At the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn, when members run afoul of the work requirements, suspension and shame often result.

Amy Sohn’s novel about the leafy enclave of Park Slope has offended some residents for its satirical portrait. “I still wouldn’t want to live anywhere else,” she said.Amy Sohn’s new novel, “Prospect Park West,” is set in the Brooklyn neighborhood known for its gracious brownstones, liberal values and so-called helicopter moms.

Two co-workers tethered to harnesses were left dangling in the air, and were rescued by firefighters who arrived moments later as anxious neighbors witnessed the drama.

The novelist Colin Harrison, left, with Darrin Von Stein, a framer at Prints Charming in Park Slope.For the crime novelist Colin Harrison, the day starts when he prepares a special breakfast for his son.

A study released by the Department of Transportation shows that the suspension of alternate-side parking regulations in Park Slope last summer had no effect on the area’s congestion problem.

Four brownstones on a single Park Slope block are displaying signs rare enough in this liberal bastion to stop passers-by in their tracks: “McCain.”

A Facebook group brings together thirty-somethings who grew up in Brooklyn’s Park Slope.

Park Slope residents await changes to alternate-side parking rules after a two-month hiatus that left its streets littered with newspapers, coffee cups and water bottles.

For some residents the holiday from the parking rules has turned out to be a headache, making the hunt for parking spots tougher than ever.

There are nearly one million buildings in New York City, and more than 4,200 currently under construction, and it falls on one department to monitor them all.