Support Mom-Owned Park Slope Businesses This Mother's Day

❤️ Plus, 70+ events happening in/around Park Slope this weekend and next week!

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Mother’s Day is coming up on Sunday, May 11th, and as we count down, I thought it would be fun to spotlight Park Slope businesses owned by moms where we can buy Mother’s Day gifts. If you’re shopping for your mom or a mother figure in your life this week — or if you want to plant a gift idea for yourself for any occasion — hopefully this list can help.

I rounded up as many mom-owned businesses in Park Slope that I could find, but I know I missed some. Please leave a comment if I missed your business or if you know of any to add.

For more ideas, check out my 2024 Mother’s Day Gift Guide and check out the Park Slope Authors & Illustrators Library too.

Adult Art & Music Classes/Workshops

The Art Annex, owned by Christie O’Brien

Blue Balloon Songwriting School, owned by Rachel Lipson [Ed. Note: Read Rachel’s inspiring Park Slope Times interview on overcoming impostor syndrome.]

Rachel Lipson's Inspiring Advice on Overcoming Impostor Syndrome and Self-Doubt

Brooklyn Acting Lab, owned by Kristen Lynch

Visuals for Change, owned by Amanda Lyons

Artists

Amanda Lyons, Painter, Art Educator

Kae Gabrielle, Tattoo Artist

Marine Futin, Pastelist, Singer

Marissa Kaplan-Dobbs, Face Painter & Balloon Artist

Bookstores & Gift Shops

Annie's Blue Ribbon General Store, owned by Ann Cantrell [Ed. Note: Read Ann’s fun Park Slope Times interview on stoop finds, teaching college students, and block parties.]

Ann Cantrell, Founder of Annie’s Blue Ribbon, Finds the Best Stoop Stuff

Community Bookstore, owned by Stephanie Valdez [Ed. Note: Read Stephanie’s Park Slope Times interview on the challenges of running small businesses, book bans, and an unforgettable experiential gift.]

Community Bookstore Owner Stephanie Valdez Reveals Her Not-So-Guilty Guilty Pleasure

Rider, owned by Alma Lacour

Terrace Books, owned by Stephanie Valdez

Cleaning Services

Great Green Cleaning and Maid Service, owned by Cindy LeBow

Clothing Shops/Consultants

Christine Alcalay, owned by Christine Alcalay

KIWI & fig, owned by Christine Alcalay

LBD Style Consulting, owned by Becky MacCurtain

Owl Tree Kids & Maternity Consignment, owned by Molly Patrick Epstein [Ed. Note: Read the Park Slope Times interview with Molly about Owl Tree’s launch in Park Slope.]

Park Slope is Getting a New Kids’ Consignment Shop

Floral Shops

Kiki Valentine, owned by Kiki Valentine

Massages & Wellness Centers

Red Moon, owned by Lena DeGloma

Wellness with Karla, owned by Karla Misjan

Newsletters

Brooklyn Family Travelers, by Rachel Lipson

How to Move, by Anna Maltby

The Practice of Art In Life, by Amanda Lyons

The Purse, by Lindsey Stanberry [Ed. Note: Read Lindsey’s Park Slope Times interview on writing about women and money, solo walks, and a delicious breakfast salad.]

Lindsey Stanberry Tells Us Her Big Piece of Money Advice

Photographers

Christina Marotto-Mendez, Maternity and Family Photographer

Meital Sakat, Maternity, Newborn & Family Photographer

Sai Naz, Family & Editorial Photographer

Restaurants, Bakeries, Cafes & Chefs

Bar Louise, owned by Allison Arevalo [Ed. Note: Read Allison’s Park Slope Times interview on launching Bar Louise, the Pasta Rose Scholarship, and running.]

Allison Arevalo—Who Sold Pasta from Her Park Slope Stoop During the Pandemic—is Opening Her Third Location in the Pasta Louise Family

Chrystelle Seidman, Chef

Couleur Café, owned by Kristen Lynch

IXV coffee, owned by Jenny Cooper

Pasta Louise, owned by Allison Arevalo

Pasta Louise Cafe, owned by Allison Arevalo

Sixteen Mill, owned by Talia Tutka

Welcome Home, owned by Mandela Cocores

Experiences

Turnstile Tours, owned by Cindy VandenBosch

Virtual Shopping

Amanda Cercone, owned by Amanda Cerone

BrooklynSeaGlass, owned by Nicole Alves

Consciously, owned by Maisa Mumtaz-Cassidy

Hyer Goods, owned by Dana Cohen

MARCO BAGA, owned by Marina Gil-Lemesheva

Voice of the Trees, owned by Melissa Brey

Work Spaces

Alcove, owned by Helen Knight [Ed. Note: Read Helen’s Park Slope Times interview on launching a new business while expecting her first child, studying Arabic in college, and the best cinnamon buns around.]

Helen Knight Tells Us How to Survive WFH & the Coffee Slushie You Need to Try

The Burrow, owned by Sarah Vaynerman

(Top photo of Kelley and her mom Lynn.)

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1. According to The Infatuation, Park Slope has some really tasty cinnamon rolls: Little Red Kitchen Bake Shop earned the second best cinnamon roll in NYC, Winner got seventh, Yardsale Cafe came in eleventh, and Breadivore ranked seventeenth.

2. Update on the proposed skate park at Mount Prospect Park: A group submitted an open letter to the board of directors of Tony Hawk’s skateboard foundation emphasising environmental injustice and skateboarding dangers.

3. The fifth annual Open Stages returns to Park Slope on May 10th: Sixteen “stages” will have live music from 3PM-6PM, featuring two dozen bands and performers including Cole Quest and the City Pickers, The Opera Next Door, the Brownstone Brass Quintet, and more.

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