10 Reasons to Love Park Slope
As entertaining as those Park Slope stroller mafia stories are, we’re tired of reading about Park Slope hate. So BB asked two Park Slopers, Amy Sohn and Grace Bonney, to each name five things about the Slope they love.
Amy Sohn, author and mother, and one of Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn’s Park Slope 100:

1. The Old Stone House
2. Al di La – moderate prices for amazing Northern Italian food, and ambiance that can’t be beat
3. The Prospect Park Boathouse and the electric boat rides around the reservoir. (Really in Prospect Lefferts Gardens but a short walk from Park Slope nonetheless.)

4. The Montauk Club — a private club open to all, which just welcomed a new executive chef [Joel Thompkins]
5. Picnic nights at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, also a short walk from the Slope
Grace Bonney, editor of Design*Sponge, and also on the Park Slope 100:
1. Great Restaurants: Applewood, Flatbush Farm, Franny’s, Beer Table and my personal favorite, Little D Eatery (formerly Little Dishes). With so many great options for great dining, Park Slope’s restaurant scene helps me deal with the hordes of babies screaming next to me wherever we go.
2. The Park: Do I use it as much as I should? Absolutely not. But when it gets warm and the Farmer’s Market revives, I rediscover a different side of the neighborhood — and those delicious apple cinnamon donuts.
3. Shopping: Though the staff at some stores could use a refresher course in how not to make customers feel like an inconvenience, I love not having to leave Park Slope to find gourmet food (D’vine Taste, Blue Apron and Grab) and up and coming clothing/jewelry designers (Bird and Diana Kane).
4. Convenience: After living in different, “hipper” areas of the borough [like Williamsburg], I really appreciate having all of my basic amenities within a four-block radius.
5. Architectural History and Character: Every time I walk home down 3rd Street I remember why we pay a higher rent to live in an area with so much natural beauty. That row of brownstones and trees always makes me smile.
Published on March 20th, 2008 under Everything, Community.
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