Editor of Ditmas Park Corner
sanitation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFmpmLqTGik&feature=youtu.be For years, neighbors on E. 10th Street, between Caton and Church Avenues, have braced themselves for water, sewage and sludge to pour into their basements when it rains. And, for years, these neighbors have turned to the city, time
18th Avenue Associated
Photo via Lost and Found Pets in Brooklyn [https://www.facebook.com/lostpetsinbrooklyn/photos/a.388934217874169.1073741828.388926341208290/663897943711127/?type=1&theater] .Updated 5:42pm: After this sweet cat was found outside the Associated [/animals/cat-found-living-in-a-box-on-18th-avenue-4th-street#.VdM6HogViko] at 18th Avenue and E. 4th Street, the folks at the grocery
BID
Photo courtesy of the Flatbush-Nostrand Junction BIDIf you notice people you haven’t seen before cleaning the Flatbush Nostrand Junction BID [http://www.flatbushjunctionbid.com/] area, be sure to give them a big welcome — the new sanitation crew just began working this past Saturday, August 15. The workers from the
bear
Rob Buchel [http://www.robbuchel.com/]photographed some pretty darn cute wildlife [https://instagram.com/p/6e7uw_onJL/?taken-by=robb83]hanging out in our neighborhood. 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
Photo via Brian Charette [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153368960444617&set=a.10151083342139617.454664.851329616&type=1&theater] Happy Monday, everyone! This week, you can learn how to knit and crochet [vhttp://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/list?loc[]=568]with your neighbors, see a free
comedy
Shlomo Franklin will perform at Bar Chord this Wednesday. Photo via Shlomo Franklin [https://www.facebook.com/464176850379051/photos/pb.464176850379051.-2207520000.1439844203./469252763204793/?type=3&theater] Happy Monday, everyone! This week, you can get your laugh on at Bar Chord’s comedy night, [http://barchordnyc.com/calendar.html]
entertainment
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerHeads up, neighbors — you’re not going to be able to park on Avenue H, between Rugby Road and Westminster Road, this Thursday, August 20 because a movie, “Viral,” will be filming there. Parking will be held for the filming, which is slated to happen between
Brooklyn Mela
Photo by KensingtonBKThousands of people filled Coney Island Avenue Sunday, August 16, to celebrate Pakistan’s independence day with heaps of delicious food, music, dancing and more for the annual Brooklyn Mela [/blog/events/brooklyn-mela-will-be-celebrated-on-coney-island-avenue-this-sunday-watch-out-for-street-closures-and-bus-changes-2] . Held each year in New York City’s largest Pakistani community, the festivities centered around
Best of Lists
Photo by South Slope NewsCongratulations, Jaya Yoga [http://jayayogacenter.com/]! The yoga studio that’s located at 1626 8th Avenue in our area and 2902 Fort Hamilton Parkway in Kensington, was just named one of the best yoga spots in the entire city, according to CBS New York [http://newyork.
Councilman Jumaane Williams
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerThousands of people filled Coney Island Avenue Sunday, August 16, to celebrate Pakistan’s independence day with heaps of delicious food, music, dancing and more for the annual Brooklyn Mela [/blog/events/brooklyn-mela-will-be-celebrated-on-coney-island-avenue-this-sunday-watch-out-for-street-closures-and-bus-changes-2] . Held each year in New York City’s largest Pakistani community, the festivities
4517 Avenue D
Photo via Jonathan Garcia [https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathangarcia/3748383024/in/photolist-6HerFw-8xiW5Q-fD63Q9-cdaEDL-fCtoKg-88m4rF-59YNvh-681U2C-55kmDw-5x9K83-rhVqML-9gJ4Gv-7fmoVe-fFQwwF-fG87rj-rhSx74-aeQy9a-fCtsAv-4Ug15Y-dipEZj-6dgPVS-oVhHiN-fCtmvR-7fmoUD-aeQizX-qmd1JT-7ynMEa-fCKZEY-rhVoEu-2w2Ft7-bxRVNf-7JsP91-cRPnz5-9vrRGX-e1LDJL-fCKTMw-e1LDKA-ccmwh-r1rX9h-rhVq6A-8H1LGn-fqoh58-88pgZq-aeQvcP-64yHhp-aSnUER-6L13SK-bxRVNC-9vyBAq-5GRacJ] As the summer winds down and our community’s kids get
Photo via ekornblut [https://instagram.com/p/6Yfu_AtJsB/?taken-by=ekornblut]This week, we talked to Alex at Alex’s Shoe Repair about leaving Newkirk Plaza, celebrated a gorgeous new mural at Umma Park, learned about the incredible Leo Lee, who’s been serving our community for more than 66