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PARK SLOPE: Goons swipe cash from Seventh Avenue bagel store
The Brooklyn Paper
Feb 01See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Natalie O’NeillThe Brooklyn Paper78th Precinct Park Slope Oy vey! A thug swiped some cash from a bagel shop on Seventh Avenue on Jan. 24. The owner of The Bagel Market near Union Street told cops that an early-shi... »
Now You Know: That Far Right-Hand Lane on Grand Army Plaza
Park Slope Patch
Jan 30You're driving on Grand Army Plaza and you see a sign "Vanderbilt Avenue Only" and pointing to the right-hand lane. That's where you're going, so you pull in, only to drive a few hundred yards and be emptied back out onto the main drag. You might as w... »
5 Things: No Q Train, Tales of Immigrant Teens at Library, ¡Acopladitos! Kids Concert, More
Prospect Heights Patch
Jan 291. You need intellectual stimulation. You're in luck, because there's a particularly interesting talk at the Central Library today. Journalist Brooke Hauser, author of The New Kids, discusses the year she spent at Prospect Heights’ International High... »
PARK SLOPE: Cops: Party planner scammed by landlord
The Brooklyn Paper
Jan 25See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Natalie O’NeillThe Brooklyn Paper78th Precinct Park Slope Crashed bash A slimeball allegedly stole thousands of bucks from an event planner using his 11th Street building on Jan. 20. The victim told cops that she ... »
5 Things: State of the Union Watch Party, 'The Virgin Suicides' Showing, Late-Night Subway Changes, More
Prospect Heights Patch
Jan 241. You need to hang out with fellow Democrats. Head to Velvet Peach Café for the Prospect Heights Democrats for Reform State of the Union Watch Party. 335 Flatbush Ave. bet. Park and Prospect. 9 p.m. No cover. 2. You need to get to the movies. Head t... »
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PARK SLOPE: Goons swipe cash from Seventh Avenue bagel store
The Brooklyn Paper
Feb 01See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Natalie O’NeillThe Brooklyn Paper78th Precinct Park Slope Oy vey! A thug swiped some cash from a bagel shop on Seventh Avenue on Jan. 24. The owner of The Bagel Market near Union Street told cops that an early-shi... »
Improving commutes through communication and headways
Second Ave. Sagas
Feb 01Last night, I enjoyed one of those typical nights where the MTA communications network broke down. I was coming back home from the West 4th area to Park Slope and had hoped to take a B train. According to the MTA’s schedule, I had two B trains left to ... »
Plenty of Reasons Not To Be Quiet in the Library: Events at All the Branches
A Child Grows in Brooklyn
Feb 01We love the Brooklyn Public Library with all it’s free activities and educational events- not to mention their popular storytime. Forget being quiet at the library- this weekend lions will appear and next weekend: musicians and dancers! This February, ... »
Upcoming Nature Trips
The City Birder
Jan 30Below is a list of upcoming nature trips within NYC's five boroughs for the weekend of January 28, 2012 - January 29, 2012: Audubon Center in Prospect Park (Brooklyn) Saturday, February 4, 2012 Introduction to Birdwatching Every Saturday, 12 – 1:30 p.m... »
Lhota: Expanded stations could solve overcrowding
Second Ave. Sagas
Jan 27Once upon a time, the original IRT stations were short. They didn’t span the distances they do now, and it made some modicum of sense to pack stations into Downtown Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan. With rapidly increasing ridership in the 1940s and 1950s ... »