Prospect Park

A Review of the Food at the Great Googa Mooga 2013

Food and music lovers focused on Prospect Park this past weekend for the second annual Great Googa Mooga on the Nethermead Meadow.

2013/05/20

Last Day Of Great GoogaMooga Festival Called Off For Rain

The last day of the Great GogoaMoooga Festival in Prospect Park was canceled Sunday, as light, but persistent rain drenched the area.

2013/05/19

Cyclist Struck, Killed By Livery Cab In Brooklyn

A man on a bicycle was struck and killed early Sunday near Prospect Park in Brooklyn.

2013/05/19

Yeah Yeah Yeahs & Flaming Lips Ring In Summer Early At GoogaMooga

Day one of the Great GoogaMooga festival was not too cold, not too hot, pretty much the perfect night for an outdoor show. It was almost as if you were back in your mother’s womb.

2013/05/18

Great Googa Mooga sign in Prospect Park. (credit: CBS 2)

Great Googa Mooga Food And Music Festival Kicks Off

Festival co-founder Jonathan Mayers of Superfly has promised a better experience for festival-goers in its second year.

2013/05/18

Prosecutors Add Manslaughter Charge Against Mother Accused Of Beating Infant To Death

According to prosecutors, Karen Stewart, 21, of Prospect Park allegedly beat the boy to death because he would not stop crying.

2013/04/02

A bank teller displays $100 bills (file/credit: Oscar Siagian/AFP/GettyImages)

Woman Allegedly Kept Cheap Apartment By Conning Co-Op Board

A Brooklyn woman has been accused of lying to a co-op board and claiming her dead aunt was still alive, so she could keep an apartment at a rent of less than $300 per month.

2013/03/30

Duck with Bread (file / credit: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/GettyImages)

Passover Bread-Dumping Notice Upsets Some In Brooklyn

Some in the Orthodox Jewish community are upset that a public reminder not to feed the ducks and geese in Prospect Park includes a reference to Passover.

2013/03/22

Prospect Park Wellhouse site rendering (credit: Prospect Park Alliance)

No-Flush Green Toilets Proposed For Prospect Park

There’s a plan to build a $1.8 million green bathroom in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.

2013/03/19

Man Shot In Head Outside Crown Heights Deli; Police Seek 4 Suspects

Police on Saturday asked for the public’s help in finding four men, one of whom shot and wounded a deli customer in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

2013/03/16

Concerns Mount In N.J. Towns Over Elevated Lead Levels In Water

Exposure to lead can cause brain and kidney damage, so one can imagine the concern in four New Jersey towns where residents have been told they have elevated levels of lead in their drinking water.

2012/12/12

The 6 Best Family Destinations & Activities For Fall In N.Y. & N.J.

Fall is an ideal time to get out there and take in the foliage. Here are 6 of our favorite family destinations in New York City and the Tri-State area.

CBS New York–2012/12/08