Editor of Ditmas Park Corner
Central Brooklyn
If you’ve been curious about whether PS 249 [http://www.catonschool.org/] is the right fit for your child, Wednesday, February 4 is a great time to find out. PS 249 (18 Marlborough Road, at Caton Avenue) will host an open house for its pre-K and kindergarten programs at
linus
Neighbor Donald Loggins snapped this photo of a pretty snazzy snow cave on Glenwood, just off Westminster.While more snow may translate to more shoveling, it also means many pretty photos of our neighborhood! Here are a couple we’ve rounded up, and let us know if you have a
Transportation
Image via the Port Authority [http://www.panynj.gov/about/CHFP_draft_Tier_1_EIS/05_Transportation.pdf] Tomorrow, February 3, from 4-8pm at Brooklyn Borough Hall (209 Joralemon Street), you’ll be able to tell the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey what you think of their
Events
The Lodge at Sycamore. Photo courtesy SycamoreWe know it’s all wintery outside, but there are so many reasons for you to get out of your home this week, from seeing comedian and storyteller Adam Wade [/blog/events/comedian-storyteller-adam-wade-tomorrow-nights-show-sycamore-dreams-astronaut-awesome-80-year-old-italian-landlady] for free at Sycamore, a special Black History Month movie screening
News
Image via the Port Authority of NY and NJ [http://www.panynj.gov/about/CHFP_draft_Tier_1_EIS/05_Transportation.pdf]. Tomorrow, February 3, from 4-8pm at Brooklyn Borough Hall (209 Joralemon Street), you’ll be able to tell the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey what
kensington
Photo via Adam Wade [https://www.facebook.com/ADAMWADESTORYTELLER/photos/pb.182613285100969.-2207520000.1422900894./835543326474625/?type=3&theater] We have no doubt at least some of you have seen storyteller and comedian Adam Wade [http://adamwade.com/] at The Moth [http://adamwade.com/humor/themoth/] or watched him perform
Bay Ridge
Image via the Port Authority [http://www.panynj.gov/about/CHFP_draft_Tier_1_EIS/05_Transportation.pdf] Tomorrow, February 3, from 4-8pm at Brooklyn Borough Hall (209 Joralemon Street), you’ll be able to tell the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey what you think of their
Announcements
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the Windsor Terrace Food Co-op’s first all-members meeting [/blog/food/new-food-co-op-slated-open-825-caton-avenue-march-members-meeting-monday] , which was scheduled for Monday night, has been canceled because of the weather. The meeting will be rescheduled. During the first all-members gathering, neighbors will discuss what they’d
food co-op
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the Windsor Terrace Food Co-op’s first all-members meeting [/business/what-do-you-want-the-new-windsor-terrace-food-co-op-to-offer], which was scheduled for Monday night, has been canceled because of the weather. The meeting will be rescheduled. During the first all-members gathering, neighbors will discuss what they’d like
comedian
Photo via Adam Wade [https://www.facebook.com/ADAMWADESTORYTELLER/photos/pb.182613285100969.-2207520000.1422900894./835543326474625/?type=3&theater] We have no doubt at least some of you have seen storyteller and comedian Adam Wade [http://adamwade.com/] at The Moth [http://adamwade.com/humor/themoth/] or watched him perform
traffic
Heads up, neighbors: a traffic light is out at Ditmas and Coney Island Avenues. The NYPD has a couple people out there navigating traffic, but if you’re able to avoid the area, it’s probably best to do so. We’ve got a call into the city to find
Politics
Councilman Jumaane Williams at the hearing he led Thursday on the 421-A property tax exemption program. (Photo by William Alatriste/NYC Council [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nyccouncil/16398315345/].)Local legislators slammed the city’s 421-A property tax exemption program [http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/developers/ahp.shtml]