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For the fifty first time (!) Park Slope Civic Council is hosting the neighborhood’s House Tour.

And of course, we can’t help ourselves. We’re ready to binge on the area’s remarkable architecture and design. You’d think we’d have had enough of looking at properties…

Perfect treat for people downright addicted to their community and its housing stock.

On the menu: Neo-Tudors, Romanesque Revivals, Queen Annes, French Neo-Grecs, Neo-Classical, Neo-Renaissance, Italianate Neo-Grec.

When: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM SUNDAY, MAY 16
Where: Starting Point: Poly Prep Lower School

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• 19 April 2010, 6:13 pm: House of the Day: 489 6th Avenue

  
  This four-story house at 489 6th Avenue in Park Slope has clearly seen better days and is gonna need some serious TLC from whomever ends up buying it, but it’s also not without its charms. (In fact the interior looks a lot like our place did when it was being used as an SRO. Remember that?) Anyway, for someone with the right vision and bank account, this place could really be brought back to life. The asking price of $1,949,000, however, seems a little steep, don’t you think?
  489 6th Avenue [Sotheby's] GMAP P*Shark

• 19 April 2010, 5:42 pm: Co-op of the Day: 560 Dean Street, #3R

  
  This three-bedroom apartment at 560 Dean Street in Park Slope hit the market last month with a price tag of $749,000. While the three bedrooms are all real bedrooms, one of them is super small. Another qualifier: There’s only one bathroom for the entire apartment. That said, the co-op has lots of original detail and a generous living/dining area. On…

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Thank you, Prospect Park Alliance volunteers and program coordinators, for making our dusk this Tuesday, July 28, a memorable one! First, we learn some trivia about invasive tree species, then we cool off by the Dog Beach, then we get served on a platter to the local (innumerable!) mosquito population, then we SEE BATS!!!

We learn that the bats we’re seeing are most likely of the little brown variety (Myotis lucifugus). Many a myth is dispelled. Bats are not blind. Bats see very well, day, or night. They don’t fly into your hair (unless on a quest for a mosquito hidden in your frizzy). They don’t drink your blood. They don’t turn into humanoid bloodthirsty creatures. They live up to 30 years! They can eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes (or other insects) in an hour! Nursing female bats may eat up to 110% of their body weight… each night. Roughly 25% of all mammal species on our planet are… really!?… bats (there are nearly 1,200 species of bats out there - that fact in itself a…

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Author: jackie_the_intern
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When I started my marketing internship with Ideal Properties, I decided to first explore the well-publicized neighborhood around the firm’s Seventh Ave office.

I admit. I’m one of those. I’m unfamiliar with Park Slope, and this office is where I’m supposed to start my professional career-to-be - so this haphazard and superficial exploration of my immediate surroundings kind of made sense to me. And besides, if you don’t know where you work, then how do you know where to buy your coffee when the going gets tough?

What I found was a neighborhood filled with very friendly, outgoing people – in complete contrast to its tarnished (stroller mafia? WHAT?) reputation.

As I walked along the streets of Park Slope I passed stranger after stranger, and most of them said hello to me (!)

What is this – Diaries of Ms. Alice in Wonderland!?

I walked from one store to another – and again, people were very friendly and had no problem speaking with me about their little…

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It is with great sadness that we learn that Tom’s Restaurant on Washington Avenue has changed hands. On the bright side, its long-term proprietor and neighborhood’s staple, Gus Vlahavas, finally gets to spend his days gardening and enjoying life outside of diner business.

As much a legend as the place itself, Gus is not only the one who brought us fancy pancakes (before his reign, during his father Tom’s time, the pancakes were simple and unadorned with blueberries, bananas, walnuts…), but he is the very reason this greasy spoon diner is a destination.

Tom’s is where most of the neighborhood gets their morning coffee, or enjoys a breakfast replete with morning newspapers. The diner’s claims to fame, besides Gus and his infectiously friendly personality, are wacky 1930’s approach to interior design, kitschy memorabilia, framed and autographed lyrics to Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner,” Gus’s mom Stella (the queen of the register, peppermints and…

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Fun, fun, fun!!! The time has come for this year’s celebration of Brooklyn’s LGBT community… We look forward to mingling with the colorful floats, bands, and marchers @ Brooklyn Pride 2009.

Saturday, June 13, 7:30 pm. Meet @

(Bartel Pritchard Circle), wrap-up at Lincoln Place and 7th Avenue.

Brooklyn Pride: 718.928.3320

See you there!

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Thanks to the efforts of the Park Slope Civic Council, once every year the splendor of Park Slope’s most exquisite private homes brims over their stately and immaculate stoops… and pours straight out into the neighborhood.

As if a long-overdue reminder of springtime, this year’s (Fiftieth!) Annual Park Slope House Tour is almost here. Ready to relish in indescribable grandeur? We sure are. The time has come to mark your calendars, so keep Sunday, May 17, 2009 (12 pm - 5:30 pm) reserved for the treat.

This year, Ideal Properties Group joins the effort: starting May 1st, tickets for the event will be available for purchase at our Seventh Avenue office (78 Seventh Avenue, corner of Berkeley Place). For additional information and/or ticket reservations, please call: 718.840.2757.

Needless to point out (but we will anyway!), the Park Slope Civic Council’s main fundraising event will benefit local schools, charities, cultural institutions and other organizations… And at the…

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This four-year-old’s Slavic name may sound vaguely female, and even imply a fragile build (Kisa = Kitty) - but Kisa is definitely a tomcat. A pensive one, but nevertheless a tomcat.

His owner, the commander-in-chief of our Listing Department, Anna, describes Kisa as “very quiet and selfish.” In her infinite kindness (aren’t we, cat owners, just utterly naive in our exculpatory interpretation of the slippery feline character???), Anna ascribes Kisa uniquely human qualities and goes on to qualify his quietness as his inclination to thinking… over acting.

Trying to get Kisa to take part in any activity appears to be an exercise in futility. Anna: “Kisa likes to observe…” Curiously, for a cat for sure, Kisa doesn’t demand attention, he “prefers to be left alone to his own thoughts.”

Kisa’s complexity vanishes when it comes to self-expression. Although never demanding of attention, he will go out of his way to show disdain; when he decides he doesn’t like someone, he…

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Today’s Ideal Pet comes from Puerto Rico. Sure, Brooklyn is a far (however pleasant and homey) cry from lounging on the beaches… but this enchanting Boricua is a rescue dog who excitedly braved the cargo section of a United plane some four years ago.

Why all the nicknames, you ask? Bessie is a proud survivor of a car accident that cost her her tail (”Nubbie”). Never a stranger to danger, Bessie went on to fall from our 4-story apartment building: she got wheelchair bound, suffered a broken hip and her survival ability earned her a new nickname (”Catdog”). The vet is keeping the tab - he’s counted Bessie’s remaining lives down to 7.

“Messie Bess” dates back to when Kelli first brought Bessie home - her favorite pastime consisted of digging up all of our plants and hiding her bones and toys.

Bessie is the sweetest girl who enjoys lounging around the house, and pretty much anywhere she can catch a bit of sunlight. Catdog loves to snuggle up with anyone showing even remote…

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