Editor of Ditmas Park Corner
1601 Cortelyou Road
We’ve gotten confirmation that the Met Foods [http://www.yelp.com/biz/met-foods-brooklyn] at 1610 Cortelyou Road is planning to expand into the two vacant stores on either side of it – the former Tasty Deli Grocery [/blog/business/tasty-deli-grocery-to-move-into-the-smoke-shop-on-cortelyou] at 1604 Cortelyou Road and China Dragon [/blog/business/demolition-in-china-dragon-other-changes-to-cortelyou-block]
We spotted this sign for a film shoot that will be happening from 6am to 10pm Saturday on East 17th Street between Ditmas Avenue and Dorchester Road. The project name is “DD” – which, if you know what that means, let us know! And, if you’re parked in the area,
belfry
Don’t you wish this belfry could talk? What all has it seen? As photographed by viewfromabroad [http://instagram.com/p/rBFxONNJkZ/?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
organ
Organ enthusiast Joe Vitacco, who led the efforts to restore the 1930s Kilgen pipe organ [/blog/news/after-nearly-seven-years-a-renewed-1930s-kilgen-pipe-organ-returns-to-our-lady-of-refuge] at Our Lady of Refuge Church [/?s=Our+Lady+of+Refuge] (2020 Foster Avenue), has sent us a couple videos of the beautifully restored musical instrument [/blog/art-music/keeping-up-with-our-lady-of-refuges-pipe-organ] – which will be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0zHuRH5VWk&feature=youtu.be Police are asking for your help in identifying and locating two males who the NYPD said followed an 18-year-old woman into her Midwood apartment building and proceeded to physically assault and rob her on Sunday evening. According to the
Brooklyn politics
With the Sept. 9 primary less than two months away, Democratic candidates [/blog/news/in-bid-against-each-other-candidates-agree-the-affordable-housing-crisis-must-be-tackled] running to replace Assemblywoman Rhoda Jacobs (who is retiring after 36 years [/blog/politics/well-wishes-from-colleagues-as-assemblywoman-rhoda-jacobs-announces-her-retirement] ) are touting a variety of endorsements as they continue to criss-cross the 42nd Assembly District in an attempt to persuade
prospect park zoo
For this year’s National Zoo Keeper Week [http://www.prospectparkzoo.com/plan-your-trip/events-calendar/zookeeper-week.aspx] , some of those working at zoos in the city shared some really incredible stories on the Wild View [http://blog.wcs.org] photo blog – including James Gottlieb’s reminiscence about getting Dory [http://blog.
Brooklyn zoo
For this year’s National Zoo Keeper Week [http://www.prospectparkzoo.com/plan-your-trip/events-calendar/zookeeper-week.aspx] , some of those working at zoos in the city shared some really incredible stories on the “Wild View [http://blog.wcs.org]” photo blog – including James Gottlieb’s reminiscence about getting Dory [http://blog.
Alvin Berke
Thousands of people came out to Coney Island Avenue Sunday night to celebrate Eid al-Fitr – the last day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan – at the sixth annual Chand Raat Bazaar. Thanks to neighbor Donald Loggins for these photos – and if anyone else has pictures of the festivities, feel
131 Buckingham Road
While our neighborhood has plenty of homes that easily adhere to memory, the pagoda-like structure at 131 Buckingham Road that is often referred to as “the Japanese house [/blog/photos/wait-were-in-brooklyn]” is one that, even among our grandeur-filled streets, sticks out. Tucked away among trees on Buckingham, just before Albemarle
art exhibition
A special one-night preview of an exhibition by Nasima Khanam Queenie, a visiting artist from Bangladesh, will be held this Thursday, July 31, from 6pm to 9pm at 131 Chester Avenue (between Church Avenue and Louisa Street) in Kensington. The preview of the exhibition, which will be held on August
brooklyn schools
Parents from PS 130 [http://ps130brooklyn.com/] have launched an online petition [http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ps-130-upper-and-lower-school] in support of a plan for the incoming PS/IS 437 that they say will help retain the diversity at their Kensington school. The petition, which can be seen here [http://www.