Park Slope Courier is a newspaper in New York City, covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events for Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Red Hook, Gowanus, and surrounding areas.
By Craig McGuire
In Bensonhurst, you can drive down Vincent Gardenia Boulevard and in Bedford Stuyvesant, you can turn onto Marcus Garvey Boulevard. So why not rename a corner in Brooklyn Heights to honor one of the neighborhood’s most noted items? … (Click Here to Read More)
By Craig McGuire
Community Board 6 is withholding the approval of a Department of Transportation project, designed to test traffic calming devices in Red Hook, until they receive additional information from the DOT … (Click Here to Read More)
By Craig McGuire
Fore-warnings of massive reductions in health care and potentially inequitable service, both health care providers and health care reform advocates condemned President Bill Clinton’s Health Care Reform Plan at a recent hearing held in Brooklyn … (Click Here to Read More)
By Craig McGuire
Sharing his personal experiences of the Holocaust and racism, highly acclaimed African-American educator Dr. Leon Bass captivated an audience in Brooklyn Heights, describing his inspiring personal struggles and triumphs … (Click Here to Read More)
By Craig McGuire
The beginning of a new year is a time for celebration and fresh starts, but this year it had a special meaning for the Lopez family. At 2:15 on New Year’s morning, Jessica Lopez gave birth to nine-pound, three-ounce Jorge … (Click Here to Read More)
By Craig McGuire
Capital Improvement plans proposed by the Red Hook Industrial Business Improvement District (BID) steering committee received a cool reception from various community leaders at a recent open forum … (Click Here to Read More)
By Craig McGuire
Targeting crime in public housing, Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes last week introduced an innovative community court program to be based in the Red Hook Houses … (Click Here to Read More)
By Craig McGuire
The New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board found itself left out in the cold when a mid-January public meeting in downtown Brooklyn was cancelled when no residents showed up to comment. “When we planned the meeting, we didn’t account for an ice storm … (Click Here to Read More)
By Craig McGuire
The Department of Environmental Protection has completed blasting of the water tunnel shaft at 4th Avenue and is now preparing the site for the boring phase of the operation. When completed, City Tunnel Number 3 will connect with extensive tunnels from all five boroughs supplying water from upstate reservoirs … (Click Here to Read More)
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