News Round-Up

Washington Park Renovation Nearly Complete [Here’s Park Slope]

Slope Food Coop Votes — in Fort Greene! — Against Israel Ban [The Local NYT]

It’s Gossip Time! [Brooklyn Paper]

With Participatory Budgeting, You Pick the Projects [PS Patch]

Photos from Electronics Recycling Event

It's been a busy week! We've barely had time to take the photos off of our camera from Saturday's event!

Anyway, the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID's Electronics recycling event was a big success. We're still waiting on the tonnage numbers, but the truck was more than full at the end of the day. Check out the photos, above. Lots of amazing old equipment.

Tomorrow: Capretto at Aperitivo

Tomorrow night at 7:30, Aperitivo (279 Fifth Avenue at 1st Street) will be serving a special Capretto (young, milk-fed goat) and wine-pairing Dinner. $75.00 per person. The menu is below:

Frattaglie Mista 
Assorted Grill of Organ Meats Over a Citrus Salad
Pairing - Santi, Soave Classico DOC, 2010, Veneto, IT

Agnolotti di Testa
House Made Piedmontese Ravioli with a Brandy Cream Suace
Pairing - Tenuta Rapitala, Nero D' Avola, 2010, Sicily, IT


Capretto al forno 
Traditional Oven Roast Goat with herbed Potatoes & Shallots
Pairing – Castello Monaci, Salento IGT, 2080, Puglia, IT

Panna cotta al caprino 
Goat’s Milk Panna Cotta with a fruit Compote
Pairing – Le Regose, Recioto della Valpolicella, 2007, Veneto, IT


Interested? Make reservations at (718) 369-1123 or email AperitivoCafe@gmail.com

Taste of Fifth

On April 18th at 6:30 pm, bring your appetite to The Grand Prospect Hall for a sumptuous sampling of delectable food from dozens of Fifth Avenue’s great restaurants.

Enjoy music, dancing, and complimentary wine and beer. Even better, twenty dollars of every $35 ticket sold will be donated to the local non-profit organization of your choice:

*Brooklyn Arts Exchange
*Brooklyn Pride
*Middle School 51
*Puppetry Arts
*The Fifth Avenue Committee
*The Old Stone House
*Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID

Purchase your tickets online now!

Participants (List in Formation): updated 3/28/12

Al Di La
Blue Ribbon
Baluchi's
Backyard
Bagel World
Benchmark
Bierkraft
Blue Sky Bakery
Brooklyn Bread
Caramelo
Chip Shop
Coco Roco
Dizzies (Fifth and President)
Eagle Provisions
Fornino
Fleisher’s Organic Butcher Carving Board
KiKu Sushi
M & S Italian Deli
Palo Santo
Piramide
Pork Slope (a new restaurant by Talde)
Sky Ice
Sweet Treasures
200 Fifth Sports Bar & Restaurant
7-11

Dine In Brooklyn 2012: Week Two!

Week two of Dine in Brooklyn has begun. Have you taken advantage of the great dining deals, yet? If not, you have until Thursday. Make your reservations now!

Below is a list of participating restaurants on Fifth Avenue, along with the meals they will be serving as part of the event. Note that Brunch is 2 for $20.12, Lunch is $20.12 and Dinner is $25.00:

200 Fifth: Dinner
Alchemy: Lunch, Dinner
Al Di La: Lunch
AOC Bistro: Brunch, Dinner
Aperitivo: Brunch, Dinner
Belleville: Dinner
Benchmark: Brunch, Lunch, Dinner
Blue Ribbon: Dinner
Bogota Latin Bistro: Lunch, Dinner
Campo Di Fiori: Brunch, Lunch, Dinner
Fornino Park Slope: Dinner
J Pan Sushi: Dinner
Melt: Dinner
Miriam: Lunch, Dinner
Nana: Dinner
 Palo Santo: Brunch, Dinner
Peperoncino: Dinner
Stone Park Cafe: Lunch

Download the full list here.

Also, some restaurants are having their own specials during Dine in Brooklyn Week. For example, Baluchis is offering a special Brunch/Lunch and Dinner specials.

Electronics Recycling Today

We just started here at 5th Avenue and 4th Street and we'll be here till 4. Come on down!

News Round-Up

Boutique Park Slope Rental Development for Sale [PS Patch]

Park Slope Has Some of Brooklyn's Best Blocks, Says L Magazine [PS Patch]

All Hailing the G's Five [WSJ]

Bubblez Toys and Gifts Gets a Big Ol' Sign on Fifth [Here's Park Slope]

Pear Trees in Bloom

On our walk along Fifth yesterday, we noticed that the Callery Pear trees were in bloom. Happy Spring, everyone!

Upcoming Cultural Events

A couple of great music and dance events this week on Fifth:

Brooklyn Arts Exchange: a group of new dancers and choreographers are welcomed into New York City's dance community during this two-day showcase curated by renowned choreographer Shannon Hummel, founder/director of Cora Dance and Marya Warshaw Founding and Executive Director of BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange.

Friday March 23 at 8:00 p.m. Einy Åm / EyeKnee Coordination Robin Neveu Brown Hannah Emerson Kirstin Kapustik & Dancers Brittany Schmid BAXco Youth Dance Company

Saturday March 24 at 8:00 p.m. niv Acosta Megan Harrold / Inimois Dance Nadia Tykulsker / Spark(edIt) Arts Tara Aisha Willis BAXco Youth Dance Company

BUY TICKETS

The Old Stone House: The Sounds of Spring: A Concert Series Featuring Eleonor Bindman and Robert Chausow The Sounds of Spring, featuring pianist Eleonor Bindman (pictured, above) and violinist Robert Chausow performing Beethoven’s Sonata #5 for Violin and Piano in F. Major, Op. 24, “Spring”; Grieg – Selections from Lyric Pieces for piano, and Sonata #3 for Violin and Piano.

Friday, March 23, 2012 @ 8 pm
Sunday, March 25, 2012 @ 4 pm
Reception to follow the concert

Tickets: $20, Available on-line at Brown Paper Tickets.

Today: Brooklyn Trade

Local business owners (or those of you thinking of starting your own business), you might be interested in dropping by Trade Brooklyn today. It's the largest business-to-business trade show in Brooklyn with lots of interesting and relevant seminars and panel discussions.

Details:

Today from 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Stage 6 @ Steiner Studios
FREE with Pre-Registration, $10 at the door.

Two Reminders: Events This Week

A couple of big events this week:

1) Dine in Brooklyn starts today! Check here for a list of participating restaurants on Fifth Avenue.

2) Just a reminder that this Saturday, March 24th, the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID, Lower East Side Ecology Center and City Council Member Brad Lander will be sponsoring an electronics recycling event from 10 am - 4 pm at the corner of 5th Avenue and 4th Street.

What can you bring?

Working and non-working equipment:

•    Computers (laptops & desktops, servers, mainframes)

•    Monitors
•    Printers, scanners, fax-machines, copiers
•    Network devices (routers, hubs, modems, etc.)
•    Peripherals (keyboards, mice, cables, cords, chargers, etc.)
•    Tablets and E-readers
•    Components (hard drives, CD-ROMs, circuit boards, power supplies, etc.)

•    TVs, VCRs, DVRs, & DVD Players
•    Digital Converter Boxes, Cable/Satellite Receivers
•    Portable music players
•    Audio-visual equipment
•    Video-games
•    Cell phones, pagers, PDAs
•    Telecommunication (phones, answering machines, etc.)

NO home appliances such as microwaves, refrigerators, or air conditioners.

News Round-Up

Capturing a Vanishing View of Park Slope [NY Times]

Yoga Party: Park Slope is in its Moment of Zen [Brooklyn Paper]

Park Slope Library to Open September 2012 [PS Patch]

A High-End Milliner Wants To Make The Neighborhood Hat Shop Cool Again [Business Insider]

Sorry Ladies, Naked Yoga in Brooklyn Is for Guys Only [NY Magazine]

Readers' Choice: Where to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Park Slope [Park Slope Patch]

Brooklyn Reading Works: In The Year of the Dragon

Tonight at 8pm at The Old Stone House and Washington Park:

 IN THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON: ASIAN AND ASIAN-AMERICAN WRITERS

The event is curated by author Sophia Romero and features Brooklyn Poet Laureate Tina Chang (pictured, above), novelists Susan Choi, Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer and Sabina Meyer, and playwright Linda Faigao-Hall reading excerpts from their latest work.

A Q&A will follow the reading. A $5 donation includes light refreshments and wine.

Dine in Brooklyn...on Fifth

The list of participating restaurants for Dine in Brooklyn 2012 has finally been released. 

Below is a list of participating restaurants on Fifth Avenue, along with the meals they will be serving as part of the event. Note that Brunch is 2 for $20.12, Lunch is $20.12 and Dinner is $25.00:

200 Fifth: Dinner

Alchemy: Lunch,  Dinner

Al Di La: Lunch

AOC Bistro: Brunch, Dinner

Aperitivo: Brunch, Dinner

Belleville: Dinner

Benchmark: Brunch, Lunch, Dinner

Blue Ribbon: Dinner

Bogota Latin Bistro: Lunch, Dinner

Campo Di Fiori: Brunch, Lunch, Dinner

Fornino Park Slope: Dinner

J Pan Sushi: Dinner

Melt: Dinner

Miriam: Lunch, Dinner

Nana: Dinner

Palo Santo: Brunch, Dinner

Peperoncino: Dinner

Stone Park Cafe: Lunch

Download the full list here.

Also, some restaurants are having their own specials during Dine in Brooklyn Week. For example, Baluchis is offering a special Brunch/Lunch and Dinner specials. 

St. Patrick's Day

Wow, St. Patrick's Day really snuck up on us!

Got plans? Well, here is what we know is happening on Fifth Avenue. We'll keep adding stuff as we find it:

Freddy's: Drunken debauchery in the the Bar all day & Night ! (Backroom) 6PM Filmwax presents Ingrid Venninger's film MODRA. to Follow – The Nudie Suits & Damian Quinone's Urban Folk Music!

Fifth Estate: The Horehound 8PM

Union Hall: HEART OF DARKNESS 8PM Hosted By GREG BARRIS
with
DAVE HILL, JOE MANDE, AND MORE SPECIAL GUESTS TBA
Comedian Greg Barris is bringing the deviant hilarity of the Heart Of Darkness back to Brooklyn's Union Hall for the January installment of the monthly residency!

Later...

TOP O THE MOURNIN' feat. DJ BONES and MARIO BEE 11pm-ish

ZuZu's Petals: is prepared for St. Patty's Day celebration with one inch pots of shamrocks...the real thing! AND... A large selection of flowering spring plants for indoors or out: Pansies, Primroses, Hellebore, Oxalis and armloads of fresh cut flowers including Bells of Ireland! Daffodils, Tulips, Ranunculus!

Picada Y Vino: will be hosting a Saturday Free tasting from 4 to 7!

Also, don't forget that the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID is host to more than 30 bars. Check out the full bar directory here.

Le Chandelier Salon: Free conditioning treatment (worth $20) with every haircut! Must come 15 minutes before appointment time. (718) 783-2457

Dine in Brooklyn Update

The poster for Dine in Brooklyn has been released (we got this graphic via Visitbrooklyn.org) but it looks like the list of restaurants won't be available until tomorrow. Rather late, don't you think?

Anyway, as you can see, the poster does announce that there are over 175 participating restaurants, throughout the borough.

Details:

March 19-29
3 Courses
$20.12 Lunch, $25.00 Dinner

We'll post the list of participating Fifth Avenue restaurants later this week, when they are available.

News Round-Up

Is Bloomberg’s Restaurant Grading System an ‘A’ or an ‘F’? [PS Patch]

The Day: Enjoy This Cocktail As Long As Rick Santorum Is Still Running [The Local, NYT]

Long Live the G-Train? New Petition Tries to Preserve Park Slope Extension (UPDATE) [Village Voice]

Interview: Hot Sauce'n with Heidi Tickle [Joon Bug]

Some Final Pictures of Southpaw (RIP) [Brooklyn Vegan]

Save the Date: Taste of Fifth Ave 2012

Save the date, Brooklyn. On April 18th, bring your appetite to The Grand Prospect Hall for a sumptuous sampling of delectable food from dozens of Fifth Avenue’s great restaurants. Enjoy music, dancing, and complimentary wine and beer. 


Even better, twenty dollars of every $35 ticket sold will be donated to the non-profit Fifth Avenue BID member of your choice: 

*Brooklyn Arts Exchange 
*Brooklyn Pride 
*Middle School 51 
*Puppetry Arts 
*The Fifth Avenue Committee 
*The Old Stone House 


The list of participating restaurants is in formation but, in the meantime, mark your calendar and plan ahead. Try some great Fifth Avenue food and help community non-profits. It's a win-win!

Everyone's Talking Burgers

The whole neighborhood is abuzz this week with the talk of burgers. For years, Fifth Avenue was lucky to have spots like Bonnie's Grill, 200 Fifth and Corner Burger to cure our burger fix. Now, not only is commercial real estate booming near the Barclay's Arena site, but the area is quickly becoming a magnet for burger joints anticipating thousands of mouths to feed on game nights.

Some of these new restaurants will be open on Flatbush Avenue and beyond but at least two burger joints will soon be open on the North End of Fifth Avenue: Chez Bibi's and Burger Bistro. Read more in the Brookyn Paper and FIPS.

Hearing on Restaurant Grading System

Restaurant owners from around the city will be converging on the New York City Council tomorrow (March 7th) at 1:00 PM to testify at a public hearing on the Department of Health's restaurant inspection program.

We've heard a lot of concerns about the fairness of the program, so we expect this hearing to be very crowded. If you are a restaurant owner, you may want to drop by and say a few words. Otherwise, stay tuned for the news coverage.

The hearing announcement from the New York Restaurant Association is available here.

Electronics Recycling March 24th

Just a reminder that on Saturday, March 24th, the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID, Lower East Side Ecology Center and City Council Member Brad Lander will be sponsoring an electronics recycling event from 9 am - 4 pm at the corner of 5th Avenue and 4th Street.

What can you bring?

Working and non-working equipment:

 •    Computers (laptops & desktops, servers, mainframes)

•    Monitors
•    Printers, scanners, fax-machines, copiers
•    Network devices (routers, hubs, modems, etc.)
•    Peripherals (keyboards, mice, cables, cords, chargers, etc.)
•    Tablets and E-readers
•    Components (hard drives, CD-ROMs, circuit boards, power supplies, etc.)

•    TVs, VCRs, DVRs, & DVD Players
•    Digital Converter Boxes, Cable/Satellite Receivers
•    Portable music players
•    Audio-visual equipment
•    Video-games
•    Cell phones, pagers, PDAs
•    Telecommunication (phones, answering machines, etc.)

NO home appliances such as microwaves, refrigerators, or air conditioners.

News Round-Up

Park Slope Staple: Baked Better Bread Mix [PS Patch]

Officials Unveil Improvements At Park Slope Subway Station [NY 1]

Off the Menu [NY Times]

Traffic Barrels Removed from Prospect Park Bike Lane [Brooklyn Paper]

Whole Foods Finally Open in Gowanus [FIPS]

Bike Sharing Workshop

Happy March, everyone!

We've been following news about the city's bike share program closely because, frankly, we think it will be good for Park Slope's Fifth Avenue (if we get some stations) and, with spring right around the corner, we're ready to give the bikes a spin.

Anyway, if you are interested in the program, there will be a Community Planning Workshop on Thursday, March 15th, 2012, 6:30 PM–8:30 PM

Details:

Join Brooklyn’s Community Board 6 and local residents and business owners at a roundtable planning workshop to help decide how bike share should work and where stations should go in Cobble Hill and Park Slope. In cooperation with Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, Community Board 6, NYS Senators Velmanette Montgomery and Daniel Squadron, NYS Assemblymembers Joan Millman and James Brennan, and NYC Council Members Brad Lander and Stephen Levin. The Workshop will be held at Old First Reformed Church, 729 Carroll Street, (at 7th Avenue) Brooklyn, NY 11215. The entrance to the workshop will be on Carroll Street.


Sessions will begin at 6:30 pm and 7:30 pm.