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Foster and Roger Avenues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvUAjoUE2pE After a man was caught on camera snatching a woman’s purse as she walked with her 5-year-old son at Foster and Roger Avenues this past Wednesday, July 15, the NYPD is turning to the public for help finding the suspect. According to
1090 Coney Island Avenue
Thousands of people filled Coney Island Avenue, from Foster Avenue to Avenue H, last night for the annual Chand Raat Bazaar [/blog/events/annual-chand-raat-bazaar-on-coney-island-avenue-thursday-night] — a night of celebration marking the end of the Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. The American Council of Minority Women [https://www.facebook.com/
Holidays
Thousands of people filled Coney Island Avenue, from Foster Avenue to Avenue H, last night for the annual Chand Raat Bazaar [/blog/events/annual-chand-raat-bazaar-on-coney-island-avenue-thursday-night] — a night of celebration marking the end of the Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. The American Council of Minority Women [https://www.facebook.com/
pianists
Photo courtesy of Anya HoyerAttentions, pianists! A contractor is hoping to give away an upright Sterling piano that was left in a house that’s being demolished on E. 16th Street, by the dead end near the Avenue H Q train stop. We’ve been told the piano is in
opera
This Saturday, July 18, neighbors are invited to eat their brunch with a side of love, wit and vengefulness as the professional singers from our Ditmas Park’s Opera on Tap [http://www.operaontap.org/] bring their talents to Sycamore [http://www.sycamorebrooklyn.com/special-events/] (1118 Cortelyou Road) from 1-3pm.
farming
Image via GrowNYCA new greenmarket is coming our way! GrowNYC [http://www.grownyc.org/] — which operates such markets around us as the Cortelyou [http://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/brooklyn/cortelyou] and Flatbush Junction [http://www.grownyc.org/youthmarket/flatbush-junction-youthmarket] sites — just landed their permit to operate a farmers market at
E . 4th Street Community Garden
Rhiannon Giddens is playing a free concert at Celebrate Brooklyn tonight, Friday, July 17. Photo via Rhiannon Giddens [https://www.facebook.com/RhiannonGiddensMusic/photos/pb.26672662859.-2207520000.1437141998./10153182198467860/?type=3&theater] Happy Friday, everyone! This weekend, you can enjoy a free accordion concert at the E. 4th Street
https://youtu.be/36hr2BpdVgc The NYPD last night released surveillance footage of the suspect in the fatal shooting [/blog/crime/violence-in-ditmas-park-after-murders-jump-500-percent-in-70th-precinct-community-leaders-neighbors-discuss-what-can-be-done-to-address-the-crime] of 25-year-old neighbor Adetunji Ajakaye [/blog/crime/police-identify-men-who-were-fatally-shot-in-our-community-this-week-as-neighbors-adetunji-ajakaye-and-harold-abodia] , who was killed while sitting in a car at Newkirk
Friends have set up this memorial in remembrance of Adetunji Ajakaye [/blog/crime/police-identify-men-who-were-fatally-shot-in-our-community-this-week-as-neighbors-adetunji-ajakaye-and-harold-abodia] , a 25-year-old neighbor who was fatally shot while sitting in a car at Newkirk Avenue and E. 17th Street early Wednesday morning. All photos by Mike Wright [https://www.facebook.com/midwoodnewsnet?fref=ts]. Share photos
Rhiannon Giddens will perform at Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park this Saturday. Photo via Rhiannon Giddens [https://www.facebook.com/RhiannonGiddensMusic/photos/pb.26672662859.-2207520000.1437081778./10153277565252860/?type=3&theater] Happy Thursday, everyone! This weekend, you can celebrate Eid [/blog/events/annual-chand-raat-bazaar-on-coney-island-avenue-thursday-night] on Coney Island Avenue, go to a
e 17th street
Neighbors gather at the last peace rally held by the FDC in May.The Flatbush Development Corporation’s [http://www.fdconline.org/] Flatbush Youth Council will hold a “Stop the Violence Peace Rally” outside the FDC’s office at 1616 Newkirk Avenue, between E. 16th and E. 17th Streets, tomorrow,
arrests
Twenty alleged gang members who are accused of terrorizing the East Flatbush area with robberies, shootouts and more were arrested in a takedown by the NYPD and federal authorities, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. The 20 individuals, all of whom are from Brooklyn and most of whom