Gunman opens fire, injures 1 in broad daylight shooting inside Prospect Park

NYPost.com (Metro) 11/19 12:58P Joe Marino, Allie Griffin

The 37-year-old victim was shot once in the leg and was rushed to Methodist Hospital in stable condition, cops said.

Jewish Rep. Dan Goldman’s NYC office vandalized with pro-Palestinian graffiti: ‘Blood on ur hands’

NYPost.com (Metro) 11/17 1:04P Victor Nava

Rep. Dan Goldman’s Brooklyn office was defaced Thursday night with pro-Palestinian graffiti that read “Blood on ur [sic] hands,” “free Palestine,” and “let Gaza live. The slogans were spray painted by at least two suspects on the facade of the...

Unraveling the Sweetness in White Wine Bottles

Park Slope BubbleLife iReporter 11/15 4:13A Bottle Barn

As the sun-dappled vineyards stretch towards the horizon, a world of subtle sweetness unfolds within the realm of white wine bottles. Amidst these rolling landscapes, the symphony of flavors dances, and the secrets of sweetness are unveiled. In...

2 young women randomly attack woman, 30, in vicious NYC subway assault: cops

NYPost.com (Metro) 11/3 9:13A Amanda Woods

The victim was riding a southbound No. 4 train approaching the Grand Army Plaza and Flatbush Avenue station around 12:30 a.m. Oct. 11 when two women approached and started punching and kicking her, authorities said.

Prominent NYC synagogue vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti, stickers: NYPD

NYPost.com (Metro) 10/27 12:10P Amanda Woods

A prominent Park Slope synagogue was vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti and stickers in an apparent hate-motivated act early Friday, cops said.

After 28 years, Prospect Park reopens Fallkill Trail

Brooklyn Daily Eagle 10/27 11:00A Mary Frost

PROSPECT PARK — It’s been fenced off for 28 years, but now visitors can stroll along a newly-restored woodland hiking trail in Prospect Park, leading to the scenic Fallkill Waterfall. On Wednesday, the Prospect Park Alliance, its landscape...

Part of Prospect Park closed to visitors since 1995 is reopening — with a waterfall, too

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 10/25 7:16A NBC New York Staff

It's not often a part of New York City that hasn't been open for nearly 30 years will be reopened to the public — and right in the heart of a beloved destination for tourists and locals alike.

Visitors Will Be Able to See Prospect Park’s Waterfall. Eventually.

NYTimes.com (N.Y./Region) 10/22 10:00P Lola Fadulu

Fallkill Falls has long been officially off limits. That’s changing, but parkgoers may have to wait until winter to see actual water falling.

Prospect Park Zoo closed due to water damage

Brooklyn Daily Eagle 10/17 12:00P Ella

The old song goes, “Something tells me it’s all happening at the zoo,” but it’s not happening right now, at least for would-be visitors to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Zoo. Due to extensive damage caused by the heavy rains that hit New York City as...

First weekend closure of BQE brings packed roads, lots of traffic agents to Brooklyn

Brooklyn Daily Eagle 10/16 10:00A Ella

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The first weekend closure of the Queens-bound lanes of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway between Atlantic Avenue and Sand Street brought traffic jams that extended from Brooklyn Heights to Park Slope, and honking horns, especially...

Prospect Park Zoo Remains Closed After Ophelia Flood Damage

NYTimes.com (Times Wire) 10/14 8:38A Hurubie Meko

The zoo, which was inundated by heavy rainfall in New York in late September, said that it would reopen but did not provide a date.

‘Historic Brooklyn Greenway’ unveiled as part of city’s ambitious new system

Brooklyn Daily Eagle 10/13 7:00A Ella

A planned new expansion of New York City’s greenway system, announced Thursday by Mayor Eric Adams and several of his commissioners, would include a “Historic Brooklyn Greenway.” This route would begin at Highland Park at the Brooklyn-Queen...

Best Wines for Halloween 2023 Under $50

Park Slope BubbleLife iReporter 10/12 11:59P Bottle Barn

We naturally gravitate toward the thrilling and mysterious as the leaves turn fiery shades of red and gold, and the crisp autumn breeze carries Halloween's promise. Halloween, a night of enchantment, trickery, and all things eerie, beckons us to...

Sicko wearing Chucky sweatshirt with phrase, ‘No More Mr. Good Guys’ molests woman in NYC: cops

NYPost.com (Metro) 10/10 6:37A Amanda Woods

The 27-year-old victim was strolling on St. John’s Place near Sixth Avenue in Park Slope around 10 p.m. Wednesday when the stranger approached her from behind and sexually abused her, authorities said.

Sea Lion Briefly Escapes From Central Park Zoo During Rainstorm

The Eastchester Daily Voice 10/1 2:45A Joe Lombardi

Record-breaking rainfall from a slow-moving coastal storm system resulted in dangerous flooding and travel nightmares in and around New York City on Friday, Sept. 29. But it proved to be an opportunity for a rogue sea lion named Sally, who was...