as […]

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The Windsor Terrace Alliance will be having its next meeting on Tuesday, July 15 at 6:30 PM at Bishop Ford High School in the auditorium (enter on the corner of 19th St. and 10th Ave.). Here are some of the topics that will be covered: Free summer children’s programs in Windsor Terrace, the local mosquito […]

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Was the reappearance of old stained glass on a storefront in Windsor Terrace that’s being remade into a new store a temporary thing? At first, it was supposed to be preserved. Now, it’s been removed, which does lead one to wonder if its gone for good.–Brooklynometry

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