Editor of Ditmas Park Corner
1114 Cortelyou Road
With Easter just around the corner, bakeries have been on our mind even more than usual. And while John’s [/blog/business/johns-bakery-officially-grabs] and Nine Chains [/blog/food/nine-chains-will-close-good-sunday-march-1] have closed up shop, there are still a number of places in our area where sugar and butter reign supreme! We
animal rescue
Photo via Pet Haven Animal Hospital [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pet-Haven-Animal-Hospital/191747637525711?ut=43&wstart=0&wend=1430463599&hash=2451345762692556644&pagefilter=3] After being left almost dead in a pile of trash, this little pup, Phoenix, is making an amazing recovery at Pet Haven Animal
clouds
Another lovely end to a day in our neighborhood, as captured by blueeyedleah [https://instagram.com/p/04yE4Ilyhn/?taken-by=blueeyedleah]. 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
1205 Cortelyou Road
Big changes have come to T.B. Ackerson Wine Merchants [http://www.yelp.com/biz/tb-ackerson-wine-merchants-brooklyn] (1205 Cortelyou Road between Westminster and Argyle Roads). The shop’s previous owner, Jane Rennert, just sold it to Adam Robertson, of Gowanus, and neighbor Erika Lesser, and today it became Kings County Wines
1834 Caton Avenue, via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/place/1834+Caton+Ave,+Brooklyn,+NY+11226/@40.65176,-73.962456,3a,52.5y,156.86h,121.9t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s8Z06umHKUG3UC-UFIF0Jlg!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c25b3fb28c4377:0xa03bee2bfc5647fa!6m1!1e1] A Midwood-based property management company recently purchased a six-story,
123 on the park
1834 Caton Avenue, via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/place/1834+Caton+Ave,+Brooklyn,+NY+11226/@40.65176,-73.962456,3a,52.5y,156.86h,121.9t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s8Z06umHKUG3UC-UFIF0Jlg!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c25b3fb28c4377:0xa03bee2bfc5647fa!6m1!1e1] A Midwood-based property management company recently purchased a six-story,
Ali Jacobs
Neighbor Anne Schoeneborn and two younger volunteers work to clean up Q Gardens on Saturday. Photo via Q Gardens [https://qgardenscf.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/q-gardens-inaugural-clean-up-event/] After two and a half years of organizing [/blog/garden/q-gardens-signs-lease-mta-will-hold-inaugural-cleanup-saturday-march-28] , neighbors flung open the door (well, fence) to a new community green
armed robbery
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], and the Stratford Deli [/blog/crime/deli-church-avenue-stratford-road-robbed-last-night] left our community feeling shaken and vulnerable. It also sparked an impassioned conversation about class, race, police, and
1007 church avenue
Photo via Lark Cafe [https://www.facebook.com/280529368626056/photos/pb.280529368626056.-2207520000.1427808336./864074833604837/?type=3&theater] For all our neighbors who are pregnant or adopting, tomorrow will be a great chance to ask questions about life after the birth of your child! At 7pm on Wednesday, April
Amber Star-Merkens
Photo via Lark Cafe [https://www.facebook.com/280529368626056/photos/pb.280529368626056.-2207520000.1427808336./864074833604837/?type=3&theater] For all our neighbors who are pregnant or adopting, tomorrow will be a great chance to ask questions about life after the birth of your child! At 7pm on Wednesday, April
squirrel
Many thanks to neighbor Susie O. Ellis for sending us these great photos of one of our neighborhood squirrels happily munching away on a slice of bread. Clamoring to the highest point of a cable pole, Susie said he was “savoring each bite to the end!” Share photos with us
Adam Wade
Adam Wade will perform at The Lodge at Sycamore this Tuesday at 8pm. Photo by Mindy Tucker, via adamwadestoryteller [https://instagram.com/p/zN044RuWDi/?taken-by=adamwadestoryteller]Happy Monday, neighbors! This week, you can see story guru Adam Wade perform at Sycamore [http://www.sycamorebrooklyn.com/special-events/], listen to amazing local