Park Slope
Location:
Neighborhood in northeastern Brooklyn, bounded north by 4th and Flatbush Avenues, to the east by Flatbush Avenue and Prospect Park West, to the south by Prospect Park West and 15th Street and to the west by 4th Avenue.
Description:
Park Slope is known for its vibrant cultural community and is considered one of Brooklyn's major cultural centers. It takes its name from its location on the western slope of neighboring Prospect Park. The neighborhood has many historic buildings, hip restaurants, bars, and retail stores, as well as close access to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Central Library (as well as the Park Slope branch) of the Brooklyn Public Library system. Many famous writers, actors, and musicians live in Park Slope
Racial Makeup
Park Slope neighborhoods:
I. Significant Neighborhood Institutions:
1. Prospect Park (with the numerous amenities already listed on your website).
2. Main Branch of Brooklyn Public Library and several smaller branches within the neighborhood
3. Brooklyn Museum - portions of which are newly refurbished
4. Brooklyn Botanic Garden - containing a wonderful cherry tree esplanade, a beautiful and peaceful Japanese garden, and children's garden
5. Saturday Farmers' Market at Grand Army Plaza
6. Music School on Seventh Avenue with regular weekend performances
7. Fifth Avenue (joining Seventh Avenue) containing many new, small, individually owned shops, great restaurants and galleries
8. PuppetWorks, a puppet theater on Sixth Avenue, and a range of other theaters and cultural amenities
9. Park Slope Food Coop - Member owned, run and staffed grocery store with 11,000 members
10. Fifth Avenue Committee - a community development corporation dedicated to preserving affordable housing, employment for low-income and working people and providing many other services to the community in the interests of preserving an economically diverse and affordable neighborhood
11. A special trolley leaving from Grand Army Plaza takes people to the Brooklyn Children's Museum
12. Outdoor flea market every Saturday at P.S. 321
II. Good Transportation Links Many New York City subway lines serve various portions of the neighborhood: the 2, 3, N, R, Q and F lines have stops in the area. There are also a number of buses.
III. Lots of independently owned small businesses including at least three independent bookstores. Some stores, e.g. several ice cream places and a muffin store have quite a bit of seating outside. Because there are lots of places to stop and sit it's a great neighborhood to walk around in.
IV. Lots of Annual Events:
1. The Fifth Avenue Street Fair - every spring
2. The Halloween Parade on Seventh Avenue
3. The St. Patrick's Day Parade
4. The Labor Day West Indian Parade (on Eastern Parkway but ends at Grand Army Plaza)
5. Gay Pride Parade
6. Philharmonic in Prospect Park
7. Summer performances at the Bandshell in Prospect Park
STORY:
I've been living in my neighborhood since I was about 5 or 6 years old. I love my neighborhood. It has everything that I can want. I have pizzerias and all types of restaurants from Chinese to Mexican food. I have a lot of memories in this one pizzeria called Smiling Pizza. In junior high school I always used to go there and get a slice with my best friend. We would always caught up and tell each other how our day went. This pizzeria became somewhat of a hung out spot for us. We spent many hours there just talking and laughing. This pizzeria gave us a place to go after school.
Smiling Pizza:
