District 39 Council Race Update | Smorgasburg Plans June Return In Prospect Park | Brooklyn Memorial Honors COVID Victims
Here's what you need to know if you're taking the subway this weekend in the neighborhood.
Just under 75 percent of adults in Park Slope's main ZIP code were partially vaccinated against the coronavirus as of Friday, data shows.
New Yorkers get to cast ballots this month for City Council, mayor and other local offices. Park Slope Patch is profiling each candidate.
The street festival, on Fifth Avenue, will follow a 5K in Prospect Park and include live music and drag performers.
Patch asked the District 39 City Council candidates to respond to the issues raised in our neighborhood survey. Here's where they stand.
Brooklyn's unemployment rate is higher than the New York average.
The popular food festival, which ran a to-go only location in 2020, is coming back to the Williamsburg waterfront and Prospect Park in June.
A 33-year-old Brooklyn man is charged with assault and reckless endangerment.
A woman accused of shooting her ex-girlfriend point blank on a Park Slope street earlier this year faces 25 years to life, prosecutors said.
Publish a photo of pops on the Park Slope Patch for Fatherâs Day 2021 to share your favorite father-son or father-daughter moments.
The memorial, launching at Green-Wood Cemetery Tuesday, will include thousands of nameplates and drawings from those who lost loved ones.
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The Prospect Park West block, at Third Street, is where Officer Jose Perez died in the line of duty in 1994.
The hybrid in-person and virtual hearing was the result of a lawsuit from opponents of the plan challenging the use of remote meetings.
A surprising number of new listings in Maplewood and South Orange just launched!
The extra blocks, soon with extended hours, will start along Fifth Avenue this weekend as part of the city's new "Open Boulevards" program.
Officials expect discolored tap water and several days of road closures after a private company hit a water main with a drill Wednesday.
The leak was pouring into the street for more than two hours after it erupted between St. Marks Place and Bergen Street, video shows.
The bridge will be closed for maintenance starting Wednesday, transportation officials said.
The venue and eatery, which pivoted during the coronavirus pandemic into a full restaurant, will add a second floor to keep up with events.
Leonard Mitchell was crossing Atlantic Avenue just steps from where he lived when he was hit by a car on Memorial Day, police said.
Here's a round-up of meetings, events and other happenings in the neighborhood for May 30 through June 5.
Schumer Joins Street Band | Ample Hills Opens On Prospect Park West | Plans For Public Esplanade On The Gowanus Canal
The ice cream shop opened on Friday with a new flavor paying homage to Prospect Park, which neighbors the new location.
The new public plaza is part of a plan to build a six-story building on Huntington Street.
The owners of Piccoli Trattoria and several other Brooklyn spots have plans for a pizzeria near 12th Street, records show.
The bar's Fourth Avenue building was recently sold, owners told community board members. They plan to set up shop a few blocks away.
Officials have proposed turning one elementary school into a middle school and changing zones for six other schools to promote diversity.
The June 3 hybrid outdoor-virtual hearing comes after a lawsuit from opponents of the rezoning plan about the use of remote hearings.
"It will probably be next year when Iâm done with this job," the mayor said of his post-pandemic return to the Park Slope YMCA gym.
"Dude can actually carry a tune," the onlooker who videotaped the senate majority leader's impromptu singalong said.
Michael Roberts, from the "late great" Flatbush Farm, will open a new restaurant on the Park Slope-Prospect Heights border next month.