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convicts
Slamming current hiring practices as unjust, area leaders are pushing for new city laws that would prevent employers from immediately asking about an applicant’s arrest history, as well as ban employment credit checks. Prompted by the news that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill that prevents employers
Music, food, and many a reveler will fill Coney Island Avenue, between Avenue H and Newkirk Avenue, this Sunday for the annual Brooklyn Mela [/blog/holidays/taking-a-bite-out-of-brooklyn-mela], which celebrates Pakistan’s independence day. Sponsored by the Pakistani American Merchants Association, the festival [https://www.facebook.com/events/145217995560969/] will be
twilight
Riding into the twilight, as photographed by imnotjaredblake [http://instagram.com/p/rqG_hcyiBU/?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
recidivism
Slamming current hiring practices as unjust, area leaders are pushing for new city laws that would prevent employers from immediately asking about an applicant’s arrest history, as well as ban employment credit checks. Prompted by the news that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill that prevents employers
18th Avenue
Officials at the Kensington library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/kensington] are removing two iPads from the children’s reading section because some kids, and even parents, “kept sneaking off with the devices to shop, play violent video games, and view porn sites,” according to a Daily News report [http:
This weekend, you can celebrate our neighbor Sarah Jenny’s Hey Queen! [http://www.heyqueen.org/] dance party Saturday night being named a Time Out New York critic’s pick [/blog/neighbors/neighbor-sarah-jennys-final-hey-queen-parties-named-as-time-out-new-york-critics-pick] , catch all kinds of amazing music at Bar Chord, enjoy the second-to-last Saturday of free rowing in
It’s almost the weekend! We still don’t have the G [/transportation/this-friday-until-september-2-no-g-train-service-north-of-nassau-avenue] north of Nassau Avenue, and watch out for a couple changes on the F. Details via the MTA [http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/default.aspx]: Starting Thursday: > No G train service north of Nassau Avenue
August 16
Many congratulations to neighbor Sarah Jenny, who runs the South Brooklyn Queers meetup [/blog/tag/south-brooklyn-queers] (and is a devotee of the Cortelyou greenmarket [/blog/food/baking-with-the-greenmarket-sarah-jennys-strawberry-rhubarb-pie]), for her Hey Queen! [http://www.heyqueen.org/] multi-gender queer dance party being named as a Time Out New York Critic’s Pick
It’s almost the weekend! There are a couple things to watch out for today and tomorrow (like the Coney Island-bound Q running express), but we should be gloriously free of (scheduled, at least) changes Saturday and Sunday. Details via the MTA [http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/default.aspx]: Starting
23 Caton Place
“The status quo is not acceptable,” Windsor Terrace resident June Reich said and looked out at a small crowd gathered on the pews of the International Baptist Church’s [http://internationalbaptistny.org/] sanctuary Monday evening, attendees of which nodded their heads in agreement: The flooding and sewage backup, they said,
flatbushnelson
The perfection of summer, as captured by flatbushnelson [http://instagram.com/p/rmWlLQn_gZ/?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
bagels
Time to stockpile the croissants, rainbow cookies, and poundcake – John’s Bakery [/blog/business/meet-john-ficarra-of-johns-bakery] (1322 Cortelyou Road) is going on vacation from August 18 through August 31. While we are sad to face a world sans John’s chocolate covered oreos [/blog/food/our-favorite-chocolatey-dishes-around-ditmas-park], we know this is some