Editor of Ditmas Park Corner
Flatbush Avenue Business Improvement District
The Flatbush Avenue BID [http://www.flatbushavebid.com/] is asking neighbors to take a quick online survey [https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Flatbush_Ave_BID] to help the group gain a better understanding of how the area on Flatbush Avenue between Parkside Avenue and Cortelyou Road can better meet the
john turturro
The New York Landmarks Conservancy alerted [https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152530339282933&id=134307742932] us to this new video [http://vimeo.com/106913095]that actor John Turturro narrates about Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com/] – and while it’s meant to raise money for the burial
2222 Flatbush Avenue
Oh man. Looks like if you haven’t gotten a letter in the past nine years, it could have very well ended up as one of the more than 40,000 pieces of mail that a Brooklyn postal worker is accused of not delivering and instead hoarding in his home,
East 21st Street
Sustainable Flatbush [http://sustainableflatbush.org/] is holding two free workshops on Saturday, one on herbal medicine preparation at 10am [http://sustainableflatbush.org/2014/09/15/medicine-prep/] and the second on how to prepare for the upcoming cold and flu season at 12pm [http://sustainableflatbush.org/2014/09/15/medicine-prep/]. Both
More confirmation that we live in the prettiest place. As photographed by littlewingsings [http://instagram.com/p/tWSp_amhT5/?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’
18 Marlborough Road
Updated 3:44pm: A PS 249 science teacher was arraigned this afternoon on charges that he sexually abused five elementary school students, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson said. Omil Carrasquillo, 36, of Selden, New York, was arrested yesterday and has been accused of allegedly groping and fondling girl between the
breukelen country fair
Happy Thursday, everyone! This weekend, you can explore the history of our neighborhood on a Forgotten New York tour [http://forgotten-ny.com/2014/09/forgottentour-84-ditmas-park-and-flatbush/], go to a beer tasting at Market [http://marketcortelyou.com/], check out the annual Breukelen Country Fair at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum [https://www.facebook.
public transportation schedule
There are no scheduled changes on the B or the Q this weekend, hurrah! Though, heads up: the Brighton Beach-bound B is running local and the Astoria-bound Q is running express today through Friday afternoon. Details via the MTA [http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/default.aspx]: Starting Thursday: > Brighton
Brooklyn Urban Gardeners
Want to make our neighborhood more beautiful? Join the volunteers from the Ocean Parkway Garden Association and Brooklyn Urban Gardeners [http://www.bbg.org/greenbridge/bug] this Saturday, September 27, from 9am to 12pm to welcome the Million Trees NYC’s [http://www.milliontreesnyc.org/html/home/home.shtml] “treeLC
Joseph Makhani
[/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Maple-Street-Community-Garden-1.jpg]Photo by Ali Jacobs When the landlords of a plot of land that is now the Maple Street Community Garden [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Maple-Street-Community-Garden/161174647389369] in Prospect Lefferts Gardens showed up at the site on Tuesday, ready to raze the green space
Happy Thursday! The subways don’t look bad around us this weekend, though there are a number of changes if you’re traveling on the F in Queens or the G between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand Avenues. Details via the MTA [http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/default.aspx]: Starting Thursday:
the caton school
Updated 3:44pm: A PS 249 science teacher was arraigned this afternoon on charges that he sexually abused five elementary school students, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson said. Omil Carrasquillo, 36, of Selden, New York, was arrested yesterday and has been accused of allegedly groping and fondling girl between the