Editor of Ditmas Park Corner
absinthe
Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Photo by Shane Doyle, via Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts.Congratulations, neighbors – you’ve (almost) survived the week that Juno was going to end the world [/?s=juno] – but didn’t! To celebrate avoiding the apocalypse, you can indulge in the green fairy [https://www.facebook.
dinner volunteers
Photo via CAMBA [https://www.facebook.com/CAMBAinc/photos/a.10152812439989732.1073741846.20055334731/10152812440584732/?type=3&theater] .If you’d like to help out a neighborhood organization that does amazing work, from running a food pantry [/blog/politics/at-camba-food-pantry-council-members-kick-off-program-to-battle-youth-unemployment#prettyPhoto] that provides meals to thousands of neighbors every month
bars
It is not a matter of if 773 Lounge [https://www.facebook.com/773Lounge?fref=ts] will come back, but when – and after hundreds of people came out to support the watering hole at a fundraiser this past weekend [/events/this-saturday-raise-your-glass-to-help-773-lounge-rebuild], the owners are much closer to reopening a spot
416 church avenue
When Irma Pulido, one of the owners of the Church Café Wine Bar [https://www.facebook.com/churchcafewinebar?fref=ts] (416 Church Avenue between E 4th and E 5th Streets) told us that she and her husband, Mateo Pulido, had added a long list of cocktails and seafood to their
child death
The NYPD is investigating the death of a two-week-old infant, Rivka Ruvinov, who was found “unconscious and unresponsive” at a home on E. 7th Street between Ditmas Avenue and 18th Avenue Thursday morning, police said. According to police, the baby was transported “by private means” to Maimonides Hospital, where she
967 Coney Island Avenue
Photo by Daniel X MatzAfter the city Department of Health closed Famous Pita [/blog/food/doh-shuts-famous-pita-operating-expired-food-service-establishment-permit] , at the corner of Coney Island Avenue and Newkirk Avenue, for operating with an expired food service establishment permit earlier this month, neighbors noticed the windows were papered up – and now we’ve learned
Gothamist
Sure, Juno wasn’t the end of the world, the apocalypse is nigh, snowmageddon that we believed it would be – but, luckily for us, that means we can actually still walk places – like to Prospect Park for sledding, as photographed by coutureheartglam [http://instagram.com/p/yYKel8ieIt/?modal=true]. And,
photo
Sure, Juno may not have been the apocalypse-is-nigh snowmageddon that we thought it would be, but that doesn’t mean we’re free of having to dig ourselves out of the snow! Many thanks to neighbor Rick Lombardo for sending us this great photo. If you have photos of the
162 5th Avenue
Pictured from left: Miro Gal, Lien Lin, Jed Freedlander, Edward Lin. Photo via Park Slope Stoop [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/business/a-look-inside-bricolage-the-new-modern-vietnamese-restaurant-set-to-open-soon-on-5th-avenue] .After two Ditmas Park residents hoping to open a beer and banh mi spot couldn’t find the right location in our neighborhood, they moved on to Park
alternate-side parking
Heads up, drivers – alternate side parking regulations have been suspended on Thursday, January 29; Friday, January 30; and Saturday, January 31 to allow for snow removal, city officials announced this afternoon. Alternate side parking regulations are also suspended today, Wednesday, January 28. Payment at parking meters, however, will remain in
Holy Name Parish Hall
Hey, you, new Windsor Terrace Food Co-op [http://www.windsorterracefoodcoop.com/] member! What are you hoping to buy at the co-op? Are you an all fruits and veggies kinda person – or do you want to see some of those sweet, sweet baked goods, too? If you’d like to have
Heads up, drivers – alternate side parking regulations have been suspended on Thursday, January 29; Friday, January 30; and Saturday, January 31 to allow for snow removal, city officials announced this afternoon. Alternate side parking regulations are also suspended today, Wednesday, January 28. Payment at parking meters, however, will remain in