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Neighbors traveled to Albany last week to advocate for stronger rent regulations. Photo via the Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushTenantCoalition/photos/a.851935758213567.1073741872.268117579928724/851938288213314/?type=3&theater] The state’s laws regulating rent increases and eviction policies for the more than two million New
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Neighbors traveled to Albany last week to advocate for stronger rent regulations. Photo via the Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushTenantCoalition/photos/a.851935758213567.1073741872.268117579928724/851938288213314/?type=3&theater] The state’s laws regulating rent increases and eviction policies for the more than two million New
animal safety
Sean Casey Animal Rescue [http://nyanimalrescue.org/] posted this helpful image on their Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.10151843167516483.1073741831.17669251482/10153017087826483/?type=1&theater] recently, reminding neighbors how quickly temperatures can soar inside parked cars — and how very dangerous that can be for animals
beagles
Jesuisvegan [https://instagram.com/p/388F6ox4kx/?taken-by=jesuisvegan] caught these beagles looking super adorable as they relaxed on Cortelyou Road today. 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 Instagram, and we’
Balmir
About 13,000 people flocked to the annual Flatbush Avenue Street Fair [/blog/events/enjoy-games-rides-vendors-more-at-the-flatbush-avenue-street-fair-this-sunday-june-14] on Sunday — about a third more than last year, and the festivities celebrated the people and businesses along the avenue with dancing, music, carnival games, food, and more. For the event, which is organized by
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Sycamore will host its monthly Star Sign Party tonight, Monday, when all Geminis can drink happy hour prices all night long.Happy Monday, neighbors! This week, you can drink happy hour specials all night at Sycamore [http://www.sycamorebrooklyn.com/special-events/] (if you’re a Gemini, that is), honor our
film
Photo courtesy ChristineHBO’s television series “Girls [http://www.hbo.com/girls]” is headed our way, and the show will film tomorrow, Tuesday, June 16 on the following streets: * West side of McDonald Avenue, between Albemarle Road and Church Avenue. * South side of Albemarle Road, between Dahill Road and McDonald
FDC
Photo courtesy the Flatbush Development CorporationThe Flatbush Development Corporation [http://www.fdconline.org/] will be showing outdoors movies in our neighborhood on July 11 and July 18 — and they want your help deciding which films they should be. To cast your vote for a movie, go to the FDC’s
Lost & Found
Photo via Michelle Keinan [http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/laf/5074665018.html]Neighbor Michelle Keinan let us know that she lost her drone around Sherman Avenue and Greenwood Street in Windsor Terrace Sunday afternoon, and she’s hoping community residents will be able to help her find it. Michelle said
Arthur Whaley
Arthur Whaley. Photo courtesy the NYPDPolice have released the photo of the man who they said was shot by an undercover 70th Precinct sergeant [/blog/crime/70th-precinct-sergeant-fires-shot-at-suspect-who-pulled-a-knife-on-him-cops-looking-for-two-suspects-nypd] after he allegedly pulled a knife on him when the policeman confronted him for being involved in stripping a car on E. 19th
673 Flatbush Avenue
It has been a violent couple of days on Flatbush Avenue, with a 33-year-old man being shot and killed early Saturday morning and a gunfight sending at least four people to the hospital early Monday morning, according to the NYPD. The day before Flatbush Avenue filled with thousands of people
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