‘Crispy Mr. Chicken’ Announces Itself on 4th Avenue
Perhaps looking to fill the void that was created when the KFC on 4th Avenue closed in the fall so that it could be converted into a McDonalds, an awesome sign advertising “Crispy Mr. Chicken” has been on the More...
Slope Beer Garden, Die Roelner Bierhalle, May Open Soon!
Park Slope might not be getting a Hooters anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean that the area isn’t going to be filling up with other new businesses. One such business, Die Roelner Bierhalle, is moving More...
Open House Picks
Park Slope 477 4th Street Betancourt Sunday, 1:00-3:00 $3,495,000 GMAP P*Shark Park Slope 488 13th Street Corcoran Sunday, 11:00-1:00 $2,650,000 GMAP P*Shark Flatbush 194 Lennox Road Barbara Ann Rogers/William B. More...
Safety Improvements Approved for 4th Avenue
Brooklyn’s 4th Avenue has long been a dangerous proposition for pedestrians: Seven were killed between 2006 and 2011 with many others left to contemplate the likelihood of a similar fate while stranded on More...
Past and Present: Polo Fields in Prospect Park
A Look at Brooklyn, then and now. The first polo game played in Prospect Park took place on June 11, 1879. It was between the Westchester Polo Club and a club from Queens. Up until that day, the sport of polo had More...
Closing Bell: Slope’s Gorilla Coffee Gets Bike Parking
Via BrooklynSpoke we learn that on-street bike parking has been added outside of Gorilla Coffee on 5th Avenue in Park Slope. The blog’s commentary: “This morning, on-street bike parking was installed More...
Shots of the Shiny New JJ Byrne Park
We finally made our way over to the newly renovated JJ Byrne Park, which opened this past Friday off Fifth Avenue in central Park Slope. The playground now boasts lots of waterworks, new playground equipment for More...
Last Week’s Biggest Sales
1. PARK SLOPE $2,600,000 587 5th Street GMAP P*Shark We liked this limestone home when it was HOTD back in September 2011. We said: “The parlor floor is gorgeous and the two-story extension results in a very More...
A Modern Rehab in the South Slope
A reader sent us the picture at right of 605 6th Avenue, the very modern renovation of a multi-family Slope building. Our tipster noted that the renovation’s been going on for awhile now. One of the most More...
Open House Picks
Park Slope 33 Montgomery Place Corcoran Sunday, 1:00-3:00 $3,650,000 GMAP P*Shark Park Slope 92 Garfield Place Warren Lewis Sunday, 11:30-1:00 $2,650,000 GMAP P*Shark Boerum Hill 200 Wyckoff Street Halstead Saturday, More...