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Image courtesy the Flatbush Tenant CoalitionNext Tuesday, June 9, you can join the Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushTenantCoalition?fref=ts] as neighbors travel to Albany to rally for stronger rent laws — which are up for renewal on June 15. The trip is free and includes a bus
Image courtesy the Flatbush Tenant CoalitionNext Tuesday, June 9, you can join the Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushTenantCoalition?fref=ts] as neighbors travel to Albany to rally for stronger rent laws — which are up for renewal on June 15. The trip is free and includes a bus
Updated 10:27am: Good news! Celeste, from Kettle & Thread [https://www.facebook.com/kettleandthreadbrooklyn?fref=ts] (the new arts & crafts shop that will soon be opening [/blog/business/neighbor-open-arts-crafts-shop-cafe-garden-1219-church-avenue] next to El Acuario), said El Acuario will be reopening after they undergo renovations to make the front area
groundhog
Many thanks to neighbor Eli Rosenblum-Stephens for sending us this great photo of an adorable woodchuck he spotted in his backyard on E. 10th Street! 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
Patrick Zephir
Photo via the NYPDPolice released a photo this evening of Patrick Zephir, 34, who they say is wanted in connection with the murder of neighbor Raphael Kurton [/?s=kurton], who was fatally shot on Newkirk Avenue and E. 17th Street last Tuesday night. According to the NYPD, Zephir lives in
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan will kick off Celebrate Brooklyn this Wednesday at 8pm. Photo via Chaka Khan [https://www.facebook.com/chakakhan/photos/pb.61619346750.-2207520000.1433189335./10152696323266751/?type=3&theater] Happy Monday, neighbors! This week, you can kick off the beginning of Celebrate Brooklyn with a free Chaka Khan concert
concert
Chaka Khan kicks off this year’s Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park on Wednesday. Photo via Chaka Khan [https://www.facebook.com/chakakhan/photos/pb.61619346750.-2207520000.1433191847./10152058276341751/?type=3&theater] Happy Monday, neighbors! This week, you can show off your trivia know-how at the Double Windsor [http:
house tour
Image courtesy Flatbush Development CorporationIf you’re anything like us, you’ve spent countless hours walking our neighborhood streets, gawking at the rows upon rows of incredible Victorian homes that fill our community. And come this Sunday, June 7, you’ll have a chance to learn about many of these
found animal
Photo courtesy AdeliaThanks to neighbor Adelia for letting us know that this sweet cat was found on Newkirk Avenue, between E. 17th and E. 18th Streets, yesterday, Sunday, May 31. If this is your pet, or you know who the owner is, please email marlboroughTNR@yahoo.com and provide your
1624 Newkirk Avenue
One of our youngest neighbors at Friday’s community peace gathering.“I want everyone to repeat his name: Raphael Kurton, Raphael Kurton, Raphael Kurton,” Councilman Jumaane Williams said as neighbors who gathered to call for an end to violence in our community Friday night wiped away tears, their shoulders shaking,
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Rugby Road
Ok, so it’s not officially summer, but it sure does feel and look like it around here! As photographed by abrooklynsoul [https://instagram.com/p/3PaDQrJ5b0/?taken-by=abrooklynsoul]. Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner]