The Park Sloper
Issue #12 · August 13, 2026
Park Slope this week: Apapacho opens at 191 Fifth, the Super Stoop sets a date, and the Battle of Brooklyn's 250th begins
Three people who helped build Alma Negra on Fourth Avenue have opened their own place on Fifth. Apapacho debuted at 191 Fifth at the start of the month: central Mexican, made from scratch, with a bar that runs on tequila and mezcal.
The month's other thread is 250 years old. The Battle of Brooklyn was fought on August 27, 1776, partly on ground that is now Prospect Park and Green-Wood, and the commemorations have started. There's a free drop-in at the Old Stone House on Sunday, then the reenactment through the Long Meadow next Saturday. Here's the week.
Victor, founding editor
01 · This week
Apapacho brings central Mexican cooking to 191 Fifth Avenue
Jimmy Placido, Acencion Mendez, and Jazmin Suarez opened at the start of the month, between Berkeley Place and Union Street. Placido and Mendez were both on the team behind Alma Negra, the Fourth Avenue spot. The menu draws on Mexico City, Oaxaca, and Puebla, made from scratch, and the cocktails run tequila and mezcal.
Park Slope Pulse · 191 5th Ave
The Super Stoop comes back on September 26
The Civic Council has set Saturday, September 26, 11 to 4, with Sunday as the rain date. Registration is open: you list your stoop and it goes on the map, and if you don't have a stoop they'll try to find you a spot anyway. More than 250 stoops and sale locations registered for last year's first run.
Park Slope Civic Council · Sat Sep 26
The Battle of Brooklyn's 250th starts in the neighborhood
The battle was fought on August 27, 1776, and a good deal of it happened on what is now Green-Wood and Prospect Park. The commemorations run through the month: a drop-in history session at the Old Stone House this Sunday, the reenactment and the march down Third Street next Saturday, and Green-Wood's own program the day after that.
Brownstoner · through Aug 23
A landmarked Flemish Revival comes back, oriels and all
Brownstoner's Insider has the restoration of a 1903 house at one end of a row of 12 Flemish Revival buildings near the park, designed by Chappell & Bosworth. The Brooklyn Studio rebuilt the three-story copper oriels front and back, took the stained glass out and put it back, hand-stripped the carved oak, and moved the kitchen up from the garden level to the rear of the parlor floor. The house is now all-electric, with solar on the roof.
Brownstoner · Park Slope Historic District
02 · Worth a visit
Sun Aug 16 · 11am to 3pm ET · Old Stone House, 336 3rd St · Free, drop in
Spilling Tea About the Revolution, free at the Old Stone House
Historian Sydney Marenburg runs an all-ages drop-in on the Revolutionary era: what actually pulled thirteen colonies together, and how it looked to the neighbors who stayed loyal to King George. Four hours, come when you want. It's the Green-Wood Historic Fund's piece of the 250th, held at the building the reenactment marches to next Saturday.
03 · One vetted pick
Best for landmark and LPC-compliant facade work · HIC #2049861 active · from our brownstone restoration guide
The pick when the work has to satisfy Landmarks. Facade and masonry, sandstone repair, repointing, stoops, and cornices, done to LPC guidelines. It's the only firm in the guide that publishes its HIC number on its own site, which makes the company-to-license match unusually clean. Family-run out of 11218, A+ with the BBB under owner Shihab Jewel. The catch: its public review count is thin, so ask for recent local references you can go stand in front of.
The Insider story above is the version with an architect and a budget. The everyday version is a stoop coming apart and mortar joints giving up, and in a historic district the wrong repair costs more than no repair. This week's pick is from our brownstone restoration guide: every firm on it holds an active NYC home improvement contractor license, confirmed in city records, and nobody paid to be there.
See the pick →04 · The calendar
Fri Aug 14 · 6pm ET · LeFrak Center at Lakeside · $25
Glide and Groove: TRAGEDY, a glam metal tribute to the Bee Gees
Exactly what it says, on the rink, with The Wankers opening. Skates and a band until 10.
Fri Aug 14 · 8:30pm ET · Green-Wood, 500 25th St · $30, $24 members
Nocturnal Navigators: the Green-Wood bat walk
Biologist Nic Comparato walks the cemetery after dark looking for little brown, eastern red, and hoary bats, with a live sonar demo showing how they get identified in real time. Hilly and grassy, and not recommended for under 10s.
Sat Aug 15 · 10am to 7pm ET · The Green-House, 750 5th Ave
Coffee-table books on art, music, and historic cemeteries, plus titles on the people buried there, marked down while they last. In the Atrium at the Green-House, which is the accessible one.
Sun Aug 16 · 2pm to 5pm ET · Lefferts Historic House, Prospect Park · Free, RSVP
The Dance: Tap Dance, from Master Juba to Hip Hop
joseph webb and friends trace tap from Master Juba through jazz, bebop, and hip-hop, with a beginner lesson and historic dances you can join. Tap shoes optional but welcome.
Sun Aug 16 · 9am to 2pm ET · Bartel-Pritchard Square · Free
Sunday Greenmarket at Bartel-Pritchard Square
The south end's Sunday market: produce, flowers, baked goods, fish. Takes nutrition benefits, and it's done by 2.