Photos from the E-Waste Event

In case you missed it, Saturday's Electronic Waste Recycling event was a big success. A big thanks to the Lower East Side Ecology Center for managing the event and to Council Member Stephen Levin for funding it!

Below are some photos we took over the course of the day (it wasn't easy to take photos while carrying printers, computers and televisions). Fans of vintage electronic gear should definitely check the photos out. We collected some amazing pieces:

Taste of Fifth Update

New restaurants and local community groups were added to A Taste of Fifth Avenue last week. Check out the growing list, below!

April 10th, 6:30 pm, Grand Prospect Hall

Community Groups
$20 of each ticket you purchase goes to one of the following local groups of your choice:

-5th Avenue Committee (FAC)
-Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX)
-Brooklyn Pride
-Dream Factory of Brooklyn
-Good Shepherd
-Middle School 51
-Old Stone House & Washington Park
-Park Slope Civic Council
-President Street Community Garden



Participants (list in formation):

• 200 Fifth
• Aperitivo Café
• Blue Ribbon
• Baluchi's
• Backyard
• Benchmark
• Beauty Bar
• Blue Sky Bakery
• Bogota Latin Bistro
• Caramello
• Chip Shop
• Coco Roco
• Der Kommissar
• El Pollito Mexicano
• Empire Express
• DuJour Bakery
• Has Beans
• Kos Kaffe
• LaDolce Café & Bakehouse
• Leske’s Bakery
• M &S Prime Meats
• Palo Santo
• Piramide
• Pork Slope (Talde)
• Fort Reno
• Sidecar
• Sky Ice Sweet & Savory Thai
• South
• Stone Park Café
• Yayo’s Latin Cuisine

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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

News Round-Up

5 Things: Zombies and St. Patrick's Day Parade [PS Patch]

Park Slope Playwright Explores the Mythical Side of Coney Island DNA Info]

America Needs More Park Slope [Slate]

Au Revior, Dairy! Slope French Bistro Goes Kosher [Brooklyn Daily]

P.S. 321 to Host First-Ever Park Slope Dog Show [DNA Info]

E-Waste Event This Saturday!

Don't forget that this Saturday, March 16th, the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID, Lower East Side Ecology Center and Council Member Stephen Levin will be sponsoring an electronics recycling event from 10 am - 4 pm on Fifth Avenue in front of Key Food (near Sterling Place).

Whatever you do, do not park along that block until after 4 on Saturday, ok?

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.

A Taste of Fifth Tickets On Sale Now

A Taste of Fifth is just about one month away! Tickets are on-sale now via Brownpapertickets.com. Twenty dollars of every $45 ticket sold will be donated to a local non-profit of your choice from the list below:

-5th Avenue Committee (FAC)
-Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX)
-Brooklyn Pride
-Dream Factory of Brooklyn
-Good Shepherd
-Middle School 51
-Old Stone House & Washington Park
-Park Slope Civic Council
-President Street Community Garden

WHEN: April 10th, 6:30 PM
WHERE:  The Grand Prospect Hall
WHAT: A sumptuous sampling of delectable food from dozens of Fifth Avenue’s great restaurants. Enjoy music, dancing, and complimentary wine & beer.



Participants (list in formation):

• 200 Fifth
• Aperitivo Café
• Blue Ribbon
• Baluchi's
• Backyard
• Benchmark
• Beauty Bar
• Bogota Latin Bistro
• Caramello
• Chip Shop 
• Coco Roco
• Der Kommissar
• DuJour Bakery
• Has Beans
• Kos Kaffe
• LaDolce Café & Bakehouse
• Leske’s Bakery
• M & S Prime Meats
• Palo Santo
• Piramide
• Pork Slope (Talde)
• Fort Reno
• Sidecar
• Sky Ice Sweet & Savory Thai
• South
• Stone Park Café
• Yayo’s Latin Cuisine

Dine in Brooklyn Begins

Dine in Brooklyn started yesterday. It's time to make some plans. Where will you be eating this year?

For Dine in Brooklyn 2013, hundreds of restaurants throughout the borough will be offering a 2 for $20.13 Brunch, a $20.13 Lunch, a $28.00 Dinner or a combination of two or more options. Plus, select restaurants will have $10 Dine Again cards available.

Below is the list of participating Fifth Avenue BID Restaurants:

B = Brunch
L = Lunch
D = Dinner
$ = Dine Again Card

200 Fifth D$
al di la Trattoria L
AOC Bistro BD Aperitivo D
Benchmark Restaurant BLD$
Blue Ribbon Brooklyn D
Bogota Latin Bistro D
Campo de Fiori BLD
Dizzy's D
J Pan Sushi D
Melt BLD
Miriam D
Nana Restaurant BLD
Palo Santo BD
Peperoncino D
Stone Park Cafe L

The full list of participating restaurants is available for download here. Also, check out the Dine in Brooklyn 2013 Google Map.