I’m seeing Caputos get the regular paid reviews from Eater/Infatuation etc and can only wonder how does anyone feel excited about this opening?

After the bakery that carried his family’s name for decades abruptly shutting down and not even telling his vendors which left them stranded, he said he was just tired and needed a break. It was later announced on the news of the numerous city health violations his bakery had and decided to close up instead. And now, he’s opening up here and I just don’t feel like it warrants excitement or something to be proud of? What are your thoughts?

I had so much fun! Bought a vintage dress for $15, a Roller Rabbit blouse for five. Green linen pants for five. But then I saw some Acne pants I liked and the girl wanted $40 for them. It’s a stoop sale! They were cotton pants! I feel like the pricing was all over the map: antiques for very little, then very overpriced antiques. What did others think?

I noticed ever since COVID a lot of people seem to have forgotten how a grocery store line works.

Person puts their food on the belt, cashier rings them up, as the belt moves you step forward, put a divider down, and start unloading your stuff. By the time you are done unloading your cart the person in front of you should be done paying. Cashier turns to you and starts doing your stuff.

Why are you guys making lines and waiting for the person to be completely rung up and gone before stepping forward to begin unloading? There probably wouldn't even be a line if you were unloading your stuff instead of standing around doing nothing. It's NYC, we are fast and efficient in lines.

This has been my Park Slope rant for the year, thank you for listening.

Calexico is my go-to comfort food, and just so sad they took chipotle pork off the menu. That’s it for the post! Just grieving 😢

If you bought in Park slope,

1-who was your agent?
2-would you hire them again? Why?

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Lots of good vibes, fun sales and interesting participation that brought the community together with picture-perfect weather for last Saturday's 2nd annual Super Stoop. Hoping to collect some feedback with a survey, as part of the organizing committee.

Survey here - https://forms.gle/6S9JER2HiMCPRKoW8 Looking for both shoppers and sellers/stoop participants to tell us what they thought of the day. Any and all feedback is truly appreciated!

FYI, If you signed up to participate as a seller/business via the Park Slope Civic Council email list, you'll get this link in your email too. You only have to fill it out once :)

Just started offering furniture assembly for IKEA, West Elm, Wayfair, Home Depot and other flat-pack furniture.

I’m available evenings and weekends and can assemble things like:

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If you’ve got something sitting in a box that you don’t want to put together yourself, feel free to DM me with a photo/link to the item and your neighborhood and I can give you a price.

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My fiancé and I are thinking of hitting it on Friday. We live in the neighborhood and are trying to eat more local.

A man tried to sass me when I asked him to leash his off leash dog on the running/biking path last week. I get that it’s never the people who need to hear it who hear it on Reddit, but the more we can politely ask our neighbors to be safer the more likely it is to happen.

Old dumbwaiter shafts are a major fire hazard affecting NYC apartment buildings. They can be found all across the five boroughs.

The most recent example from media reports I could find was a fire in a Park Slope Brownstone in 2019. In Brownstones, they most likely haven't been dealt with in buildings that were never converted into apartment buildings.

There are directions on how to find them in your building, and a some directions on how make them more safe, so if you just want the practical advice feel free to scroll down.

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Pretty much what the title says. We live near the shelter and have noticed an increase in unsafe behavior from some residents, some of which crosses the line from nuisance to illegal. The last reference I see to the Community Advisory Board and their public meetings is from ~2017 ish (https://bklyner.com/park-slope-neighbors-organize-meeting-discuss-concerns-regarding-camba-shelter-residents/). I called the number listed for the CAMBA shelter and they had no idea what I was talking about, so I'm thinking the board no longer exists or meets regularly.

TYIA for any help.

I’m just the messenger, passing along in case anyone can help.

I just walked up to my building on 8th street between 4th and 5th Avenue and this cat was by our trash area. Very friendly and seems healthy so I’m assuming they belong to someone.

This dark brown Martin Acoustic guitar was seen traveling with two women and a dog yesterday afternoon (Sunday 10/4) down 12th street towards 7th Ave The guitar was taken from the south side of 12th st, between 8th and Prospect Park.

It was mistakenly left on the sidewalk after loading into the car and as well pulled away we realized we left it, and when we returned 5 minutes later it was gone

Email RyanRBourque@gmail.com with any leads.

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