Editor of Ditmas Park Corner
Sarah Habibi
72 Caton Place. Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/place/72+Caton+Pl,+Brooklyn,+NY+11218/@40.649834,-73.972482,3a,90y,163h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sU200pjXe7VnqyV709AHMaw!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c25b24a1285753:0x6c7eea3d4063a374!6m1!1e1] After our community received the news in February that a nine-story
Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte
Image via Community Board 14 [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/041415-FC45-WILIAMS-Town-Hall-v32.pdf] Tenants and small business owners who are facing problems with landlords can attend a town hall meeting tomorrow, Friday, May 1 at the Cortelyou Road Church of God [http://www.crcgministries.org/] (1085 Flatbush Avenue,
Alex Kritsky
Many thanks to neighbor and photographer Alex Kritsky [www.midwood-productions.com] for sending us these incredibly lovely photos of spring in our neighborhood! We’re happy to see we’re not the only ones who can’t stop gawking at all the gorgeousness that has exploded in our neighborhood. Share
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We never want spring to leave! As photographed by amacstromoski [https://instagram.com/p/1-jvEZDfT9/?taken-by=amacstromoski]. Have a favorite photo you’ve taken in the neighborhood lately? Let us know! You can email it to us at editor@kensingtonbk.com or tag it #kensington on Instagram, and we’ll
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Libby Parsons, right, and her taco compadre, Natalie, at Sycamore. Photo courtesy LibbyFor months, neighbor Libby Parsons has been bringing a bit of Texas to Ditmas Park, whipping up everything from fried avocado and jalapeno tacos to San Antonio-authentic barbacoa tacos — and a whole lot more — at Sycamore’s Flatbush
Photo via Participatory Budgeting in New York City [https://www.facebook.com/PBNewYorkCity/photos/pb.224651774256746.-2207520000.1430327737./791255980929653/?type=3&theater] The votes have been tallied for the participatory budgeting initiative [/blog/politics/live-in-council-district-45-heres-where-to-cast-your-participatory-budgeting-vote-this-week] in Councilman Jumaane Williams’ [http://council.nyc.gov/d45/html/members/home.shtml] 45th
Photo via Compost for Brooklyn [https://www.facebook.com/compostforbrooklyn/photos/pb.333868227728.-2207520000.1430320718./10153753620397729/?type=3&theater] Celebrate the changing of the seasons at Compost for Brooklyn’s [http://compostforbrooklyn.org/] annual Spring Plant Sale this Sunday, May 3 from 12pm-4pm. The folks at the community garden
Friends of Greenwood Playground
Photo via Friends of Greenwood Playground [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=644960668851928&set=pb.223014854379847.-2207520000.1398796228.&type=3&theater] The sixth annual Greenwoodstock [https://www.facebook.com/223014854379847/photos/a.224896474191685.73559.223014854379847/1083954558285868/?type=1&theater] is upon us! The entertainment extravaganza
Many thanks to neighbor Gordon Rothman for sending us this photo of the annual installation of the flowerpots on the Prospect Park South pillars over the weekend — “a sure sign that spring is really here,” Gordon wrote to us. And we agree! Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com,
Deputy Inspector Richard DiBlasio at a previous 70th Precinct Community Council meetingThe 70th Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_070.shtml] Community Council meeting will meet at 7:30pm tomorrow, Wednesday, April 29 at 175 Lawrence Avenue. Deputy Inspector Richard DiBlasio and other police and civic
Residents of District 40 for Participatory Budgeting
Members of the newly formed Residents of District 40 for Participatory Budgeting [/blog/politics/listen-up-councilman-eugene-neighbors-say-its-time-for-lawmaker-to-change-stance-on-participatory-budgeting] at this month’s CB 14 meeting.As area legislators, including Council Members Brad Lander [/politics/ps-179-prospect-park-more-win-big-in-participatory-budgeting]and Jumaane Williams [http://myemail.constantcontact.com/WILLIAMS-DEDICATES-CAPITAL-FUNDS-TO-WINNING-PROJECTS-FROM-4TH-ANNUAL-PB-VO
Tibet
> #NepalEarthquake [https://twitter.com/hashtag/NepalEarthquake?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]: as needs escalate, RedCross continues to assist survivors amidst aftershocks http://t.co/rYllwLLHY1 pic.twitter.com/WGKns7V3TX [http://t.co/WGKns7V3TX] — IFRC Intl. Federation #RedCross #RedCrescent (@ifrc) April 27, 2015 [https://twitter.com/ifrc/status/