The Week in Park Slope

For Park Slope residents, its been a busy week  of shopping, cooking and traveling, with the neighborhood in full holday swing. There was carolling and Snowflake Specials, and New Year's plans to be made. Park Slope Patch was here to cover all of that, and then some. Here's what happened this week on Park Slope Patch:

Patch reporter Logan Whiteside discovered that National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint against  on Seventh Avenue for a allegedly terminating an employee for ties to International Works of the World. Ozzie's, however, had a different story to tell:

Bernadine said Bauer was neglecting simple duties, such as making coffee correctly and keeping the store clean. As for the incident leading up to Bauer's termination, the store manager said it never took place.

That make's two Park Slope coffee shops courtroom-bound.

On Tuesday, we took a look at the newly opened art show, "," featuring, amongst other things, an interactive painting of Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner.

Speaking of, on Wednesday a hearing determined that construction at the site will continue after petitioners withdrew a motion to stay construction. The lawsuit will continue on other fronts.

"My view is the ESDC is responding in a way that misses the major concern, which is how 25 years of construction will affect people living in the neighborhood." said Al Butzel, attorney for BrooklynSpeaks, one of the community groups that is petitioning the development. 

On Friday, we shared results from the , exploring how Park Slope has changed. And on Thursday, Louise Crawford discussed one thing that actually hasn't changed, in "."

"As far as I'm concerned Brooklyn has always been a brand," Crawford wrote, recalling the opening of the Brooklyn Diner in Manhattan in 1995.

We went looking for Jim Carrey, who is shooting the film "Mr. Popper's Penguins" on Montgomery Place, but were only successful in finding the film crew.

Chef Jacques Gautier of Palo Santo shared one of his favorite holiday recipes and then we shared a few of our favorite apartments decked out in . We also brought you more than a few reasons to ring in the  on this side of the river.

Now onward to 2011.