The Week in Park Slope

Once again, it was a week of headlines in Park Slope.

On Monday, Around the Slope columnist Louise Crawford sat down for an interview with , the new director of ISSUE Project Room.

"Taking over for Suzanne is a labor of love for me, as well. It’s what she built this community around that sets the tone for how I will lead ISSUE,” he said.

Then on Tuesday, Georgia Kral brought us the specifics of the Department of Environmental Protection’s new program: . The plan will deal with combined sewer overflows throughout the city, including in the Gowanus.

Reporter Melanie White brought us the news that starting this coming week, the Brooklyn Museum will have some interesting , with a new Thursday series of performances, films, poetry talks and racy art tours.

Councilmember Brad Lander continued his plight to ease the burden of the recent service changes to the F/G lines, and on Tuesday of over 1000 signatures calling to extend the B68 line from Bartel Prichard Square to Seventh Avenue. Now Lander awaits the MTA’s reply.

This week there was more , with several local residents charging the city had not done its part in swiftly plowing the Prospect Park West lanes after a snowstorm.

Then there were two attempted bank robberies — at the Chase bank on on Tuesday and on Saturday.

On Wednesday, we broke the story of a mounting opposition against the proposed .

“Our apartments all face the back of Grand Prospect Hall, and we’re going to be faced with a lack of light and a lack of privacy,” said Diana Mora, the President of the condo board at Suite Sixteen Condominiums at 200 16th Street.

Reporter Greg Hanlon brought us the great story of the tennis program at the Prospect Park Tennis Center, a sports program for children with a host of physical and developmental disabilities.

Speaking of tennis, reporter Patrick Wall brought us the news that this year, the Prospect Park Tennis Center (and others around the city) may be to play.

There was some good news, too: it seems a planned for Fourth Avenue and Sackett Street, where there is currently a vacant lot, may soon be underway after over a decade of waiting.

Oh, and of course there was more snow. This time, Bloomberg declared it a and schools were closed for only the seventh time since 1978. Patch readers sent in great of the snow day.