From the monthly archives: January 2006

How to Get Past a Park Slope Co-op Board

By On January 26, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Big Sale Rose

Originally uploaded by cbonney.

Dress in a suit.

Keep calm.

Speak when spoken to.

Don’t volunteer too much.

Be yourself (unless you are a dog-breeding rock star).

Small co-ops: be enthusiastic about helping with the chores (garbage, cleaning, etc.) [...]

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The Slope goes Greek (or is it Roman?)

By On January 18, 2006 · 5 Comments

A new addition to the Eighth Avenue streetscape popped up over the past month or so. The building, located at Eighth and Union, recently had a brownstone rehab… is this what happens to the leftover concrete?

Does anyone have any idea who this “Costas” person is? The property records show the owner of the lot [...]

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“Dumpkin” Attack: SUV on 3rd St.

By On January 16, 2006 · 4 Comments

William from the lowercase L blog writes to Daily Slope:

“My friend Shana and I were walking down 3rd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues … and when we saw this SUV, we just couldn’t believe our eyes. Someone had smashed a pumpkin on the windshield and hood. And out of the hollowed pumpkin [...]

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Fire on 6th and 11th

By On January 11, 2006 · 2 Comments

Ben writes in the Park Slope Message Boards: “anyone see the fire on 6th and 11th last night (Jan. 9)? It was the top floor of the building that Bar Toto is in. Anyone know the details on what happened? It looked really bad, huge flames shooting out of the top floor window.”

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Best Brooklyn Blogs of 2005

By On January 4, 2006 · 1 Comment

The Hanged Man

Originally uploaded by Dope on the Slope.

Up over at Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn.

“Best name for a Brooklyn Blog” goes to Dope on the Slope, who recently snapped this picture of The Hanged Man, an “odd [...]

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Crash Boom

By On January 1, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Crash Boom

Originally uploaded by lasadh.

lasadh says: “This car crashed into the front door of my apartment building tonight (Dec. 29, 2005).”

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Excuse Me, But You’re (Allegedly) Masturbating on the (Alleged) Q Train

By On January 1, 2006 · 3 Comments

From a comment e-mailed by an unregistered user of the Message Boards:

On Thursday 12/29 at 10:35am, I ran into a subway masturbator on the Q train going over the Manhattan bridge… ”

“I decided that I could disarm him by yelling at him, so as we went over the bridge, I said [...]

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