Area Happenings: Nanny Background Checks, Best Vegetarian Eats, Singing for a Discount and More

Did a new art show open? A favorite restaurant close? We'll let you know what's been happening in the nabes around Prospect Heights in the past week. 

Park Slope Patch:

On "select Sundays," Guvnor's Vintage Thrift, 178 5th Ave.,  on their purchases.  

The site also gives you the lowdown on : Bar4, Barbes, Bar Reis, Puppets Jazz Bar, The Rock Shop, Southpaw, Tea Lounge, Union Hall, The Bell House, Littlefield and Roots Cafe.

Also, food writer Leila Cohan-Miccio names her , including, , on Bergen, just past Flatbush.

On that note, editor Kristen Brown , which just opened a new location on Fifth Avenue.

Fort Greene Patch:

This week, Fort Greene Patch has a , a new bar on Fulton.

There is also an article on on Myrtle Avenue so large that people had to walk into oncoming traffic to get by.

Carroll Gardens Patch:

There's an article on a new service that will at $555 a shot.

There is also a story letting us know that .

Bed-Stuy Patch:

Egyptians in Bed-Stuy .

There's also an article on a .