Tag Archive | "Park Slope"

Diminished Street Cleaning Services Leave Seventh Avenue Trashed

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

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Park Slope’s primary commercial district has transformed from an immaculate strip of small businesses to a garbage-ridden spectacle.

Commuter Vans Defy Rules for Transit-Needy Brooklyn

Thursday, November 10, 2011

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Weekday mornings Osmond Thorne takes commuters and children to school, but he is not driving a bus or subway train. He is behind the wheel of a 15-person commuter van. The vans are a cheap [...]

Hooked on Henry, Park Slope Bar Celebrates MLS Playoffs

Thursday, October 27, 2011

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The man at the corner table strokes his beard nervously. Beside him, another simply sits and stares, eyes locked on the three giant high definition TVs behind the bar. The New York Red Bulls are [...]

Low-Income Kids Threatened By City Funding Cuts

Thursday, October 27, 2011

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Local children and parents will lose much needed help because of budget problems.

Brooklyn Halloween Fun!

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

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Halloween is now less than one week away. How are you going to spend the weekend? Here is a list of fun Halloween activities going on throughout Brooklyn: Great Pumpkin Dog Costume Contest Fort Greene [...]

Park Slope Women Speak About Rise in Sexual Assaults

Thursday, October 20, 2011

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The sexual assaults across Brooklyn have been particularly worrying to women in Park Slope, a neighborhood of soft brick hues and tree-lined streets that seems to be a focal point for the attacks.

Park Slope Groping Suspect Cleared

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

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“They got the wrong guy.” The NY Post reports that the NYPD has dropped charges against Joshua Flecha, who was arrested on Monday for an alleged sexual assault in Park Slope. Flecha’s high-profiled arrest occurred [...]

Park Slope Reacts to Sexual Assaults

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

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Park Slope residents react to string of sexual attacks.

Latin Kings street gang makes Park Slope junior high’s handball courts home base

Monday, October 10, 2011

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A Park Slope park has become home to around 30 men belonging to the street gang, Latin Kings. Police are keeping a vigilant eye on these men but so far, no criminal activity has been [...]

Book worms! Slope library branch to remain closed for at least one more year

Monday, October 10, 2011

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A branch library in Park Slope which commenced on a $2m renovation in 2009 and was expected 2 years to finish with the project, will now be closed for at least another year. This has [...]