Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Private house Address: 77 Prospect Place Cross Streets: Sixth and Flatbush Avenues Neighborhood: Park Slope Year Built: Unknown Architectural Style: Post Modern? Architect: Unknown Landmarked: No The story: There... »
Help Beat poet and feminist Diane DiPrima with her medical bills--donate now. [GF]Save the Neighborhood School's library--on the budget cut chopping block. [EVG]Chinatown Fair Arcade returns May 5--but what about a chicken comeback? [BB]Bloomberg now w... »
I hope that a group called "Students First" would make it a top priority to stop the rapid rise in New York City public school class sizes. »
Photo by Park Slope Lens Yesterday when we asked you guys what your thoughts were on the proposed historic district expansion of Park Slope, you had mixed feelings. Some of you were like, "It's going to fuck over renters who already pay a shit ton of m... »
Ben Brantley's New York Times review of the current production of Death of a Salesman at the Barrymore is very complimentary, but also regretful — that the version doesn't quite land with him; that, like ... »
Mark Vincent / Photo by Yana Paskova for The New York Times Last October Mark Vincent found himself the victim of a classic Park Slope fucking: his car was towed because of a poorly worded parking sign.After half an hour spent looking for a spot along ... »
Population Growth in City Is Outpacing ’10 Census, Estimates Show [NY Times] Engineers Seek Ways to Strengthen New York State’s Power Grid [NY Times] The Make-Your-Own Schoolhouse in Carroll Gardens [NY Times] Brooklyn Man Charged With Murdering, Disme... »
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Count declined to hear a case challenging New York City’s rent stabilization laws. The case was brought by an Upper West Side couple who rent out six apartments in their five-story brownstone on West 76th Street near Central... »
