Editor of Ditmas Park Corner
Avi Shuker
Dozens of neighbors, including business owners and civic leaders, gathered at Lea [leabrooklyn.com] (1022 Cortelyou Road) yesterday afternoon to urge the 70th Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_070.shtml] for a greater police presence in the area following the armed robberies at Mimi’s
fall foliage
[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154797632550433&set=pcb.10152461791808364&type=1&theater] We can’t get enough of the fall colors at Prospect Park these days – and were especially inspired by neighbor Sal JD’s photos [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154797632550433&
40th Council District
While neighbors have been disappointed [/blog/news/notes-mondays-community-board-14-meeting] that Councilman Mathieu Eugene isn’t involved in the city’s participatory budgeting program [http://pbnyc.org/], which allows constituents to directly vote on projects they’d like funded, community members will still get a chance to have a say on what
601 Greenwood Avenue
Congratulations to Brooklyn Commune [http://brooklyncommune.com/] on four years of being in our neighborhood! The restaurant at 601 Greenwood Avenue just celebrated its official anniversary yesterday, and the folks there wrote [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynCommune/photos/a.578275205561378.1073741847.109783589077211/729002747155289/?type=1] : > These past four years
70th Precinct Explorers
Flatbush Reformed Church [https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushReformedChurch] (located at Church and Flatbush Avenues) is inviting everyone to celebrate Thanksgiving at their free holiday lunch on Thursday, November 27, beginning at 12pm. The Flatbush Avenue BID [http://www.flatbushavebid.com/], one of the event’s sponsors, let us know that
cortelyou road
Another day ends beautifully in our neighborhood, as photographed by crissachappell [http://instagram.com/p/vP4039N3ZJ/?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
242 Flatbush Avenue
Neighbors are invited to meet their newest legislator, Assemblywoman-elect Rodneyse Bichotte [/blog/politics/rodneyse-bichotte-easily-defeats-gop-challenger-election-results] , who will replace outgoing Assemblywoman Rhoda Jacobs [/blog/politics/well-wishes-from-colleagues-as-assemblywoman-rhoda-jacobs-announces-her-retirement] , at what’s being deemed a “victory party and pre-birthday bash” for Bichotte tomorrow, November 12, from 6-9pm at Woodland Restaurant [http://www.woodlandnyc.com/] (242
1810 Cortelyou Road
Update: A neighbor let us know that the tree has been cut up into pieces, but debris remains – so heads up as you navigate the area. Many thanks to neighbor William Cerf for letting us know about this uprooted tree near the apartment complex at 1810 Cortelyou Road, right by
Parade Grounds
Neighbor Olgierd Bilanow, who recently launched a petition [/crime/neighbor-launches-petition-to-allow-walking-biking-through-parade-grounds-after-sunset] to make it legal for pedestrians and bicyclists to use the Parade Grounds past sunset, is encouraging neighbors to let the police know what not having access to the area at night means for their safety [https://www.change.org/
CB 14
Community Board 14 [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/] held its November meeting Monday night at Edward R. Murrow High School [http://www.ermurrowhs.org/]. Here’s what happened this month: * Neighbors encouraged Councilman Mathieu Eugene [http://council.nyc.gov/d40/html/members/home.shtml] to become involved in the city’s
Neighbor Olgierd Bilanow, who recently launched a petition [/crime/neighbor-launches-petition-to-allow-walking-biking-through-parade-grounds-after-sunset] to make it legal for pedestrians and bicyclists to use the Parade Grounds past sunset, is encouraging neighbors to let the police know what not having access to the area at night means for their safety [https://www.change.org/
Apartment Therapy
Neighbors Shelley Worrell [/blog/neighbors/meet-shelley-worrell-founder-of-caribbeing-the-flatbush-film-festival-2] (the founder of caribBEING [http://www.caribbeing.com/] and the Flatbush Film Festival [http://www.caribbeing.com/flatbush-film-festival/]) and filmmaker Janluk Stanislas [http://www.caribbeing.com/qa-janluk-stanislas-filmmaker/] were just featured in this gorgeous spread in Apartment Therapy [http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/shelley-worrell-house-tour-211889#_] – and the