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Photo via Friends of Greenwood Playground [https://www.facebook.com/223014854379847/photos/pb.223014854379847.-2207520000.1436890571./904735612874431/?type=3&theater] This Saturday, July 18, the Friends of Greenwood Playground [http://friendsofgreenwoodplayground.org/]will be holding a stoop sale at the playground — and all neighbors are invited to donate their
Carlos Pinto
Juan Carlos Pinto’s project at Q Gardens [https://www.facebook.com/Qgardenscommunity/photos/pb.190736197778724.-2207520000.1436883630./395904383928570/?type=3&theater] .The folks at Q Gardens [https://qgardenscf.wordpress.com/] — the new community green space just behind the Church Avenue subway station on E. 18th Street — have accomplished
862 Coney Island Avenue
Photo via NYScanner [https://twitter.com/NYScanner/status/620751520582238209]Two people were rushed to the hospital after being shot at 862 Coney Island Avenue, by Ditmas Avenue, at about 8pm Monday night, the NYPD said. A 50-year-old man was shot in the chest, and a 29-year-old man was shot in
Photo via NYScanner [https://twitter.com/NYScanner/status/620751520582238209]Two people were rushed to the hospital after being shot at 862 Coney Island Avenue, by Ditmas Avenue, at about 8pm Monday night, the NYPD said. A 50-year-old man was shot in the chest, and a 29-year-old man was shot in
Photo by Patrick J. CashinMany thanks to Patrick J. Cashin and Lazaro Rivero for sending us these great photos of neighbors welcoming Marty and Doc to Ditmas Park! Photo by Patrick J. CashinA large group gathered Saturday evening for the Flatbush Development Corporation’s outdoor screening [/blog/events/watch-a-free-outdoor-showing-of-back-to-the-future-on-cortelyou-road-this-saturday-july-11] of
Happy Monday, neighbors! This week, you can check out the first meeting of a new Ditmas Park book club [/blog/events/calling-all-lovers-of-literature-a-ditmas-park-book-club-is-forming-will-meet-monthly-at-the-cortelyou-library-beginning-july-15] , meet some brewers at Sycamore’s Beer Club [http://www.sycamorebrooklyn.com/beer-club/], get your laugh on at Bar Chord’s comedy night [http://barchordnyc.com/calendar.html]
brooklyn historical society
There is much happening at the Brooklyn Historical Society [http://www.brooklynhistory.org/] in the next couple of weeks, including a program that’s free for everyone and others that are free for members of BHS or Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com/]. Here are some of our favorite upcoming
The Vintage Language Trio will play at Bar Chord this Tuesday. Photo via Vintage Language Trio [https://www.facebook.com/VintageLanguageTrio/photos/a.452058954838461.101706.452058888171801/557380684306287/?type=1&theater] Happy Monday, neighbors! This week, you can celebrate Harper Lee’s second novel with a screening of “To Kill
Argyle and Newkirk
The scene after a bicyclist was hit at Argyle and Newkirk Sunday afternoon. Photo by ArthurA bicyclist was hit by a car at Argyle Road and Newkirk Avenue just after 3:30pm Sunday afternoon, neighbors and the FDNY told us. An FDNY spokesman said the individual was taken to Kings
Martha Ramos
Martha Ramos has been missing since July 10. Photo courtesy the NYPDThe NYPD is asking for the public’s help finding a 15-year-old girl, Martha Ramos, who was last seen leaving her home on Coney Island Avenue, by Avenue L, on Friday, July 10 at 5:30pm. Police described Martha
Martha Ramos has been missing since July 10. Photo courtesy the NYPDThe NYPD is asking for the public’s help finding a 15-year-old girl, Martha Ramos, who was last seen leaving her home on Coney Island Avenue, by Avenue L, on Friday, July 10 at 5:30pm. Police described Martha
We have terrible news this Monday morning: a 21-year-old man was shot in the head in front of 585 E. 21st Street, by Ditmas Avenue, around 2:30am, police said. The man, whose name has not been released, was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he is listed in critical