Mar. 29, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Two people were hit and killed by subway trains in Brooklyn in Tuesday in the midst of a particularly deadly week for the MTA.
Two people fatally struck by subway trains in Brooklyn amid deadly week for MTA
Tag: park-slope
Op-ed | Setting the record straight on the Mount Prospect Park skate park
Mar. 26, 2024 By Ben Lowe
As a Prospect Heights dad and advocate for green space, I was disappointed that a recent op-ed submitted to Brooklyn Paper omits and distorts key facts about the skateboard arena proposed for Mount Prospect Park.
Locals raise money to cover funeral costs of twin fatally stabbed outside Park Slope deli
Mar. 22, 2024 By Adam Daly
New Yorkers have come together to raise thousands of dollars to cover the funeral costs of the 19-year-old woman stabbed to death outside a Park Slope bodega on Sunday.
Noodle Lane goes from food truck favorite to Park Slope mainstay, shattering Chinese food stereotypes
Mar. 19, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
A year since opening its brick-and-mortar restaurant in place of an old Park Slope shoe store, Noodle Lane is thriving, serving up storied soup dumplings, Sichuan classics and Cantonese comforts.
Brooklyn celebrates St. Patrick’s Day at 49th annual Park Slope parade
Mar. 18, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
Brooklynites came out to Park Slope in the thousands on Sunday to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at the neighborhood’s 49th annual parade.
Park Slope double stabbing leaves young woman dead, twin sister wounded: NYPD
Mar. 18, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki & Brooklyn Paper staff
A young woman was killed and another was seriously injured in a double stabbing outside a Park Slope bodega early on Sunday morning, according to the NYPD.
Community groups Preserve Park Slope and Park Slope Civic Council merge
Mar. 15, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
Community group Preserve Park Slope has merged into the longstanding Park Slope Civic Council as the two groups look to create a unified and stronger voice for local advocacy and engagement, leaders said.
Brooklyn’s Celtic Knot: The origins of Kings County’s three Saint Patrick’s Day parades
Mar. 11, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil As the emerald month of March begins, Brooklyn’s biggest Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations — a trio of parades across the borough — are gearing up for kickoff. Each line of march pays tribute to Brooklyn’s rich Irish heritage in its own way, but all share a similar sense of Celtic (and community) pride. Parade-goers can expect a little of the same at each march — from green-clad marchers to hardworking honorees, bagpipers and more — though, each parade has its own distinct flair. All of them orchestrated with care by locals, each of…
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Brooklyn’s first Black woman-owned dispensary opens in Park Slope, Adams vows to crack down on illegal sellers
Feb. 29, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Brooklyn’s first dispensary owned by a Black woman opened in Park Slope on Thursday as honor Mayor Eric Adams pledged to crack down on illegal weed stores in New York City.
Brooklyn Starbucks join massive organizing push, file petition to unionize
Feb. 20, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Workers at a Park Slope Starbucks location – along with hundreds of their colleagues around the country — filed a petition to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday morning.