A typical Park Slope block in spring.

Park Slope snowcovered.

Park Slope is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, USA, roughly bounded by Fourth Avenue, Prospect Park West (Ninth Avenue), Flatbush Avenue, and Fifteenth Street. It takes its name from being founded on the western slope of neighboring Prospect Park. Park Slope is considered a cultural center of Brooklyn with its many historic buildings, hip restaurants, bars, and retail stores, as well as close access to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Brooklyn Public Library, the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, and the Brooklyn Museum. The main streets of commerce are Seventh Avenue and Fifth Avenue. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (768x1024, 634 KB) Photo by Greogry Kats (myself) Fabulosly-looking Park Slope street in a Spring. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (768x1024, 634 KB) Photo by Greogry Kats (myself) Fabulosly-looking Park Slope street in a Spring. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 274 KB) Photo by Greogry Kats (myself) another view of sidewalk in Park Slope, covered by piles of snow. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 274 KB) Photo by Greogry Kats (myself) another view of sidewalk in Park Slope, covered by piles of snow. ... Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Flatbush Avenue is Brooklyns signature Avenue. ... Prospect Park is a 526 acre (2. ... A typical restaurant in uptown Manhattan A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ... Tourists sit outside a bar in Chiang Mai, Thailand A bar in Switzerland. ... In commerce, a retailer buys goods or products in large quantities from manufacturers or importers, either directly or through a wholesaler, and then sells individual items or small quantities to the general public or end user customers, usually in a shop, also called store. ... Brooklyn Academy of Music ( pronounced BAM! in Emerilese) is located in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, at 30 Lafayette Avenue near the Flatbush Avenue Station of the Long Island Rail Road and the Williamsburgh Savings Bank, the tallest building in Brooklyn. ... The Main Branch, Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, 2003 The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), is the public library system of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. ... The Cranford Rose Garden at Brooklyn Botanic Garden The Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is a botanical garden located next to Prospect Park near Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, New York. ... Brooklyn Museum, Eastern Parkway, 2005 The Brooklyn Museum, located at 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York, is the second largest art museum in the City, and one of the largest in the United States. ... Main Street or Main Street America is an almost fanciful, dated reference to the main region of small town/suburban America, since it really no longer exists. ...

The neighborhood is served by many routes of the New York City Subway: The IND Culver Line (F train) at 4th Ave, 7th Ave and 15th St./Prospect Park West; The IRT Eastern Parkway Line (2 & 3 trains) at Atlantic Ave, Bergen St. and Grand Army Plaza; The BMT Fourth Avenue Line (N, M & R trains) at 9th St., Union St. and Pacific St.; The BMT Broadway Line and IND Sixth Avenue Line (Q and B trains) at Pacific St. and 7th Ave (at Flatbush.) The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system in New York City, New York, United States. ... The IND Culver Line is a rapid transit line of the IND Division of the New York City Subway, extending from the Rutgers Street Tunnel under the East River to the BMT Culver Line at Ditmas Avenue (which continues to Coney Island). ... The Eastern Parkway Line, sometimes called the New Lots Line, is a line of the New York Subway in Brooklyn. ... Grand Army Plaza, located at Flatbush Avenue and Grand Army Plaza, is a local station with a very wide island platform, which the express tracks and BMT Brighton Line tracks pass underneath (built at the same time as part of the Dual Contracts). ... The BMT Fourth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway. ... The Broadway Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway system. ... The Sixth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the IND division of the New York City Subway system, running mostly under Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. ...

History

Early history

The area that today comprises the neighborhood of Park Slope was first inhabited by the Canarsee Indians. The Dutch colonized the area by the 1600s and farmed the region for more than 200 years. During the American Revolutionary War on August 27, 1776, the Park Slope area served as the backdrop for the beginning of the Battle of Long Island, also called the Battle of Brooklyn, the first pitched battle between the British and the Continental Army under the command of George Washington. In this battle, over 10,000 British Redcoats and Hessians routed outnumbered American forces at Battle Pass. What appeared as a major defeat for the colonials was actually the first of many of Washington's tactical retreats. The historical site is now preserved in Prospect Park. 1597 1598 1599 - 1600 - 1601 1602 1603 |- | align=center colspan=2 | Decades: 1570s 1580s 1590s - 1600s - 1610s 1620s 1630s |- | align=center | Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |} // Events January January 1 - Scotland adopts January 1st as being New Years Day February February 17 - Giordano Bruno burned at the... Combatants American Revolutionaries, France, Netherlands, Spain, Native Americans British Empire, German mercenaries, Native Americans Commanders George Washington Comte de Rochambeau Nathanael Greene William Howe Henry Clinton Charles Cornwallis The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was the military component of the American Revolution. ... Births 1407 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. ... This article is about the year 1776. ... Combatants United States Britain Commanders Lieutenant General George Washington, Major General Israel Putnam Lieutenant General Sir William Howe, Major Generals Charles Cornwallis, Henry Clinton Strength 11,000-13,000 (about 10,000 of which were militia ) 22,000 (including 9,000 Hessian mercenaries) Casualties 312 dead, 1407 wounded, captured or... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...

19th century development

The architectural details of one of Park Slope's buildings.

In 1814 ferry service from the nearby Brooklyn Terminal linked the Park Slope and South Brooklyn region to Manhattan, a thriving business center at the time. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 249 KB) Summary The architectural details of one of houses in Park Slope Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 249 KB) Summary The architectural details of one of houses in Park Slope Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... South Brooklyn is a hybrid neighborhood encompassing areas of Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Red Hook, Gowanus and Boerum Hill. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ...

In the 1850s, a local lawyer and railroad developer named Edwin Clarke Litchfield (1815-1885) purchased large tracts of what was then farmland. Through the American Civil War era, he sold off much of his land to residential developers. During the 1860s, the City of Brooklyn purchased his estate and adjoining property to create the famous 526 acre (2 km²) park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A lawyer is a person who advises clients in legal matters and represents them in courts of law and in other forms of dispute resolution. ... A developer can be one of: A software developer, one who programs computers or designs the system to match the requirements of a systems analyst. ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders Abraham Lincoln† Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee Strength 2,213,363 1,064,200 Casualties KIA: 110,100 Total dead: 359,500 Wounded: 275,200 KIA: 74,500 Total dead: 198,500 Wounded: 137,000+  The American... // Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... Frederick Law Olmsted, oil painting by John Singer Sargent, 1895, Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was a United States landscape architect, famous for designing many well-known urban parks, including Central Park in New York City, the countrys oldest coordinated... An unobtrusive bridge in Central Park, designed by Calvert Vaux, separates pedestrians from the carriage drive. ...

Park Slope’s bucolic period ended soon after. By the late 1870s, with horse-drawn rail carts running to the park bringing many rich New Yorkers in the process, the neighborhood dramatically changed. Many of the large Victorian mansions on Prospect Park West, known as the Gold Coast, were built in the 1880s and 1890s to take advantage of the beautiful park views. Today, many of these buildings are preserved within the 24-block Park Slope Historic District, one of New York's largest landmarked neighborhoods. By 1883, with the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, Park Slope continued to boom and subsequent brick and brownstone structures pushed the neighborhood's borders farther. In the Southern Slope, by the Gowanus Canal for example, there was a flourishing Italian and Irish community. These immigrants built many modest rowhouses along the waterfront where they worked. Bucolic, although often used as an adjective, is a noun originally describing a type of pastoral poetry that praises rural life over that of the city. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles during the Victorian era: Neoclassicism Gothic Revival Italianate Second Empire Neo-Grec Romanesque Revival (Includes Richardsonian Revival) Renaissance Revival Queen Anne Jacobethan architecture (the precusor to the Queen Anne style) British Arts and Crafts movement painted... // Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses, see Brooklyn Bridge (disambiguation). ... A weathered brick wall. ... This article is about the building material. ... An aerial view of the canal and the crossings of it. ... A street of British terraced housing In architecture and city planning, a terrace, rowhouse, or townhouse (United States) is a style of housing since the late 18th century where identical individual houses are cojoined into rows. ...

In 1892, President Grover Cleveland presided over the unveiling of The Soldiers and Sailors Arch at Grand Army Plaza, a notable Park Slope landmark. 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the 22nd (1885–1889) and 24th (1893–1897) President of the United States, and the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. ... The Soldiers and Sailors Arch at Grand Army Plaza Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, New York forms the main entrance to Prospect Park. ...

Baseball history

Baseball has played a prominent role in the history of the Park Slope area. From 1879-1889, the Brooklyn Atlantics (later to become the Dodgers) played at Washington Park on 5th Ave between 3rd and 4th Streets. When the park was destroyed by a fire, the time moved to their part-time home in Ridgewood, Queens and then to a park in East New York, Brooklyn. In 1898, the "New" Washington Park was built between 3rd and 4th Avenues and between 1st and 3rd Streets near the Gowanus Canal. The team, by this point known as the Dodgers, played to an ever-growing fan base at this location. By the end of the 1912 season, it was clear that the team had outgrown the field, and the neighborhood. Team owner Charles Ebbets moved the team to his Ebbets Field stadium in Flatbush for the beginning of the 1913 season. [1] Baseball is a team sport in which a player on one team (the pitcher) attempts to throw a hard, fist-sized ball past a player on the other team (the batter), who attempts to hit the baseball with a tapered, smooth, cylindrical stick called a bat. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn (Atlantic or the Brooklyn Atlantics) was baseballs first champion and its first dynasty. ... The text below is generated by a template, which has been proposed for deletion. ... Washington Park was the name given to two different major league baseball parks in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, located at 3rd St. ... Ridgewood is a small community in Queens, New York, that borders the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick and Williamsburg, and the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale. ... Queens Borough in New York City, in yellow Queens is the largest in area and second most populous of the five boroughs of New York City. ... East New York is a neighborhood in Brooklyn which has had a dramatic turn around prior to 15 years ago. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... An aerial view of the canal and the crossings of it. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Charles Hercules Ebbets (October 29, 1859 - April 18, 1925) was an American sports executive who was owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1903 to 1925. ... Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball park located at in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York. ... Flatbush is a neighborhood of the Borough of Brooklyn, a part of New York City. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

Blight and gentrification

Typical Park Slope houses, on 14th street, in winter.

A close-up of houses.

Through the 1950s, Park Slope saw its decline as a result of suburban sprawl and bearish local industries. But while many of the wealthy and middle-class families were fleeing for the suburban life, "urban pioneers", especially lesbians in the case of Park Slope, faced blight and rising urban crime rates in order to occupy much of South Brooklyn's historic buildings. From this point, Park Slope changed into a neighborhood with a unique gay identity (sometimes referred to as "Dyke Slope"), that also became ideal for baby boomers starting new families. By the 1960s, an official revitalization movement was in full swing to preserve the neighborhood's historic row houses, stately brownstones, and Queen Anne, Renaissance Revival, and Romanesque mansions. With the historic Park Slope district (around Seventh Ave) seeing a rebirth, so was the popularity to live in the general area. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 271 KB) Photo by Greogry Kats (myself) The typical beautiful, and quiet Victorian Style street of this neighborhood. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 271 KB) Photo by Greogry Kats (myself) The typical beautiful, and quiet Victorian Style street of this neighborhood. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 327 KB) Photo by Greogry Kats (myself) Especially in a spring, Victorian Houses of Park Slope Streets look so fabulous File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 327 KB) Photo by Greogry Kats (myself) Especially in a spring, Victorian Houses of Park Slope Streets look so fabulous File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Urban sprawl (also called suburban sprawl and Los Angelization) describes the growth of a metropolitan area, particularly the suburbs, over a large area. ... Wealth usually refers to money and property. ... The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view. ... White flight is a colloquial term for the demographic trend of white people, generally but not always upper and middle class, moving from increasingly and predominantly non-white areas, often from urban cores to nearby suburbs or even to new locales entirely, e. ... This article is about homosexual women, not inhabitants of the Greek island of Lesbos A lesbian (lowercase L) is a homosexual woman. ... This graph shows the rate of non-fatal firearm-related crime in the United States from 1993 to 2003. ... South Brooklyn is a hybrid neighborhood encompassing areas of Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Red Hook, Gowanus and Boerum Hill. ... A baby boom is defined as a period of increased birth rates relative to surrounding generations. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... The Buttermans, the historic home of John Newman, the butter king, is one of several Queen Anne mansions in Elgin, Illinois The Queen Anne style of British and American architecture reached its greatest popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century, manifesting itself in a number of different ways... By region Italian Renaissance Spanish Renaissance Northern Renaissance English Renaissance French Renaissance German Renaissance Polish Renaissance Renaissance Architecture: The cultural movement called the Renaissance (which literally means re-birth) was just that in architecture, a rebirth of the Roman traditions of design recognized by contemporaries in the term allAntica... The Romans adopted the external language of classical Greek architecture for their own purposes, which were so different from Greek buildings as to create a new architectural style. ...

In the late 1970s, the area around Fifth Avenue in Park Slope was suffering from widespread abandonment and blight, with more than 200 vacant buildings and 150 vacant lots within one mile. As a result of the neighborhood's close proximity to Prospect Park, and the many well-built apartment houses and brownstones, this region also became ripe for gentrification. Through the 1980s, there also was a significant influx of immigrant families into the neighborhood, who occupied many of the one and two-bedroom apartments available. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ...

By the 1990s, partly as a result of inflated Manhattan rents along with the inflated dot-com economy, people who might otherwise have lived in Manhattan began moving to Park Slope in large numbers. The influx was mainly families and young professionals: hipsters tended to move to Williamsburg, while yuppies tended to move to Park Slope and Greenpoint. The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Dot-com (also dotcom or redundantly dot. ... A hipster is a person who derives their identity largely through their association with a subculture which has been deemed hip, a word taken from African American Vernacular English (AAVE). ... The Williamsburg Bridge connects the Brooklyn neighborhood to Manhattan Williamsburg is a neighborhood in northern Brooklyn, New York City. ... Yuppie is short for Young Urban Professional. It is used to describe a demographic profile: people, usually between their late twenties and early thirties, generally with graduate degrees. ... Views from Greenpoints East River waterfront of Manhattan Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. ...

During the second major boom for the neighborhood, Park Slope evolved into a racially and economically mixed neighborhood, a place where stock brokers live alongside poor and middle-class working families. But, this phenomenon is far from natural and is the result of much planning and activism by local community organizations, like the Fifth Avenue Committee, that fought to maintain much of the neighborhood's diversity. A 2001 report by the New York City Rent Guidelines Board found that from 1990 to 1999, rents in New York City jumped anywhere from 37 percent to 48 percent, depending on what kind of building the apartment was in. [2] The explosion of property values inspired real estate agents to be increasingly generous about the borders of Park Slope, not unlike the expansion of Fort Greene into Bedford-Stuyvesant; South Slope, Prospect Heights, Windsor Terrace, and Boerum Hill all became to some extent part of greater Park Slope. A stock market is a market for the trading of publicly held company stock and associated financial instruments (including stock options, convertibles and stock index futures). ... Working poor is a term used to describe individuals and families who maintain full-time jobs but remain in relative poverty due to low levels of pay and dependent expenses. ... Urban planning is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest towns to the worlds largest cities. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... Community organizing is a process by which people are brought together to act in common self-interest. ... Diversity is the presence of a wide range of variation in the qualities or attributes under discussion. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... This article is about the year. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Rent can refer to: Renting, a system of payment for the temporary use of something owned by someone else. ... The neighborhood of Fort Greene is listed on the National and New York State Registry of Historic Places, and is a New York City designated Historic District. ... Bedford Stuyvesant (aka Bed-Stuy) is a neighborhood in central Brooklyn, New York City. ... Prospect Heights is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, USA, bounded by Flatbush Avenue, Atlantic Avenue, Eastern Parkway and Bedford Avenue. ... Windsor Terrace is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, USA. It is bounded by Prospect Park to the east and Green-Wood Cemetery to the west. ... Boerum Hill is a small segment of Brooklyn roughly bounded by State Street to the north, 3rd Avenue to the east, Court Street to the west, and Warren Street to the south. ...

Notable residents

Many notable people have lived in Park Slope, and many more still continue to call it home. John Linnell of They Might Be Giants has called Park Slope his home for the last ten years. Former resident KRS-ONE was first born Lawrence Parker in Park Slope before running away from home to the Bronx. Actor Colin Quinn and author Pete Hamill were born and raised here, and Sara Moulton of the Food Network also lives in Park Slope. Chuck Schumer, New York's senior U.S. Senator, lives near Grand Army Plaza overlooking Prospect Park. Deceased rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard's mother lives in a four-story brownstone in the Slope. Linnell is known for his reserved stage personality, especially compared to bandmate Flansburgh. ... They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) are an American pop/rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh, collectively known as the two Johns or John and John. Known for their experimental / pop music, they have been popular on college campuses and earned a reputation as intellectual... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ... Colin Quinn (born June 6, 1959) is an Irish-American comedian. ... Pete Hamill Pete Hamill (born 1935) is a prominent American journalist, novelist, and short story writer. ... Sara Moulton is the executive chef of Gourmet magazine and host of the Food Network show Saras Secrets. ... Television Food Network, normally referred to as Food Network, is a New York-based cable network that airs many specials and recurring (episodic) shows about food and its preparation. ... Charles Ellis Chuck Schumer (born November 23, 1950) is the senior Senator from the state of New York and a member of the Democratic Party. ... Ol Dirty Bastard, born Russell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968 – November 13, 2004), was an American rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan. ...

Actors

• Paul Bettany
• Steve Buscemi
• Jennifer Connelly
• Zena Grey
• Athan Maroulis
• Colin Quinn
• John Turturro
• John Ventimiglia
• Lawrence Fishburne grew up in Park Slope

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Artists

• Alex Grey

Alex Grey (born November 29, 1953 in Columbus, Ohio) is an artist specializing in spiritual and psychedelic art that is sometimes associated with the New Age movement. ...

Writers

• Paul Auster
• Bruce Brooks
• Jonathan Safran Foer
• George Hagen
• Pete Hamill
• Joshua Keating
• Jim Knipfel
• Nicole Krauss
• Jonathan Lethem
• David Rees (cartoonist)
• Elizabeth Royte
• Jon Scieszka
• Katy Sparks
• Mo Willems

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Political figures

• Evan Litwack
• James F. Brennan
• Shelley Weiss
• Ishan Banerjee
• Hugh Carey

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See also

• 1960 New York air disaster
• List of Brooklyn, New York neighborhoods
• Streetcar suburb

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External links

• Park Slope Neighborhood Profile from New York Magazine
• Park Slope Food Coop
• Air visit of 'Park Slope' in Photographs

Borough of Brooklyn in New York City

Neighborhoods

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