South Slope

Many can argue about the margins between Park Slope and South Slope. I decided to focus on South Slope because the lack of attention it receives. Only people who live here, like myself, know South Slope and can testify about it’s transformation.

For the profile feature I would write about the owner of Luigis Pizza, famously known for their feature in the movie Big Daddy with Adam Sandler. The pizzeria is interesting to me because it one of the only mom and pop shops still around since 1973, with it’s old school Italian pizzeria charm.

The business feature idea would be on a new bakeshop called Woops. Woops is located on 5th Avenue between 17th and 18th Street, which is the block receiving the most transformation in the entire neighborhood. I would like to interview the owner on why they decided to choose the street with the most renovations. Just recently on the same street a polish grocery store shut down since it’s opening in 1939.

The neighborhoods Prospect Avenue R train stop and its surrounding blocks is a crime hot spot. The train stop is also extremely small and becomes overpopulated when exiting from the Northbound side. My story can either be on the subway station and opinions from MTA customers or on the crimes taking place in the surrounding area. The street on the Prospect Avenue station (17th Street between 4th and 5th avenue) is extremely dark at night, most of the cameras on houses and stores are only for show and there is a sketchy Brooklyn Expressway entrance midway into the block. The block is completely residential, besides the deli’s and a bagel shop on three of its corners. The street is either filled with people walking home from the station or completely empty, which in my opinion makes it a target for crime.

 

 

Another possible feature

One thought on “South Slope

  1. I like the contrast between an old, established mom and pop store and a new one but wonder whether they could both be the subject of your business story. If so, perhaps you would want to find another person to profile. As for the conflict story, doing crime stories is often challenging because it is very difficult to get official sources to talk to you. You can easily get neighbors and residents to speak but you need the other side –police, city officials. Do you think you can get them?

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