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Something About Brooklyn's GoogaMooga Food Fest Gives Me Heartburn

Ellen Freudenheim | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Nyc Events, Googamooga, Brooklyn, Superfly, The Great Googamooga Festival, Foodies, Prospect Park, Public Parks, New York News
Ellen Freudenheim

Here's what's still stuck in my craw: Should for-profit businesses be invited into New York's public parks for events that are nominally free and open to the public -- but that are functionally not really free and accessible?

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WATCH: Adorable Roly-Poly Otter Pups At Prospect Park Zoo

Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Otter Pups, Zoo, New York City Zoo, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Prospect Park Zoo, Cute Animals, Prospect Park, Otters, Video, New York News

This week in "awwwww," watch these three otterly adorable, roly-poly otter pups roll around together in the Prospect Park Zoo. According to the Zoo's ...

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WATCH: Celeb Chefs Prepare For Delicious GoogaMooga Fest

Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: April Bloomfield, NY Around Town, NY Restaurants, Googamooga, The Great Googamooga Festival, Tom Colicchio, New York Events, Prospect Park, Ny Food, New York News

The Great GoogaMooga Festival is quickly approaching with a stellar lineup of the best in music and food scheduled to hit Brooklyn's Prospect Park May...

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WATCH: GoogaMooga Releases Food Lineup

| Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Anthony Bourdain, M Wells, Brooklyn, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Googamooga, Roberta's Pizza, Tom Colicchio, Mile End, Prospect Park, Video, New York News

By Jess Wisloski, DNAinfo Weekend Editor PROSPECT PARK — Bonnaroo fans can fuhgeddaboudit. The Great GoogaMooga is coming to Brooklyn. The fir...

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Dear New York: What the F*ck Is Wrong With You?

Sarah Shanfield | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Bikers, Bicycling, New York Bicycling, Pedestrians, My Ny, New York, Prospect Park, Comedy and Humor, Humor, Comedy, New York News
Sarah Shanfield

Before I could move out of anyone's way, the cyclist turned around in his cerulean shorts that left little to the imagination and asked me the question that many of your citizens ask of me after almost running me over: "What the f*ck is wrong with you?"

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Tix For Brooklyn's New Foodie/Music Fest 'Great Googa Mooga' Available Today

Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: NY Around Town, Googamooga, NY Restaurants, Music Festival, Googa Mooga, Prospect Park, Bonnaroo, New York News

Tickets for The Great Googa Mooga Festival, which will unite foodies and music lovers in Prospect Park, will be available Thursday at 12PM (EST). T...

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'One Life To Live' Star On Cancellation: 'I Was So Sad'

Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Canada Tv, Video, Hillary B. Smith, Soap Operas, One Life to Live, Erika Slezak, All My Children, Abc, Reality-Free, Prospect Park, One Life to Live Finale, TV News

Hillary B. Smith, or Nora to the loyal fans of "One Life to Live," is moving on to "The Bold And The Beautiful," but she's not done reflecting on her ...

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Erika Slezak: 'One Life To Live' Cancellation Bullsh--t

Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Canada Tv, Video, Soap Operas, All My Children, Erika Slezak, One Life to Live, One Life to Live Canceled, Abc, Soaps, Prospect Park, Reality-Free, TV News

The end of an era is upon us: ABC's "One Life to Live" signs off on Fri., Jan. 13. The show joins sister soap "All My Children" in canceled TV heaven,...

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IT'S OFFICIAL: 'All My Children,' 'One Life To Live' Both Canceled For Good, Won't Go Online

Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Soap Operas, Television, All My Children ABC, All My Children, One Life to Live, Abc, One Life to Live Canceled, All My Children Cancelled, Entertainment News, Prospect Park Cancels Soap Operas, Prospect Park, Prospect Park Online, Reality-Free, Entertainment News

"All My Children" and "One Life To Live" are both dead, after all. Following their cancellations by longtime network ABC in April, it was announced...

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Susan Lucci: Cancellation IS NOT My Fault!

Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Brian Frons, All My Children Canceled, All My Children, Susan, Susan Lucci, Entertainment News, Susan Lucci Memoir, All My Children Susan Lucci, Prospect Park, Entertainment News

She was the queen of mean and melodrama for 41 years, but don't blame Susan Lucci for this ultimate soap opera tragedy. Following ABC's cancellatio...

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Let's Rebuild Brooklyn With Federal Job Money

Alan Singer | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: New York Subway, Infrastructure, Jobs, Green Infrastructure, Bicycles, Prospect Park, Barack Obama, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Infrastructure, Brooklyn Jobs, Federal Stimulus, New York News
Alan Singer

NYC Councilmembers are polling constituents to find out about needed capital improvement projects in local neighborhoods such as street repairs, new parks, and public artworks.

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Lessons From Brooklyn for the LADOT

Joel Epstein | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Jaime De La Vega, Complete Streets, Michael Bloomberg, Nycdot, Brooklyn, West LA, Bundy Triangle Park, Los Angeles, Frederick Law Olmsted, Prospect Park, Eastern Parkway, Grand Army Plaza, Ladot, Public Space, Calvert Vaux, Bill Rosendahl, Iris Weinshall, Marty Markowitz, Bike Lanes, New York News
Joel Epstein

New York under Bloomberg and his DOT is remaking itself into a city known for its parks, open space and complete streets philosophy that recognizes the role the roads play for drivers, buses, pedestrians and bikers.

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If You Want Real Bike Lanes...

Alan Singer | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Bicycling, Park Slope, Williamsburg-Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Prospect Park, Bike Lanes, Brooklyn, New York News
Alan Singer

I would like real Brooklyn bike lanes that allow people to safely travel across the borough and commute to work, but that would require planning and money, as well as concern for cyclists, drivers, and pedestrians.

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Prospect Park Liar's Lane

Alan Singer | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Transportation Alternatives, New York Times, Bike Lanes, Michael Bloomberg, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Park Slope, New York News
Alan Singer

All winter the bike lane on the west side of Prospect Park in Brooklyn went unused. It was too cold. But the traffic tie-ups along the twenty-five block long Prospect Park West corridor are every day and for much of the day.

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A Tree Grows In Brooklyn For Leiby Kletzky

Park Slope, NY Patch | Diana Denza Email the Author | Posted 09.26.2011

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Two weeks after 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky's body was discovered in a Fourth Avenue dumpster, family friends, neighbors and even perfect strangers are c...

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All My Children TV to Web Transfer Could Change Everything

Ed Martin | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Internet Programming, General Hospital, All My Children, Guiding Light, Prospect Park, One Life to Live, Media News
Ed Martin

The long-running ABC soap opera All My Children two months from tomorrow will end its run on the network -- and three days after that, thanks to an un...

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Adz and Ends: An Interview with Sufjan Stevens

Daniel J. Kushner | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Indie Music, The Age of Adz, Sufjan Stevens, Concerts, Prospect Park, Arts News
Daniel J. Kushner

I recently spoke with Sufjan Stevens about the Age of Adz concerts, pre-concert Quiet Craft Time, and the prospect of alienating his fans.

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Two Cancelled TV Shows Get New Life Online

AP | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: All My Children Canceled, All My Children, One Life to Live, One Life to Live Canceled, One Life to Live Online, All My Children Online, Prospect Park, Soap Operas Online, Technology News

NEW YORK -- A pair of canceled ABC soaps may find new life on the Internet. ABC has licensed "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" in a multi-year...

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My New York: 15 Questions For Joel Dovev

The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Jet Blue, Central Park, Ny News, Joel Dovev, Crap-at-My-Parents-House, New York News, Prospect Park, New York News

Who: Joel Dovev Age: 28 Current Gig: Writer, Comedian, Creator of CrapAtMyParentsHouse.com (pre-order The Crap At My Parents' House book here), ...

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New Plan To Battle Geese: Feed Them To Hungry Pennsylvanians

Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Goose-Gassing, Flight 1549, Department of Environmental Protection, New York News, Ny News, Prospect Park, New York News

Remember last year when the city secretly gassed 400 geese in Brooklyn's Prospect Park? And then double-wrapped the carcasses in garbage bags before d...

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How To Pack a Perfect Picnic

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Sandwiches, Home Cooking, Central Park, Friends, New York, Summer Concerts, Outdoor Eating, Picnic, Parties, Prospect Park, Tupperware, Food News
Big Girls, Small Kitchen

In our book, the potluck section comes along bright and early. That's because we're obsessed with potlucks--they're practical, cheap, and fun. And pic...

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Prospect Park, An Illegal Barbecue Free-For-All

Park Slope, NY Patch | Kristen v. Brown | Email the Author | 1:58pm | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Park Slope Patch, Park Slope, NY Around Town, Barbecue, Can You Bbq in Prospect Park, Patch, Prospect Park, Bbq Laws, New York News

This weekend thousands descended upon Prospect Park to soak up the sun -- and wreak environmental havoc on the park's lush landscape while they were a...

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Urban Spring Foraging: Harvesting Wild Greens in NYC Parks w/Leda Meredith, Part 1

Liza de Guia | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Food Videos, Dishes, Wild Greens Pesto, Skeeternyc, Fun, Vegan, Kitchen, Garden, Food Curated, Featured, Liza deGuia, Park Slope, How to Make Pesto, Recipes, Cooking, Wild Greens, Vegetables, Parks, Pesto, Food, Leda Meredith, Urban Foraging, Prospect Park, Foraging, Food News
Liza de Guia

Meet Leda Meredith, author of The Locavore's Handbook and one of New York City's most well-known urban foragers. We visited Prospect Park in Brooklyn ...

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PHOTOS: You'll Never Guess Where These Pictures Were Taken

Carly Schwartz | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Central Park, Meyerowitz New York City Parks, New York Legacy Parks, Legacy New York, Joel Meyerowitz, Joel Meyerowitz Legacy, New York City Parks, Joel Meyerowitz New York, Prospect Park, Wild City, Joel Meyerowitz Wild City, New York News

Central Park architect Frederick Law Olmsted called New York's parks "the lungs of the city," but in Joel Meyerowitz's recent collection, scarcely an ...

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Activists Protest Prospect Park Goose Gassing

Prospect Heights, NY Patch | Kristen v. Brown | Email the Author | April 3, 2011 | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: New York Impact, Goose, Geese, Brooklyn Prospect Park, Ny News, Ny Impact, Prospect Park Alliance, Protesters Prospect Park, New York Activists, New York News, Prospect Park Geese, Prospect Park, New York News

As Brooklynites arrived at Prospect Park dressed in their best to honor the legacy of former Prospect Park Alliance President Tupper Thomas, a handful...

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