Park Slope

Internal Affairs Probing Police Response To Park Slope Sex Assault

The investigation surrounds the availability of a neighbor’s security camera video that captured the incident. Authorities will now look to see why police may have ignored the video and continued to canvass the area for the alleged attacker instead.

2011/06/08

Security camera still police say shows William Giraldo, who was arrested Tuesday. (credit: DCPI)

Brooklyn Rape Suspect Still At Large

The NYPD was asking for the public’s help to find the suspect responsible for one rape and three attempted rapes in Brooklyn.

2011/06/06

Engine 220 in Park Slope (credit: Steve Sandberg/1010 WINS)

Residents, Students Protest Closing Of Park Slope Firehouse Engine 220

Students from P.S. 107 marched over to Engine 220 to show their support for the firehouse – one of 20 set to close under Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s budget.

2011/05/25

The site of an alleged heroin packaging mill - Fort Lee, NJ (credit: specnarc.org)

Narcotics Investigators Raid Heroin Packaging Mill In Fort Lee

Officials said over $1.5 million in heroin was seized and 10 members of an alleged narcotics trafficking ring were arrested yesterday in Fort Lee.

2011/04/29

Maternity Store Offers Discount Only To Lesbian Customers

A maternity shop in Park Slope is offering a 10 percent discount to its customers—its lesbian customers.

2011/04/23

SHOCKING VIDEO: Park Slope Attack Caught On Tape

A late-night attack on a woman in Park Slope was caught on surveillance camera. The victim’s blood curdling screams can be heard ringing out on a silent night shaking residents out of their beds.

2011/04/22

New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott is seen at P.S. 10 in Park Slope - Brooklyn, NY - Apr 15, 2011 (credit: Rich Lamb / WCBS 880)

Walcott’s Excitement Shines As He Preps To Take Over

In his last day before becoming the official schools chancellor, Dennis Walcott spent Friday serving kids at P.S. 10 in Park Slope his healthy soymilk-based banana-flavored waffles.

2011/04/17

New Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott Cooks Waffles In Park Slope

Brand new New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott wore an apron and a pair of plastic gloves and used a from-scratch recipe for healthy and tasty waffles.

2011/04/15

Some Parents Cheat To Get Their Kids Into Popular B’Klyn School

According to PTA officials, desperate parents from other neighborhoods have tried to use someone else’s Park Slope address to get their children into P.S. 107.

2011/03/31

Landmark Lawsuit Alleges NYC Worked With ‘Radical’ Bike Lane Lobbyists

Irate Brooklyn residents have filed a first of its kind lawsuit demanding that a controversial bike lane be removed immediately.

2011/03/07

Nightlife Spotlight: Brooklyn’s Draft Barn

Nestled away in the quasi-industrial 3rd Avenue of Gowanus/Park Slope, Draft Barn is an experience for serious beer lovers.

CBS New York–2011/03/07

Park Slope rape suspect on surveillance video. (Photo/DCPI)

Brooklyn Women On Edge After Park Slope Rape

A rapist is on the loose in Brooklyn after a brazen daytime attack.

2011/02/26

As Parking Rules Return, NYers Forced To Dig Out Cars

If you haven’t dug out your car from the ice and snow of the recent snowstorms, you’d better dig out fast. Parking rules will go back into effect on Monday.

2011/02/07

Brooklyn Midair Collision 50 Years Later

The collision of a United Air Lines DC-8 and a TWA propeller plane left a legacy of improved air safety in its wake after crashing one mile above Park Slope on Dec. 16, 1960.

2010/12/16