Best Playgrounds in Park Slope, Brooklyn

Mommy Poppins 3/23 7:00P Kristy Etheridge

Park Slope is a haven for families, so it's no surprise that there are plenty of places to play. Here are our favorite playgrounds in and near Park Slope, Brooklyn. Park Slope, Brooklyn and nearby Prospect Park are full of lively neighborhood...

Alleged straw donor to former Mayor Adams planning mixed-use Park Slope project

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 3/12 12:33A Julian Nazar

Brooklyn developer Tolib Mansurov is adding another project to his portfolio in the borough. Mansurov recently filed plans with the city's Department of Buildings for a new 8-story, roughly 35,400-square-foot mixed-use building at 250 Flatbush...

On Politics: Six revenue strategies Mamdani's city budget overlooked

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 2/18 12:33A Ross Barkan

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s bid to close a $5 billion budget gap through an income tax hike is understandable enough, if Gov. Kathy Hochul has indicated it probably won’t happen. Now Mamdani, with his $127 billion preliminary budget, is resorting to...

Seller of Astoria pool hall site purchases Park Slope brownstone

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 2/9 8:44A C. J. Hughes

From pool hall to Park Slope. The executive behind last month’s $18 million sale of the former site of the Astoria Billiards Café in Queens appears to have directed some proceeds into a boutique Brooklyn apartment building. A company linked to...

Bronx developer plans new home for historic Harlem market with affordable housing

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 1/26 12:33A Julianne Cuba

A Bronx developer will replace the longstanding Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market on West 116th Street with a new residential building that includes a home for what's now an open-air canopied bazaar. Peter Procida, manager of Procida Development...

Best Indoor Places to Play in Park Slope, Brooklyn

Mommy Poppins 1/23 4:08A Rosalind Muggeridge

Let’s be honest: Entertaining kids at home in NYC can feel harder than it should be. Apartments are small, cabin fever is real, and sometimes you need to get out of the house without committing to a full-day outing or spending a ton of money. The...

Doctor-turned-real estate exec picks up pair of historic SoHo buildings

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/22 8:26A Eddie Small

A pair of SoHo apartment buildings dating back to the turn of the 20th century has sold for $18 million. Michael Ostad, a doctor-turned-real estate executive, purchased the adjacent properties at 159 and 161 Prince St. from Midtown-based JSRE...

Mamdani defends mental health plan after fatal police shooting in Brooklyn hospital

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 1/9 8:36A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Mayor Zohran Mamdani defended his plan to remove police from many mental health calls after NYPD officers shot and killed an allegedly knife-wielding man at Methodist Hospital in Park Slope on Thursday evening. Officers responded to reports of a...

Ex-magazine executives turn the page on Park Slope brownstone

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 1/8 8:22A C. J. Hughes

A stylish experiment in family-based co-living has come to a profitable end. Chris Mitchell and Pilar Guzman, Conde Nast executives-turned-interior designers, have sold the prewar Park Slope brownstone they co-owned and shared with Mitchell’s...