Co-housing orientation. Learn about building a “co-housing community” of private apartments clustered around communal spaces. Park Slope Food Co-op (782 Union St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues in Park Slope), 10 am. Call (212) 229-9392 for info.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on October 10, 2008.

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: "Hansel and Gretel." Puppetworks (338 Sixth Ave., at Fourth Street in Park Slope). $7 kids, $8 adults. Call (718) 965-3391 for info.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on October 10, 2008.

Last we looked, 515 5th Avenue was a hot, green property, with a green roof and bamboo flooring (pretty standard for green, but enough to use the term as a marketing tool).

Published by Brownstoner on October 10, 2008.

Prewar two-bedroom, 1½-bath duplex, 1,055 square feet, with 300-square-foot outdoor space, tin ceilings, new kitchen with dishwasher and renovated bath with claw-foot tub. Common charges $340, taxes $183. Asking price $819,000, on market three months. Brokers: Kristina Leonetti and Jessica Buchman, The Corcoran Group.

Published by Brownstoner on October 10, 2008.

Someone stenciled an outline of a splayed body at the corner of President Street and Eighth Avenue in Park Slope to pay homage to Jonathan Millstein, a 50-year-old Boerum Hill resident who died on Sept. 10 after colliding with a bus at the intersection.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on October 10, 2008.

Co-op of the Day: 50 Sterling Place

Published by Brownstoner on October 9, 2008.

For those wondering what's happening with those burned out storefronts on Seventh Avenue between Union Street and Berkeley Place here's some news.

Published by Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn on October 9, 2008.

• A gray Volkswagen Passat was taken from a spot on Fourth Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues at around 2 pm.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on October 8, 2008.

PUPPETWORKS: 338 Sixth Ave., Park Slope. (718) 965-3391 or www.puppetworks.org.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on October 8, 2008.

BAX: 421 Fifth Ave., Park Slope. (718) 832-0018 or www.bax.org.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on October 8, 2008.

The Oct. 4 sale was Seventh Street and Eighth Avenue, Park Slope — the heart of the heart of Obama country — and even enticed a confessed McCain supporter.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on October 8, 2008.

Despite the fantastic location between Prospect Park West and 8th Avenue and the lovely architecture, there's something we're not feeling about this house at 632 3rd Street, Park Slope.

Published by Brownstoner on October 8, 2008.

The perp apparently entered through a screen window around 5 pm and left shortly after through another, gated window. The resident of the unit, which is on Seventh Avenue between Garfield Place and First Street, noticed that many things had been moved around the place, but could not ascertain whether anything had been stolen.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on October 8, 2008.

BARNES & NOBLE: 267 Seventh Ave., Park Slope. (718) 832-9074.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on October 8, 2008.

Though it only opened in May, the BBQ joint Lookout Hill at 230 5th Avenue, Park Slope has turned off its smokers, according to a tipster. The space has seen quite a bit of turnover in the last few years, with Biscuit and Night and Day not lasting too long, either. Isn't this supposed to be restaurant row?

Published by Brownstoner on October 8, 2008.

...stack up in your view? Both are pre-war; both are priced at $750,000. 209 Lincoln Place is in a large doorman building and has a monthly maintenance of $918; 862 President...

Published by Brownstoner on October 7, 2008.

...but we're pretty sure that the diner formerly known as New College Restaurant, at 224 4th Avenue, isn't in the South Slope. Still, after renovations, the restaurant re-opened as, well...

Published by Brownstoner on October 7, 2008.

The owner of a pair of one-story storefronts at 79-81 7th Avenue, Park Slope wants to tear them down and build a new two-story brick building in their place.

Published by Brownstoner on October 7, 2008.

...Lincoln Place is in a large doorman building and has a monthly maintenance of $918; 862 President Street, which is in a brownstone, has a maintenance of just $600. From where we stand...

Published by Brownstoner on October 7, 2008.

In the former Greenjeans spot, 449 7th Avenue, a new "ladies and girls'" boutique called Closet Couture is opening. A sign on the door promises a free gift for the first 30 customers who spend more than $50. Grand opening is November 1 at noon. We've seen a lot of businesses folding south of 9th Street. Will this one fly?

Published by Brownstoner on October 7, 2008.

...in 1960. When two planes collided over Staten Island, one of them came down on Seventh Avenue and Sterling Place, killing 134 people. Also, the south Slope was home to one of the largest clock...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on October 7, 2008.

143 Seventh Avenue, Park Slope

Published by Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn on October 5, 2008.

Number 581 5th Avenue at 16th Street will be a coffee shop, according to DOB filings that reveal a $42,000 interior renovation.

Published by Brownstoner on October 3, 2008.

A tipster sent in this info about a new café on 8th Avenue and Prospect Avenue: "It's called Gialeti's Cafe, and promises fresh-baked pastries, paninis, and crepes." Should help fill the hole left by the closing of Café Eleven and Tea Lounge; the latter space remains vacant, by the way.

Published by Brownstoner on October 2, 2008.

PUPPETWORKS: 338 Sixth Ave., Park Slope. (718) 965-3391 or www.puppetworks.org.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on October 2, 2008.

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Hansel and Gretel.” Puppetworks (338 Sixth Ave. at Fourth Street in Park Slope). $7 kids, $8 adults. Call (718) 965-3391 for info.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on October 2, 2008.

Three weeks after the DOB green-lighted it, and over a year after DCP approved it, Fifth Avenue Committee's 35,000-square-foot affordable supportive housing project 5th Avenue and 16th Street is under way. The five-story, 49-unit building will aim for LEED certification when it's done, which folks hope will quell the opposition the project once endured.

Published by Brownstoner on October 2, 2008.

BROOKLYN LYCEUM: 227 Fourth Ave., Gowanus. (718) 857-4816 or www.brooklynlyceum.com.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on October 2, 2008.

The news comes after some neighbors of the building, on 15th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues, told the city they feared it would generate traffic and parking congestion.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on October 1, 2008.

The lady told cops that she’d met the handsome stranger at a “finer diner” on Ninth Street at Eighth Avenue. They chatted for a while, and as she was leaving the restaurant at around 11:30 pm, the man offered to walk her to the subway.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on October 1, 2008.

PUPPETWORKS: 338 Sixth Ave., Park Slope. (718) 965-3391 or www.puppetworks.org.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on October 1, 2008.

Brown craft paper covers the windows of the former fabric store on 7th Avenue and Berkeley Place in Park Slope, and a tipster tells us when the paper comes down it will be... a real estate office. Let the growling begin. Can anyone out there confirm?

Published by Brownstoner on October 1, 2008.

Going up at 572 5th Avenue, just across the street from the Fifth Avenue Committee's affordable housing project: a seven-story, 70-foot, 18-unit building designed by Karl Fischer. No rending on his

Published by Brownstoner on October 1, 2008.

BROOKLYN LYCEUM: 227 Fourth Ave., Gowanus. (718) 857-4816 or www.brooklynlyceum.com.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on October 1, 2008.

252 4th Avenue at President Street; (718) 855-0757

Published by Brownstoner on October 1, 2008.

It's hard to get your arms around this ground-floor duplex at 497 12th Street, Park Slope without a floorplan; despite having some nice original woodwork, the layout looks a little awkward and the views aren't exactly uplifting.

Published by Brownstoner on September 30, 2008.

Zagat welcomes this "comfortable" "place to meet" as a Park Slope "neighborhood staple" - with "free Internet access" and "gorgeous" "outdoor seating." Enthusiasts proclaim this coffee/wine bar's "carefully curated variety" of "first-class chocolates" are paired with "delicious" vino, plus the "hipster staff" serve up java, hot cocoa and "excellent" desserts.

Published by NY1 on September 29, 2008.

Given the scope of the most current bust, it's not difficult to imagine New Yorkers trading their pricey gym passes for a belt-tightener like a Y membership. The Prospect Park branch has been around since 1891, and the building itself, at 357 Ninth Street, since 1927. But longevity alone cannot explain the success of the branch in Park Slope, nor the expansion of facilities that Mr. Andrews will oversee in the upcoming months.

Published by The New York Observer on September 29, 2008.

But that was then and this is now. At New Voices, her new middle school 18th Street near Sixth Avenue, the principal, Frank Giordano, urges the kids to get to school on time — and OSFO is taking that very seriously. She rides the Seventh Avenue bus by herself now and is determined to catch the 8 am. There’s nothing like a bus schedule to get you moving in the morning.

Published by Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn on September 28, 2008.

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Hansel & Gretel.” Puppetworks (338 Sixth Ave. at Fourth Street in Park Slope). $7 kids, $8 adults. Call (718) 965-3391 for info.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on September 25, 2008.

11:30 am-6 pm: Music and dance fest. Brooklyn Arts Exchange (421 Fifth Ave. at Eighth Street in Park Slope). $12 adults, $8 kids per concert. $45 all day family pass. Call (718) 832-0018 for info.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on September 25, 2008.

274 Garfield Pl., between Eighth Avenue and Prospect Park West in Park Slope, (718) 768-3814.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on September 24, 2008.

PUPPETWORKS: 338 Sixth Ave., Park Slope. (718) 965-3391 or www.puppetworks.org.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on September 24, 2008.

• A pair of thieves entered a cellphone store on Flatbush Avenue near Park Place at around 4 pm on Sept. 19, snipped a few security cables, and ran off with more than $2,000 in phones.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on September 24, 2008.

BROOKLYN LYCEUM: 227 Fourth Ave., Gowanus. (718) 857-4816 or www.brooklynlyceum.com.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on September 24, 2008.

But that was then and this is now. At New Voices, her new middle school 18th Street near Sixth Avenue, the principal, Frank Giordano, urges the kids to get to school on time — and Smartmom is taking that very seriously. She rides the Seventh Avenue bus by herself now and is determined to catch the 8 am. There’s nothing like a bus schedule to get you moving in the morning.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on September 23, 2008.

BROOKLYN LYCEUM: 227 Fourth Ave., Gowanus. (718) 857-4816 or www.brooklynlyceum.com.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on September 22, 2008.

I peeked through a rip in the plain brown paper on the windows of the space at 189 Seventh Avenue (at 2nd Street) that used to be Second Street Cafe and saw that the newcomers, Kids Rx are nearly finished with their transformation of that space from a restaurant into a drug store.

Published by Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn on September 22, 2008.

PUPPETWORKS: 338 Sixth Ave., Park Slope. (718) 965-3391 or www.puppetworks.org.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on September 22, 2008.

Dubbed Park(ing) Day NYC, the event saw participants from numerous companies and community groups roll out carpets of lush sod onto the streets at locations from Park Slope to Long Island City to Harlem.

Published by New York Post on September 20, 2008.