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663 Coney Island Avenue
With the recent massive celebrations happening on Coney Island Avenue to celebrate Pakistan’s independence [/food/thousands-celebrate-pakistans-independence-at-brooklyn-mela], we thought it would be a good time to check out a place we’d routinely passed by but had yet to go into – MashAllah Sweets & Restaurant [http://www.yelp.com/biz/
With the recent massive celebrations happening on Coney Island Avenue to celebrate Pakistan’s independence [/blog/events/thousands-celebrate-pakistans-independence-at-brooklyn-mela-on-coney-island-avenue] , we thought it would be a good time to check out a place we’d routinely passed by but had yet to go into – MashAllah Sweets & Restaurant [http://www.yelp.com/
10th ave
Source: Sunny SkiesGov. Andrew Cuomo announced the preliminary recipients of $340 million in pre-kindergarten funding yesterday [http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/08182014-pre-kindergarten-funding]. While none are in the Bensonhurst area, there are two in Borough Park – Mothers Love and Sunny Skies DC Corp [http://www.sunnyskiespreschool.com/nyc-child-day-care-preschool-nursery-school/borough-park/] . Provided
2585 coney island ave
Source: Sunny SkiesGov. Andrew Cuomo announced the preliminary recipients of $340 million in pre-kindergarten funding yesterday [http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/08182014-pre-kindergarten-funding], including a couple in our area – Brighton Beach’s Sarah Winner Group Family Day Care and Sunny Skies Preschool [http://www.sunnyskiespreschool.com/nyc-child-day-care-preschool-nursery-school/coney-island/] . Provided state
crossing guard
Standing guard on Rugby Road, as photographed by amrosario [http://instagram.com/p/r4kb-Pq72g/?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 on the
80 Rugby Road
After a fire tore through a landmarked Victorian home at 80 Rugby Road [/blog/crime/fire-on-rugby-road-near-church-ave-this-morning] in November 2012, its owners, Bishop Wharton Nicholson and Grace Nicholson, have been working what seems like another job to get the city Landmarks Preservation Commission to give its stamp of approval on renovation
parkside
Outdoor dining, free musical entertainment and shopping bargains are coming to Church and Flatbush Avenues this Friday, when the Church Avenue BID [https://www.churchavenue.org/] and Flatbush Avenue BID [http://www.flatbushavebid.com/] will kick off the sidewalk sales event that the groups are co-hosting through Sunday, August 24.
cuomo
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the preliminary recipients of $340 million in pre-kindergarten funding yesterday [http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/08182014-pre-kindergarten-funding], including a couple in our area – the United Cerebral Palsy of New York City: Brooklyn Children’s Program [http://www.ucpnyc.org/site/c.buIWJcNSKnL6G/b.6605989/] and Sunny
dogs for adoption
We’ve learned that Sean Casey Animal Rescue [http://nyanimalrescue.org/], which operates out of offices in Windsor Terrace and Sunset Park, is “very much in need of some cleaning supplies and have to reach out to ask our friends, families & followers for your help,” the group said on
Sean Casey Animal Rescue [http://nyanimalrescue.org/], which operates out of spaces in Windsor Terrace and Sunset Park, is “very much in need of some cleaning supplies and have to reach out to ask our friends, families & followers for your help,” the group said on its Facebook page [https:
greenwood playground
Somehow, the summer is already wrapping up – but there’s still much happening this and next week at the Greenwood Playground [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/greenwood-playground] (located at the corner of Fort Hamilton Parkway and East 5th Street). Friends of the Greenwood Playground [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Greenwood-Playground/
Caribbean
CaribBEING [http://www.caribbeing.com/], a local nonprofit organization that aims to “build community through the lens of Caribbean cinema, culture and art,” [http://www.caribbeing.com/about/] is teaming up with Councilman Jumaane Williams to offer a free screening of the movie “Cool Runnings,” [http://www.imdb.com/title/