Park Slope is a neighborhood in the western section of Brooklyn, New York City's most populous borough. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect Park West to the east, Fourth Avenue to the west, Park Place to the north and 15th Street to the south, though other definitions are sometimes offered. It takes its name from its location on the western slope of neighboring Prospect Park. Seventh Avenue and Fifth Avenue are its primary commercial streets, while its east-west side streets are populated by many historic brownstones.
Park Slope is characterized by its historic buildings, top-rated restaurants, bars, and shops, as well as close access to Prospect Park, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, and the Central Library (as well as the Park Slope branch) of the Brooklyn Public Library system.
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Park Slope would be an interesting place to do a social experiment. It's populated by a strange combination of hippies, yuppies, and washed-up writers, but it somehow kind of works. In the daytime, the streets are filled with mothers, baby sitters and $800 strollers, and there's plenty to do. You could spend some time at one of the many coffee shops (http://cupofnyc.com/shops/park-slope for a listing), the best of which is probably Gorilla Coffee on 5th Ave.
If you get bored of coffee and it's nice out, Prospect Park is definitely worth a look. During the summer it's filled with people playing Frisbee and sunbathing.
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