News Round- Up

Park Slope Food Co-op Moves to Ban Plastic Bags For Realz [Observer]

15 Park Slope Homes to Be Demolished [L Magazine]

Skate Brooklyn: A Park Slope Skate Shop [PS Patch]

Checking in on Duke of Montrose, In the Works on Fifth And Bergen [Here’s Park Slope]

South Slope Summer Strolls

On Friday, July 19th and 26th from 5 - 9 pm, come on down to Fifth Avenue between 12th and 18th Streets for some cool some summer fun! The streets will be closed, the buses will be rerouted and merchants will have the opportunity to provide outdoor seating, food, drinks and merchandise to browse, right out to the curb. In the streets, there will be music and free activities for the whole family!

Don't miss it!

Lobster Night at Melt

Every Tuesday night this summer, Melt (440 Bergen Street) transforms into Melt aine for Lobster Night!

Get a whole steamed lobster with drawn butter, grilled corn and hand-cut fries for just $21! At that price, you might want to arrive early and bring the whole family. Large parties are welcome.

For reservations or more information, call 718.230.5925 or email meltnyc@gmail.com.

Piper Theatre 2013

Summer has begun and with it, live theater performances in Washington Park. Don't miss:

FRANKENSTEIN

On a chilled night, a brilliant young scientist brings a corpse back to life. Piper’s take on Mary Shelley’s classic tale of horror will be augmented by live music and six original rear film projections. Each film offers a glimpse into the mystery of the man behind the Creature.

YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN

The Tony-award winning musical based on Charles M. Schulz’ beloved Peanuts gang comes to Brooklyn! You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown shares the adventures of Lucy, Schroeder, Linus, Sally, Charlie and everyone’s favorite beagle, Snoopy.








Performances start on July 5th. For more details go to pipertheatre.org .

Make Music Fifth Avenue: Music and Videos

Wow, Fifth Avenue really came out to celebrate the start of summer in style! Check out the video, above, from Friday Night's Make Music Fifth Avenue. Photos are available on our Flickr page.

Happy Summer, everyone!

Tonight: Make Music Fifth Avenue!

Summer officially begins today at 1:04 pm (although, according to astronomers, the solstice took place yesterday in parts of the western United States). Come down to Fifth Avenue and celebrate! The Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID and Make Music NY will be hosting live musical acts on Fifth Avenue street corners from Dean to 18th Street between 7 and 9 pm. Come take a music-filled stroll!

LOCATIONS
Freddy’s : 627 Fifth Avenue
Has Beans: 620 Fifth Avenue
Lenny’s Pizza: 594 Fifth Avenue
Black Horse Pub: 568 Fifth Avenue
Prospect Bar: 545 Fifth Avenue
Piramide: 499 Fifth Avenue
Peppino's: 469 Fifth Avenue
Atomic Wings: 321 9th Street
Fifth Avenue Record and Tape: 439 Fifth Avenue
Coco Roco 392 Fifth Avenue
Ginger’s: 363 Fifth Avenue
Washington Park @  4th Street with Rolie Polie Guacamole
M and S Meats: 312 Fifth Avenue
Aperitivo/Jonathan Blum: 279 Fifth Avenue
High Dive: 245 Fifth Avenue
President Street Garden: Fifth Avenue at President Street
200 5th: 200 Fifth Avenue
Caramello: 179 Fifth Avenue
Eladia’s Kids: 145 Fifth Avenue
El Pollito Mexicano: 119 Fifth Avenue
The V Spot: 156 Fifth Avenue
Tabeel: 76 Fifth Avenue
Melt: 440 Bergen Street
Yayo's Latin Cuisine: 36 Fifth Avenue

The Sonnet Man Cometh to Fifth

This Friday, lots of great musicians will welcome summer by performing on street corners along Park Slope's Fifth Avenue from 7 to 9 pm. One of them, The Sonnet Man, arranges Shakespeare Sonnets into amazing hip hop songs! Check out his story in the video, above. And, see him perform live in front of Eladia's Kids (147 Fifth Avenue).

Odd Twin for Sale

We were sad to learn that Odd Twin, one of Fifth Avenue's best vintage stores, is for sale!

Owner Francesca Neville recently informed us that while she had a great run on Fifth Avenue and is sad to leave, she is excited to welcome her second child in October and is looking forward to being a full-time mom.

So, here's an amazing opportunity for you: a great shop in a great location on a great avenue! Stop by Odd Twin for more information on the sale!

Oh, and congratulations and good luck to Francesca!

Make Music this Friday

This Friday, summer makes its triumphant return to Park Slope's Fifth Avenue. To celebrate, the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID and Make Music NY will be hosting live musical acts on Fifth Avenue on street corners from Dean to 18th Street (7 to 9 pm).  If you want a really great, music-filled experience, we suggest you take a walk along the BID and see them all!

LOCATIONS
Freddy’s : 627 Fifth Avenue
Has Beans: 620 Fifth Avenue
Lenny’s Pizza: 594 Fifth Avenue
Black Horse Pub: 568 Fifth Avenue
Prospect Bar: 545 Fifth Avenue
Piramide: 499 Fifth Avenue
Peppino's: 469 Fifth Avenue
Atomic Wings: 321 9th Street
Fifth Avenue Record and Tape: 439 Fifth Avenue
Coco Roco 392 Fifth Avenue
Ginger’s: 363 Fifth Avenue
Washington Park @  4th Street with Rolie Polie Guacamole
M&S Meats: 312 Fifth Avenue
Aperitivo/Jonathan Blum: 279 Fifth Avenue
High Dive: 245 Fifth Avenue
President Street Garden: Fifth Avenue at President Street
200 5th: 200 Fifth Avenue
Caramello: 179 Fifth Avenue
Eladia’s Kids: 145 Fifth Avenue
El Pollito Mexicano: 119 Fifth Avenue
The V Spot: 156 Fifth Avenue
Tabeel: 76 Fifth Avenue
Melt: 440 Bergen Street
Yayo's Latin Cuisine: 36 Fifth Avenue

A Great Story

This is Diane Vaillancourt. She's the big $1,000 spending spree winner in the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID's annual Valentine's Day Raffle. Diane has a great story that we wanted to share:

On October 29 2012, I became homeless and lost mostly everything, at least all furniture, due to Hurricane Sandy. I was lucky to have a girlfriend who has been there for me all the way through. I also had my priest, a parishioner from St Paul's Church, who rescued me and two friends and gave me a roof for five months in Park Slope.  After I moved to my friend's house I went to Baluchi's Restaurant with my girlfriend and filled out the raffle tickets. I usually don't, but I needed all the help I could get.

A month after, I was again with my girlfriend driving in Park Slope towards Carol Garden and I had a call from Irene (Irene LoRe, Executive Director of the BID) "you won first prize!" I was so excited and so pleased. It was not so much the money, but winning "something" after loosing so much.  I used the one thousand wisely at Fifth Avenue stores and got myself a bed at Sleepy's, basic items at a store called Save on Fifth, the tea shop (worth stopping by), a few other stores and, of course, Baluchi's.

I thank dearly the Park Slope 5th Ave Bid, it cheered me up.  I have a bed now and a few other basic items. It's a new start and I wish all survivors to keep going with hope and faith. It's the post-disaster that is the most challenging. But, there are always pleasant surprises on our path, not only disasters and hardships. I will be back to Fifth Avenue to fill out raffle tickets and encourage others to do the same.

Happy Father's Day!

- from the merchants of Fifth Avenue and the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID .

Have a great day, Dads!

News Round-Up

Sack the Sacks! Plastic Bag Haters to Rally in Park Slope [Observer]

Park Slope Rejects Massive Fourth Ave. Overhaul [NY Daily News]

Barclays Center Transportation Perception Management, Part 2 [PS Patch]

Daily Bread: Le Pain Quotidien Opens in Park Slope [Black Book Magazine]

Irene LoRe Honored

The Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID's own Irene LoRe is being honored among a select group of "Top Brooklyn Women in Business" by the Brooklyn Home Reporter and Spectator. The award event takes place on Thursday, June 20th at 6:00 pm at the Brooklyn Marriott.

Congratulations to Irene for this honor!

For more information or to purchase tickets to the event, go to homereporternews.com/events/.

Park Slope Bingo Club

Did you know that Park Slope has it's own Bingo Club? This Thursday evening, starting at 8:00 PM at Union Hall:

Join Dick and Perry for some hot bingo action. We will be giving away drinks, show tickets and cold hard cash. We will have multiple games and you get to play them all with your $5 Bingo pack. Games go from 8pm - 11pm and you can buy in at any time. Bring your friends! Bring your grandma! But maybe not your grandma's friends... we've gotta draw the line somewhere.

Be there and get ready to get your BINGO on.

Summer of Riesling

Our friends at Terroir have declared this summer as the Summer of Riesling!

What does that mean, you ask? Well,  on June 18, Terroir Park Slope (284 Fifth Avenue), along with the Murray Hill and TriBeCa locations and Craftbar, will gear up for the start of the sixth annual Summer of Riesling with four-course dinners that pair with and highlight the oft-underrated grape. Details below and at summerofriesling.com.

Terroir.Park.Slope. Summer of Riesling Dinner

Tues/June 18
7:00pm / $82.00 (all-inclusive) / 50 seats
with the Terroir wine crew overseeing the proceedings.
A Riesling 101 symposium exploring the entirety of the world of Riesling...think Psych 101, but for wine.
Reserve at: http://terroirparkslopesummerofriesling.eventbrite.com/

Summer Music and Summer Walks

Summer will arrive in just 11 days! Can you feel it? Honestly, all of this rain is making it difficult to see that far ahead into the future.

Anyway, just a reminder that Park Slope's Fifth Avenue will be alive with the sound of music on June 21st from 7 - 9 pm. Look for bands on nearly every street corner from Dean to 18th Street!

Also, you heard it here first: this year, the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID will be celebrating summer in a whole new way. On July 19th and 26th, Fifth Avenue will be closed to traffic from 12th Street to 18th Street. There will live music, food and drinks from Fifth Avenue Merchants, games and attractions for the kids, sidewalk chalk and plenty of room to celebrate the season! Plus, no tube sock vendors! 

Save the dates and stay tuned for more details!

News Round-Up

R Train Tunnel to Close For 14 Months [PS Patch]

Puppet Spectacular Coming to Park Slope [Brooklyn Eagle]

Businesswomen from East Harlem and Park Slope are honored by the White House [NY Daily News]

Attorney General Summit to Combat iPhone Theft [PS Patch]

LGBT Pride Parade in Park Slope Saturday, June 8th [FG Patch]

Brooklyn Pride Specials

With Brooklyn Pride quickly approaching, we're doing our part to find the best deals and specials for the day along Fifth Avenue. We'll keep adding to the list as we learn more:

Black Horse Tavern (568 Fifth Avenue): will have food and drink specials all day and night. Drop by!

Tabeel Aromatherapy Gifts and Salon (76 Fifth Avenue): All candles 15% off. Pure vegetable glycerine soaps slices will be 10% off.

200 Fifth (200 Fifth Avenue): $4 well drinks and (most) tap beers

Leske's  (588 Fifth Avenue): Rainbow Cupcake $1 (normally $1.50). Both Leske's locations will have some rainbow themed cakes in stock at regular prices.


Terroir Park Slope (284 Fifth Avenue): will be having Happy Hour from 2-7 (selected foods half off and selected wines at 7.00) to celebrate Brooklyn Pride!

Tonight: Make Music Party Prelude

Tonight: you are invited to join Make Music New York and our very own Freddy's Bar at the first-annual MMNY 2013 Prelude Party. From 6-9 pm, meet and mingle with all the Make Music New York Musicians, hosts, bar-owners and bartenders and neighbors. Pick up festival programs and other materials for June 21, and join in a huge acoustic jam from 8-9 pm. A MMNY Cocktail special designed by Freddy's bartenders will be available, as well as the Brooklyn Gin and Radeberger gin and beer specials.

Don't forget, Make Music NY takes place on June 21st. Fifth Avenue will join the rest of the city in welcoming summer with Make Music NY (Schedule and music locations coming soon). It's one of the most anticipated events of the year, with musicians playing on nearly every street corner between Dean and 18th Streets (check out photos from last year here ).

See you at the party!

Under the Tree at The Old Stone House

Starting this Sunday, June 9th, Spellbound Theatre will present Under the Tree, a 45-minute production for children ages 1-6, created and performed by Lauren Jost and Christine Dehne. Shows will take place in a tent at JJ Byrne Playground on June 9, 16, and 23 with four showings daily at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, and 4pm.

Join Pea as she travels to a magic world of shifting light, shape and time - under the tree in her own backyard. This immersive collaboration blends visual art, animation, puppetry, and performance in an intimate space hidden away from the rest of the world.

Tickets are $10 for children and $15 for adults via Brown Paper Tickets.

This Saturday: Brooklyn Pride

This Saturday,  June 8th is Brooklyn Pride !

Don't miss the Brooklyn Pride Festival (which has moved to Fifth) from 11 am to 5 pm between 3rd and 9th Streets. The parade will start at Lincoln Place at 7:30 pm and run to 9th Street.

We'll see you there!