The Week in Park Slope

It was another week of big news in Park Slope.

In perhaps the biggest news of the week, on Thursday a Park Slope neurologist was charged with , among other things. He was released on $150,000 bail and has entered a plea of not guilty.

On Monday, columnist Louise Crawford on the details of Millennium Brooklyn, after hitting up the New High School Fair. "Millennium Brooklyn will have a rigorous, college prep program with an inquiry based curriculum, an advisory system and a strong emphasis on writing and research," Principal Lisa Gioe told a parent at the fair.   

We finally cracked the mystery on who is responsible for the trio of “” on 16th Street: Slope resident Laurie Russell knits them as a hobby.

The MTA Councilmember Brad Lander’s petition to extend the B68 bus to Seventh Avenue, easing major commuting pains due to the Culver Viaduct project.

“This Valentine’s Day, the MTA has once again spurned the unrequited love of Windsor Terrace and Kensington straphangers,” said Lander in a statement. “Their rejection of the very reasonable plea from over 1,200 neighborhood residents for a modest extension of the B68 bus while the F stations at 15th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway are closed is heartless.”

Reporter Annie Byrnes took a look at the , the textile recycling program each Saturday at the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket. Wearable Collections collects sheets, shirts, shoes, and a laundry list of other goods and uses the proceeds from the resale of materials to raise funds for spinal cord research. 

Seventh Avenue Italian restaurant was seized by the taxman, but then opened back up the next day.

We also took a look at the dangers of , after reports that eight people had wandered out onto the ice, perhaps without know that it was an icy lake at all.

And on Wednesday, we chatted with Park Slope resident , who bakes cakes and other goodies from early 20th century recipes.

“I’ve always collected these recipe cards. I see them as material culture left by women in earlier times,” said LaRosa, 55, a Park Slope resident since 1982 and self-taught baker.

Until next week.