Last month the Park Slope set got all in a tizzy over a new venue, Prime 6, which was hoping to play hip-hop music. Petitions were written (and questioned) and lots of people made a scene at a community board meeting. But now that is all over—Prime 6 and its angry neighbors have come to a compromise. more ›

Prime 6, the forthcoming Flatbush Avenue restaurant-lounge that's got Park Slopers in a tizzy, is back in the news after last night's community board meeting. You'll recall that at the start of March one Park Slope resident made waves with a petition urging the club to promote indie musicians, not hip hop artists. Others, however, seemed more concerned about the joint's 46-seat back patio, which the owner initially asserted would stay open until 4 a.m. in the summer. Now he's agreed to close it at 1 a.m., but the locals still aren't satisfied; they want Prime 6 to move the party inside at midnight on weekends. But the owner's not having it. more ›

That stupid petition urging a new restaurant/lounge in Park Slope to program "indie artists" instead of hip-hop acts was authored by one "Jennifer McMillen." But there is no record of this McMillen on the voter rolls, no one recalls her attending the heated Community Board meeting about the establishment, and there's no proof that a woman with that name resides in Park Slope. Some now wonder if McMillen even exists, and Brownstoner wonders if it's "a successful parody of the Slope or unnecessary race-baiting?" We wonder if it matters. more ›

Prime 6, the new restaurant and bar coming to Flatbush and Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, may sometimes play hip-hop music. And as we noted yesterday, that fact has some Park Slope residents concerned that little Aidan may pick up some bad habits from the establishment's clientele and start asking mommy why pharaohs put the pussy in a sarcophagus. So one local, Jennifer McMillen, started a petition to pressure the club to book "indie artists" instead of hip-hop. This idea has generated some funny feedback on the petition website's comments. Here are the best ones: more ›