Editor of Ditmas Park Corner
Kat Quinn will perform at Bar Chord this Wednesday. Photo by Shervin Lainez, via Kat Quinn [http://www.katquinnmusic.com/photos/].Happy Monday, neighbors! This week, you can watch the Women’s World Cup at The Adirondack [https://www.facebook.com/theadirondack?fref=nf], show off your scrabble skills at
budget
Neighbors are now joining forces to call on Councilman Mathieu Eugene to become involved in participatory budgeting.What would you like to see our tax dollars fund in the neighborhood? Something for our schools? Our libraries? Maybe safety improvements to area roads? Whatever it is, we could have the chance
catch basin
Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, signed Councilman Jumaane Williams’, right of de Blasio, catch basin bill into law Tuesday. Photo courtesy Councilman Jumaane Williams’ officeFor neighbors who have long dealt with flooding in our area [/blog/sanitation/rain-rain-go-away], a new law could bring some relief to our waterlogged streets [/blog/
Downtown Brooklyn
Photo via amacstromoski [https://instagram.com/p/1-jvEZDfT9/]After the most recent Elliman Report [http://www.elliman.com/pdf/7c2a429ae15729f3a11d4a9b5aee5bf5b7840d67], a monthly assessment of the city’s rents, showed that Brooklyn’s median rental price skyrocketed [http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/05/14/rents_rise_across_new_york_city_
grant
After two and a half years in operation, the owners of Brooklyn ARTery [http://www.brooklynartery.net/] (1021 Cortelyou Road, by Coney Island Avenue) are ready to scale up — and they’re hoping neighbors will lend a click of their mouse to help them do so. Owners Susan Siegel and
James Roberts
Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, signed Councilman Jumaane Williams’, right of de Blasio, catch basin bill into law. Photo courtesy Councilman Jumaane Williams’ officeFor neighbors who have dealt with flooding in the area, a new law could bring some relief to our waterlogged streets. Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday
chase bank
After two and a half years in operation, the owners of Brooklyn ARTery [http://www.brooklynartery.net/] (1021 Cortelyou Road, by Coney Island Avenue) are ready to scale up — and they’re hoping neighbors will lend a click of their mouse to help them do so. Owners Susan Siegel and
break in
Photo by Rachel SchwartzNeighbor Rachel Schwartz alerted us to a series of car windows that were broken on E. 18th Street, between Dorchester Road and Ditmas Avenue. Rachel spotted the shattered glass this morning, Monday, June 8. Photo by Rachel SchwartzPhoto by Rachel SchwartzThe 70th Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/
meetings
CB 14 Vice-Chairman Ed Powell, left, Chairman Alvin Berk, and District Manager Shawn Campbell at last month’s meeting.Want to learn more about our neighborhood? Having a problem in our area that you’d like to discuss with community leaders? Just want to meet some other civically-minded neighbors? You
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brontosaurus
We love this rockin’ dinosaur on Beverley Road, by Rugby Road, as photographed by schemingbehemoth [https://instagram.com/p/3jNH_8pj5U/?taken-by=schemingbehemoth]. And before you all are like, but there’s no such thing as a brontosaurus, geez — look! The brontosaurus is back [http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/
pet shelter
Photo by Simi Friedman [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Simi-Friedman-Photography/141763385884920], via Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/pb.17669251482.-2207520000.1433536205./10152987415266483/?type=3&theater] Neighbors, meet Regina! This beautiful 3-year-old Shepherd/Pibble mix has been living at Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.