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Heads up, Brooklyn Commune [http://brooklyncommune.com/] fans – the restaurant will be closed today, August 4, for renovation work and tomorrow, August 5 for their staff appreciation day. Also, the Kensington eatery [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynCommune], located at 601 Greenwood Avenue, will be closed after 3pm on Friday, August
subway travel
There are a couple things to watch out for this week, including B trains running local from Kings Highway to Prospect Park and Q trains running express from Prospect Park to Kings Highway, via the MTA [http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/default.aspx]: Starting Monday: > Q trains run every
Flatbush Junction Youthmarket
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Ditmas Park business
Vincent’s Barber Shop [http://www.yelp.com/biz/vincents-barber-brooklyn] on Cortelyou Road, which has been around for more than 100 years [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FimkeGZ6CII], as photographed by bullfella [http://instagram.com/p/bZ2n42KrKt/?modal=true]. And, remember, the barber shop is going on vacation [/blog/
Searching for a place to rent in or around Ditmas Park? We’ve rounded up some spots in the neighborhood to help you with your hunt. If you live in one of the apartment buildings, help a hunter out and leave a comment to let your prospective neighbors know how
Ditmas Park real estate
Searching for a place to rent in or around Ditmas Park? We’ve rounded up some spots in the neighborhood to help you with your hunt. If you live in one of the apartment buildings, help a hunter out and leave a comment to let your prospective neighbors know how
The 70th Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_070.shtml] (which covers Ditmas Park) has improved more than the other 12 precincts in Patrol Borough Brooklyn South when it comes to the number of summonses issued for failure to yield, according to Transportation Alternative’s new
Buddha's Smile School
Erica Harris [http://www.ericaharris.org/], an artist based in Kensington, let us know that she is returning to Varanasi, India for an art residency this winter and will be working with one of her “favorite places in the world,” Buddha’s Smile School [http://buddhas-smile-school.org/] – which brings free
commercial shoot
After wondering what the mysterious “DD” film shoot happening Saturday and Monday (and for which you hopefully moved your cars [/blog/art-music/move-your-cars-by-friday-morning-for-film-shoot] this morning – and will have to move your cars for by 5am Sunday) was going to be, we tracked down the location manager Jose – and he told
Crown Heights
We have some sad news: today is the last day you’ll be able to go to the farmers market outside the Q at Parkside [/blog/greenmarket/parkside-farmers-market-could-close-flatbush-youthmarket-expands] because the group that runs it, Seeds in the Middle [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Seeds-in-the-Middle/336958416059?fref=ts], said it has
DOT
A group of concerned Windsor Terrace residents are launching a discussion about the need for the city Department of Transportation and the NYPD to pay greater attention to the safety of pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists on neighborhood streets. To start, the group has developed a survey to find out about
cortelyou library friends group
The Cortelyou Library Friends Group [https://www.facebook.com/cortelyoulibraryfriends] is inviting all our neighborhood book lovers to its annual summer meeting on Wednesday, August 6 at 6pm in the meeting room of the library (1305 Cortelyou Road). All are welcome and encouraged to bring their ideas for how to