After a series of delays and stop-work orders, the Park Slope Academy of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu opened to the neighborhood on Saturday with a blowout celebration. The academy is located in the building that was last home to Tower Electronics, on the corne... »
Buttermilk Bar, the great dive on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 16th Street, got a bit of a makeover recently. The bar, best known for its no-frills attitude, got a brand new (faux?) brick facade, redone windows, as well as a new awning. It's an impro... »
Fans of Timboo's musty, old-school interior, shield your eyes: the bar's new owners have made some serious changes, the first since previous owners Timmy Hodgens and Bobby Booras (who still own the building) took it over in 1969. That said, owner Leah ... »
The second branch of the super-popular neighborhood institution Dizzy's opened for business at 7:00 this morning, on the corner of Fifth Avenue and President Street. It's a well-laid out space, very similar to the original, which has held down the corn... »
Stone Park Cafe, which has held down the corner of Fifth Avenue and Third Street since 2004, has become something of a neighborhood institution. They were serving local, seasonal ingredients before it became uber-trendy, with a menu that changes near-d... »
It was a little mysterious when the space on the corner of Fifth Avenue and First Street, last home to Great Lakes and soon to be home to wine bar Terroir, suddenly got a brand new "For Rent" sign last week. Well don't panic, folks- Terroir is still on... »
It's been a while since we last checked in with the under-construction Skylark Bar, from the owners of Court Street's Abilene Bar, in the space that was home to Timboo's since 1969, and had been a bar for much longer than that, on the corner of Fifth a... »
Lugo, the little photo studio that's been situated on Fifth Avenue between Lincoln and Berkeley for the past three years, is packing it up and moving down to Sunset Park. A sign went up in their window last week, directing us to their Facebook page, wh... »
Many thanks to a tipster for passing along these photos of a very closed-looking Mezcal's, on the corner of Fifth and President. The gate has been locked tight since yesterday afternoon, and calls to the restaurant have gone unanswered. If this closure... »
Monday brought the opening of a new barber shop called Badlands, advertising "Badass cuts, clips, and color- for men and women!", in the space that was last home to boutique Animated Closet. Also, the former Ace Supermarket, under renovation on Seventh... »
After spending many years as a cleaners and many more as a vacant space, the storefront at 202 Fifth Avenue, between Union and Sackett, has been completely gutted, given a new facade, and is now up for rent. Even though whoever comes into the space wil... »
Not in Park Slope. Over the past several weeks, one Billy Diddles has been a frequent commenter on this site, hilariously bemoaning the lack of proper Mission-style burritos in the Slope. I asked him to pen a full-length screed for HPS, which you can f... »
"Badass cuts, clips, and color- for men and women!" is the tagline for the new hybrid barber shop/salon that just opened in the space that was last occupied by clothing boutique Animated Closet, on Fifth between Park and Prospect. Badlands is the brain... »
It inspired plenty of strong feelings when news broke last month that Brooklyn Mercantile, the knitting suply and gift shop on Fifth Avenue between Fourth and Fifth Streets, was up for rent. Well now I can confirm that the store has indeed been rented ... »
So this is an interesting development: the "Coming Soon" sign that's been in the window of the former Oko Frozen Yogurt, on Fifth between Degraw and Douglass, for the past month or so has vanished, along with all evidence that this space had ever been ... »
