Editor of Ditmas Park Corner
Photo via Hamilton’s [https://www.facebook.com/hamiltons2826/photos/a.612649098780666.1073741827.436150933097151/898171840228389/?type=1&theater] We hope everyone had a relaxing Memorial Day weekend! This week, you can voice concerns about the neighborhood at CB 12’s meeting [/events/tonight-community-board-12-will-hold-meeting-in-kensington-for-first-time-in-two-years] , learn about the DOT’s plans
Highbury Pub
Amandla Turner will perform at Bar Chord tonight at 9pm. Photo via Amandla Turner [https://www.facebook.com/AmandlaTmusic/photos/gm.1084273591598353/870150009702102/?type=1&theater] We hope everyone had a relaxing Memorial Day weekend! This week, you can go to a free doulas event at the Family of
Ditmas Park West Lawn Sale
Whether you’re in need of a new summer wardrobe, want to add to your record collection or just want to meet some neighbors, be sure to check out Ditmas Park West’s always fun annual lawn sale on Sunday, June 7, from 11am-4pm. The event will be held at
Eugene
Photo courtesy Susanna SteinAfter neighbors have repeatedly contacted the city’s 311 system regarding flooding on Rugby Road, by PS 139 [http://ps139.org/], but have gotten no sufficient response to their concerns, Councilman Mathieu Eugene said he would work with community members and the city Department of Environmental Protection
Greta Greene
Greta Greene. Photo courtesy of the Greene familyThanks to a friend of neighbors Stacy and Jayson Greene, whose 2-year-old daughter, Greta Greene [/?s=greta+greene], passed away following a tragic accident [/crime/community-mourns-death-of-2-year-old-neighbor-greta-greene-who-was-hit-by-falling-bricks-on-upper-west-side] last week, we’ve learned this fundraising campaign [http://www.gofundme.com/forgretagreene] has been launched to
fundraising campaign
Greta Greene. Photo courtesy of the Greene familyThanks to a friend of neighbors Stacy and Jayson Greene, whose 2-year-old daughter, Greta Greene [/blog/neighbors/how-to-honor-the-memory-of-2-year-old-neighbor-greta-greene-a-bright-light-to-all-who-knew-her] , passed away following a tragic accident last week, we’ve learned this fundraising campaign [http://www.gofundme.com/forgretagreene] has been launched to help support
1 Albemarle Road
Neighbors attend a previous CB 12 meeting.Kensington community members are encouraging neighbors to attend the Community Board 12 [http://www.brooklyncb12.org/] meeting tonight, Tuesday, May 26 at PS 230’s [http://www.ps230.org/] Upper School at 1 Albemarle Road. The meeting will begin at 7pm. The gathering
More spring gorgeousness, courtesy of Ditmas Park. Photo via natalijewel [https://instagram.com/p/29yLVGTEYl/?taken-by=natalijewel]. 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’ll post them on
1414 Newkirk Plaza
Following two incidents of arson [/blog/crime/newkirk-medical-plaza-vandalized-molotov-cocktail-thrown-inside-windows-smashed-with-hammer] at Boro Park Obstetrics & Gynecology [http://www.boroparkobgyn.com/] (1414-A Newkirk Plaza) in Newkirk Medical Plaza, police are asking for the public’s help finding the suspect who was captured on the above surveillance footage. According to a release issued by
PS 230Next Tuesday, May 26, at 7pm, neighbors will have a rare opportunity to attend a Community Board 12 [http://www.brooklyncb12.org/]meeting in our own neighborhood. CB 12 will hold its monthly general meeting in the auditorium of PS 230 [http://www.ps230.org/] (1 Albemarle Road), and
Imperial Woodpecker
Imperial Woodpecker [http://imperial.tv/], a commercial production company, will be filming in the neighborhood on Tuesday, May 26, from 6am to 7pm — which means you’ll need to move your cars by Monday, May 25. We spotted signs for the filming on Marlborough Road, between Beverley and Albemarle Roads,
cornell
Greta Greene. Photo courtesy of the Greene familyFollowing the devastating death of 2-year-old neighbor Greta Greene [/crime/community-mourns-death-of-2-year-old-neighbor-greta-greene-who-was-hit-by-falling-bricks-on-upper-west-side] , who lived with her parents, Stacy and Jayson Greene, in Kensington, just across the border from Ditmas Park, we’ve been flooded with emails from neighbors who want to know how they