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The Park Slope Dog Dash is coming! On June 9th, Foster Dogs NYC is sponsoring a family-friendly (and dog-friendly!) scavenger hunt around Park Slope to benefit Foster Dogs NYC, whose goal is to facilitate the foster process with shelters and rescue groups around the NYC area. They also organize adoption events and help animal shelters improve their online presence. The fun starts at The Gate on Third Street and Fifth Avenue in Park Slope at 11:45 AM on June 9th. During the event, each team is urged to raise $300 to help Foster Dogs NYC provide foster care to a dog in need! Once there is enough funding, FDNYC can do AMAZING things to help other rescue groups in urgent need. Funds will help: –Pay for emergency vet care for NYC foster dogs –Assist with dog training needs –Pay for transportation of shelter dogs to adoption events –Create foster marketing materials! For more information about this event and to register, go to http://psdogdash.com.

Anna-Katrin Tize, a film critic and Park Slope local, filed this special report about Saturday’s Great Googa Mooga in Prospect Park. Due to rain, the event was cancelled on Sunday. The NOT SO Great GoogaMooga is back in Prospect Park with the same false information as last year. It is beyond the pale that after last year’s damage the Prospect Park Alliance would allow this again and in fact add a day, Friday this year. The arrogance of everyone involved is destructive to the park. They have their operation trailers all over Wellhouse Drive. What is going on is more than three Hollywood movie shoots at one time. Not only is this a three plus weeks invasion of the park by a crass commercial operation being allowed carte blanche by the Prospect Park Alliance to do what they want, the Alliance is sending out false information with regard to access and the long term harm done last year by this fiasco. The NOT SO Great GoogaMooga includes dozens upon dozens of poles stuck into the Nethermead Meadow and surrounding areas. Dozens upon dozens of boards and heavy plates crushing down the grass. This is going on in a public park when it should be held at a concrete parking lot, not harming a Prospect Park meadow. This is another glaring example of how ineffectual the Prospect Park Alliance/Parks is when it comes to protecting the natural beauty we all enjoy. The NOT SO Great GoogaMooga is back and has already fenced off the Nethermead Meadow loading in huge refrigeration boxes, structures being built since last week. After last year’s fiasco, the Prospect Park Alliance is allowing the disorganizers to add an extra day of events. The free tickets to allow you to wait on long lines to buy beverages and food are gone, unless you agree to become a member of the Prospect Park Alliance. They have closed off access to try to get naive park visitors to feel as if they are being treated special, when all they are doing is selling, selling, selling. The Prospect Park Alliance closed the Boathouse/Audubon Center due to mismanagement of their own budget and for two years running turn over the park to a crass commercial misadventure. In addition, there is a lack of commitment of resources to maintain the lakeside and landscape. Allowing any entity to come in during the spring migration of countless species of birds through Brooklyn, is one more illustration of the disconnect from the beauty of Prospect Park shown by those who are paid to protect its value for all. Photo from A Walk in the Park

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I figured I'd add this on here, since other than the Patch it doesn't seem to have gotten picked up by anyone else. Click through to the Patch story for a picture. Police are asking for the public's help to find a 13-year-old Brooklyn girl who has been missing since Wednesday evening. Edo Dove was reported missing on May 15, at 7:45 p.m. She was last seen wearing tan pants and a blue shirt sitting in front of 886 Park Place between Nostrand and New York avenues in Crown Heights, police said. She is black, standing approximately 5-foot-6, 135 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. Anyone with any information concerning Edo Dove is urged to contact Detective Joseph Hicky at (718) 735-0610 or Detective Borough Brooklyn North at (718) 287-3239. You can also call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto Crime Stoppers' website at http://www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.13 year old girl missing

http://www.fdconline.org/housetour.html Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 day of tour. Purchase tickets online at http://www.fdconline.org, or call FDC at(718) 859-3800, ext. 209

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I was just curious if anyone knew of any changes(more bars, cafes etc.) happening between Fulton and Pacific off of Nostrand. I know there's NoBar and Richol Bakery, but that seems to be about it on my stretch of Nostrand. There's a bunch of stuff popping up a couple blocks up so i figured it's only a matter of time. Also what's up with the armory on Bedford and Pacific? I heard tell of a rec center, but that was a while ago. Thanks!

The following are selected links from this past week on blogs and websites with discussion about Dumbo (and its neighboring areas): Stories behind Brooklyn neighborhood names: Sheepshead Bay and DUMBO, 17May2013, News12 Mosley, award-winning writer, to speak in DUMBO, 16May2013, BK Eagle Heights’ Resident Paul Giamatti Filming ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2? In DUMBO, 14May2013, BHB DOT Reworks Cadman Plaza West Sidewalk, 17May2013, Brownstoner 50 Bridge Street, #609, $1.5MM, 16May2013, Brownstoner Renderings Live for the New Dumbo Townhouses, 15May2013, Brownstoner Brooklyn designers showcase their handcrafted wares, 10May2013, NYDN Floating Pool for Dumbo?, 14May2013, Brownstoner 28 Old Fulton Street, #5E, $1341/mo cc, 1800sf, #1.35MM, 13May2013, Brownstoner 306 Gold Street, #25D, 1092sf, $970k, 14May2013, Brownstoner

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/nyregion/eastern-parkway-a-triumph-of-olmsted-and-vaux.html?_r=0

Did you lose a bird recently? We stopped at 6th Ave veterinary yesterday (Saturday 5/18) then a woman with a kid & a goldendoodle came in and said that they had just found (or rather a parakeet had found them) at the park. The bird had flown up to the dog and started playing with it. She brought it to the vet hoping that they could take it, but the office was closing and no staff were there. The bird climbed right up onto my partner's finger, onto her arm, and nuzzled into her neck & hoodie. The parakeet wasn't afraid of our dogs either. We took the bird and ended up at Unleashed (pet smart?) on 7th ave to buy a crate and some food. Fortunately for us, an animal rescue shelter was there - and the guy driving the van does bird rescue! He said it was a girl. She was cold and hungry. She was a bit thin so probably had been loose for a few days. If this is your bird, please contact: Sean Casey Animal Rescue 153 E 3rd Street Brooklyn, NY 718-436-5163 nyanimalrescue@yahoo.com open daily 11a-7p We gave her up to the driver. We told him to name her Molly. He said parakeets usually go pretty quickly - so hopefully she will find a good home.