Editor of Ditmas Park Corner
Emily Winkler-Morey
[https://www.facebook.com/164632384191/photos/pb.164632384191.-2207520000.1420157848./10152622489954192/?type=3&theater] Photo via Rogowski Farm [https://www.facebook.com/164632384191/photos/pb.164632384191.-2207520000.1420157848./10152622489954192/?type=3&theater] Cortelyou Greenmarket [http://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/brooklyn/cortelyou] manager Emily Winkler-Morey just gave us some
citizenship
We have good news for anyone who’s planning on taking the U.S. citizenship test: the Brooklyn Public Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/] is offering free citizenship courses for the tens of thousands of new Americans in the borough. The classes will begin January 13 at local libraries across
ezraguitar
[https://www.facebook.com/EzraGuitars/photos/pb.396441013792879.-2207520000.1420215733./407558562681124/?type=3&theater] Photo via Ezra Guitar [https://www.facebook.com/EzraGuitars/photos/pb.396441013792879.-2207520000.1420215733./407558562681124/?type=3&theater] This Saturday, January 3 from 10am to 4pm, neighbors are invited to take a free
Guler Ugur-Yaaobi
We have some very sad news: a 44-year-old photographer from Kensington, Guler Ugur-Yaacobi, was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Morningside Heights around 6:10pm on New Year’s Eve, according to the NYPD. Ugur-Yaacobi, who lived on E. 7th Street, near Cortelyou Road, was crossing eastbound on West 113th
E 18th Street
Nancy Beranbaum, the president of the Fiske Terrace Association, let us know a neighbor was mugged on E. 18th Street and Glenwood Road around 9:30pm Tuesday evening. According to the individual who was mugged, four “thin/athletic” teenagers between the ages of 15 and 18 told them to drop
guitar
[https://www.facebook.com/EzraGuitars/photos/pb.396441013792879.-2207520000.1420215733./407558562681124/?type=3&theater] Photo via Ezra Guitar [https://www.facebook.com/EzraGuitars/photos/pb.396441013792879.-2207520000.1420215733./407558562681124/?type=3&theater] This Saturday, January 3 from 10am to 4pm, neighbors are invited to learn about Ezra
business closings
It has been quite the year for businesses opening and closing in the neighborhood, from restaurants and bakeries to beauty salons and yoga centers. As we move into the new year, we wanted to take a look back at everything that has flung open their doors to our community, as
[/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/773-Lounge-after-fire.jpg]Photo via 773 Lounge’s fundraising campaign [http://www.gofundme.com/773lounge] We just got some updated details about the fundraiser for 773 Lounge [https://www.facebook.com/773Lounge?fref=ts], a beloved bar that’s been in our neighborhood for decades and which
2015
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/flatbushgardener/11681498486/in/photolist-dGJENM-dGJDVK-b6DojF-96CXib-96okdg-7sKi85-96VRqP-96Yu7s-96YEv3-981hCL-97X9cr-iNfJwj-96ruqG-xi71H-98sgqt-96XFWs-98JVQ8-97Fogv-dGJEJc-dGQ6F5-dGJEo2-w9oQR-5NZxKD-dGJDki-579vgd-579uNA-57txsR-579ve9-w9rg8-dGJEAc-dGJEa2-w9sJm-wnCgk-8728J-bevbyT-w9pgh-wef8H-wgKGr-wgKPJ-85V2LP-96YyZw-4j3iUB-98voSy-7suhG6-7sugrr-7woN6n-7sydmU-7woEqK-98JY82-4hWPKc] Photo via Chris Kreussling [https://www.flickr.com/photos/flatbushgardener/116814984
Photo via Ricky Leong [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rleong101/5313429262/in/photolist-4hvuM3-4izFAo-5ZnBNa-96t4ms-wkiHf-jF4jZ3-jF4Se9-7nBYGU-jF4Qmw-5P8BEG-9s9Zaz-96wHpm-e9C5Xs-8zvdt-waVnS-6aM3x7-w7mMJ-4ivCfa-waXys-6aM3v5-jF4stm-9s9Y2V-5ZujF1-jF1oAi-7D2TLY-jF5adu-jF2bqc-jF24J8-jF4yR3-jF38tP-96vCLw-jF3ERu-jF1YsX-jF5h8w-jF2oTD-jF2PsZ-jF2ezi-jF3dTM-jF2cZp-jF2ViM-jF3Waq-jF4oNf-wcjMX-wcjHe-wcjJU-wcjLh-6aM3tw-6aGTha-6aM3nE-6aGTfn] Happy (almost) New Year to all our wonderful neighbors! For those of y
Edging closer to 2015 in Ditmas Park, as photographed by yoni2ny [http://instagram.com/p/xPX5kpBZnc/?modal=true]. Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag them #ditmaspark on Instagram, and we’ll post them
Bonnie Youth Club
[https://www.facebook.com/sustainableflatbush/photos/pb.29085258875.-2207520000.1419970796./10151658918433876/?type=3&theater] Photo via Sustainable Flatbush [https://www.facebook.com/sustainableflatbush/photos/pb.29085258875.-2207520000.1419970796./10151658918433876/?type=3&theater] If you’re thinking of ending 2014 with a charitable donation, there are many groups doing