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755 Ocean Avenue
Firefighters battling a multiple dwelling fire on the fourth floor of 755 Ocean Avenue this afternoon have brought the blaze under control, the FDNY said [https://twitter.com/FDNY/status/491297262870343680]. Battalion 41 [http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/brooklyn/e248.htm] (headquartered at 2900 Snyder Avenue) responded to what
Department of Housing Preservation and Development
Following a meeting lawmakers and city housing officials held [/blog/news/give-your-input-tomorrow-on-citys-policy-to-move-section-8-residents-into-smaller-housing] last week in regards to the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development [http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/home/home.shtml]‘s contentious decision this year to move Section 8 residents into smaller housing in light
E 8 Street
What would summertime be without roadwork? Watch where you drive and park this week – the city Department of Transportation is going to be doing work in the neighborhood. From this week’s schedule [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bkresurf.pdf]: Monday, July 21 East 8th Street between
As you get back to the Monday grind, here are the scheduled F and G subway changes you’ll need to keep an eye on this week. Details via the MTA [http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/default.aspx]: Starting Monday: > G trains run every 20 minutes Late evenings, beginning
Happy days are here again! Or, at least until Wednesday. There are no scheduled changes for the Q and the B until hump day, when Coney Island-bound Q trains will start running express from Prospect Park to Kings Highway through the middle of August. Ok, maybe not so many happy
BJ's Wholesale
After spotting missing signs for Noel “Bibby” Charles in the Church Avenue subway station over the weekend, we’ve learned that the NYPD has reported him found and safe. We’re happy to hear Noel is back with his family.
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vet
Oh, the injustice! This little fella put up a valiant fight against the inevitable trip to the vet, as photographed by griffon_gus [http://instagram.com/p/qkHF8LABJ9/?modal=true]. Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/
CEC 15
As heavy rain drenched the world outside PS 130 [http://ps130brooklyn.com/] Tuesday evening, hundreds of people packed the Kensington school’s cafeteria at this week’s Community Education Council 15 meeting [http://cec15.webs.com/contacts.htm] to listen to, and give input on, the city Department of Education’
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
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
cellist
What does it mean to be home? To know that the place where you live is more than a haphazard assortment of furniture – that, amidst the wooden floors and old photographs and even the dirty dishes breeding in the sink, it’s a place where you feel as though some