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Alec Brook-Krasny
Brooklyn tenants advocacy group Flatbush Tenants Coalition visited Albany last week to call for an end to 421-A. (Photo by Anna Gustafson)This June, state lawmakers are expected to vote on renewing a 40-year-old tax exemption program, called 421-a [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/property/421a.shtml], that
785 coney island avenue
Melanie Severo. Photo via Karuna Acupuncture [https://www.facebook.com/karunaacupunctureny/photos/a.407376179335662.96842.401438273262786/655197894553488/?type=1&theater] .A little more than a year ago, the Prospect Park South Networking Group [http://www.meetup.com/Prospect-Park-South-Networking-Group/] held its first meeting, bringing together local entrepreneurs with the hope
Jonathan Sharp
Neighbors, the Ditmas Park CSA [http://www.dpcsabrooklyn.com/] (Community Supported Agriculture) needs our help. The program that, for 20 weeks in the summer and fall, connects our community with vegetables, fruit, eggs, and more [/blog/greenmarket/enjoy-fresh-produce-support-nearby-farmers-by-joining-a-local-csa] from a local farmer, may not happen at all this year if
guitar
Photo via EzraGuitar [https://www.facebook.com/EzraGuitars/photos/pb.396441013792879.-2207520000.1420215733./407558562681124/?type=3&theater] Calling all our musical (and hope-to-be-musical) neighbors! EzraGuitar [http://ezraguitar.com/] (785 Coney Island Avenue) will offer free guitar lessons during an open house this Saturday, March 14, from 10am-4pm. In addition
Melanie Severo. Photo via Karuna Acupuncture [https://www.facebook.com/karunaacupunctureny/photos/a.407376179335662.96842.401438273262786/655197894553488/?type=1&theater] .A little more than a year ago, the Prospect Park South Networking Group [http://www.meetup.com/Prospect-Park-South-Networking-Group/] held its first meeting, bringing together local entrepreneurs with the hope
Aga Trojniak
This June, state lawmakers are expected to vote on a 40-year-old tax exemption program, called 421-a [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/property/421a.shtml], that tenants and some local legislators have slammed as a complete debacle that has helped to line the pockets of large developers [/blog/news/
music lessons
Photo via EzraGuitar [https://www.facebook.com/EzraGuitars/photos/pb.396441013792879.-2207520000.1420215733./407558562681124/?type=3&theater] Calling all our musical (and hope-to-be-musical) neighbors! EzraGuitar [http://ezraguitar.com/] (785 Coney Island Avenue) will offer free guitar lessons during an open house this Saturday, March 14, from 10am-4pm. In addition
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A glimpse of what’s to come [https://instagram.com/p/z-L8noI5z4/?modal=true] at the Cortelyou Greenmarket [http://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/brooklyn/cortelyou] this past weekend. Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or
homework help
Photo by Hugo SmithHappy Monday, neighbors! This week, you can stuff yourselves with special prix fixe meals [/blog/food/get-fill-special-prix-fixe-meals-ditmas-park-restaurants-offering-week] up and down Cortelyou, meet brewers (and taste their beer) at Sycamore’s Beer Club [http://www.sycamorebrooklyn.com/special-events/], learn about PS 217’s pre-K program at an open
ELK
Photo via ELK [https://www.facebook.com/elkcoffee/photos/a.1599413316960681.1073741828.1599411530294193/1615350965366916/?type=1&theater] Happy Monday, neighbors! This week, you can watch a movie while eating dinner at Brooklyn Commune [http://brooklyncommune.com/events/], protest Governor Cuomo’s education reforms at a rally in front of
1100 Newkirk Avenue
Image courtesy PS 217If you’ve been curious as to whether the pre-K program atPS 217 [http://ps217brooklyn.org/] is the right fit for your child, Wednesday, March 11 is a great time to find out. PS 217 (1100 Newkirk Avenue, between Westminster Road and Coney Island Avenue) will host
Asya
Ditmas Park, it’s time to get your eat on! From today through Saturday, March 14, you’ll be able to get your fill of a ton of prix fixe meals in our neighborhood. Thanks to the Flatbush Development Corporation [http://fdconline.org/], we’ve learned what specials will be