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.
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.
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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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.
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.
Feb. 16, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
As the Metropolitan Transportation Authority prepares to release its final draft plan for the Brooklyn Bus Redesign, residents in parts of western and Central Brooklyn want to revive a long-dead bus line.
Feb. 2, 2024 By Adam Daly
A Park Slope man who sexually abused a nine-year-old girl repeatedly for almost two years after befriending her family was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday.
Jan. 25, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
Bullets flew across Brooklyn between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, leaving five people dead in four separate shootings, police reported.
Jan. 23, 2024 By Adam Daly
Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a man they believe assaulted a senior straphanger before stealing his wallet at the Atlantic Avenue subway station on Sunday.
Jan. 15, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
New Year, new you. It’s a time-honored tradition to set new goals at the start of the new year. People often plan to exercise more, eat healthier, lose weight, give up alcohol, cut back on coffee and soda, learn a new skill, or improve their finances.