Editor of Ditmas Park Corner
dwarf iris
It’s starting to look a lot more like spring around here! Neighbor (and author) Kris Waldherr [http://kriswaldherrbooks.com/main/] posted this photo [https://instagram.com/p/0_EMd2Gbl0/?taken-by=kriswaldherr] of a dwarf iris in our neighborhood today, which makes us pretty darn excited for all the warmth
Ariel Speedwagon
Photo via Scott Sharrard [http://scottsharrard.com/?page_id=18#!]Happy Thursday, neighbors! This weekend, you can check out all the shopping and food deals in the Church Avenue Sidewalk Sales & Dining Days [/blog/food/welcome-spring-with-sidewalk-sales-food-an-easter-egg-hunt-on-church-avenue-this-weekend] , check out the Gregg Allman Band’s guitarist, Scott Sharrard, at Bar Chord
70th Precinct
A 70th Precinct officer registers a bicycle in our neighborhood. Photo by Nathan ThompsonA series of armed robberies last fall at Ox Cart Tavern [/blog/crime/three-men-rob-ox-cart-tavern-gunpoint-last-night], Mimi’s Hummus [/blog/crime/armed-robbery-mimis-hummus-gunman-flees-foot], Lark Café [/blog/crime/lark-cafe-robbed-gunpoint-last-night], and the Stratford Deli [/blog/crime/deli-church-avenue-stratford-road-robbed-last-night] left our community feeling shaken
Church Avenue
Photo courtesy the Church Avenue BIDOutdoor dining, shopping bargains and more are coming to Church Avenue this Friday, April 3, when the Church Avenue Business Improvement District [https://www.facebook.com/ChurchAveBID?fref=ts] [BID] kicks off its “Sidewalk Sales and Dining Days” event that will run through Sunday, April
Am Thai
Photo courtesy the Church Avenue BIDOutdoor dining, shopping bargains and more are coming to Church Avenue this Friday, April 3, when the Church Avenue Business Improvement District [https://www.facebook.com/ChurchAveBID?fref=ts] [BID] kicks off its “Sidewalk Sales and Dining Days” event that will run through Sunday, April
Updated 2:30pm: After neighbor Julie contacted us about the man who exposed himself to her on Westminster Road, between Ditmas and Dorchester, this morning, another neighbor, Nana, wrote to us about a similar experience she had earlier today. As happened with Julie, Nana said the man exposed himself to
springtime
Many thanks to neighbor Katarina, who sent us this photo of the gorgeous flowers outside the Superior Late Nite Deli [http://www.yelp.com/biz/superior-late-nite-deli-brooklyn](1402 Cortelyou Road). “It’s been so gray lately, but it always makes me happy passing by all this color!” Katarina wrote to us.
Borough President Eric Adams
Borough President Eric Adams sponsored a town hall meeting at PS 139 last fall about safety in our neighborhood following a series of armed robberies.A series of armed robberies last fall at Ox Cart Tavern [/blog/crime/three-men-rob-ox-cart-tavern-gunpoint-last-night], Mimi’s Hummus [/blog/crime/armed-robbery-mimis-hummus-gunman-flees-foot], Lark Café [/blog/crime/lark-cafe-robbed-gunpoint-last-night]
accident
A pedestrian was struck on Cortelyou Road and Coney Island Avenue Wednesday afternoon, the FDNY told us. According to unconfirmed reports, the pedestrian was a child, but the FDNY and NYPD did not have the age of the person. The FDNY said the individual was transported to Methodist Hospital, but
A pedestrian was struck on Cortelyou Road and Coney Island Avenue Wednesday afternoon, the FDNY told us. According to unconfirmed reports, the pedestrian was a child, but the FDNY and NYPD did not have the age of the person. The FDNY said the individual was transported to Methodist Hospital, but
CB 12
Worried you won’t be able to get your Chometz, other trash and recycling out before Passover begins this Friday, April 2? Fear not! Community Board 12 [http://www.brooklyncb12.org/announcements/] and Community Board 14 [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/]have you covered. For neighbors in Community Board 12: CB
Kathryn Garcia
Worried you won’t be able to get your Chometz, other trash and recycling out before Passover begins this Friday, April 2? Fear not! Community Board 14 [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/]has you covered. CB 14 announced that Department of Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia approved the board’s plan for