Largely focusing on the neighborhood of Park Slope, Up the Slope provides local news coverage of business, politics, education, community events, clubs and organizations, religion, arts, culture, sports, and entertainment. Birth announcements, wedding announcements, and obituaries do not appear in the paper. Numerous articles concerning the "red-lining" issue in Park Slope appear. Columns in Spanish are regularly published, as are poems contributed by local residents. Advertisements and photographs appear throughout.