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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)There are plenty of events this week to help you a) recover from the Christmas rush or b) rev up for New Year’s Eve madness. Whether you’re looking to brush up on your tennis game, see a Flamenco show, or party Chanukah-style — this
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Photo via NYPDCops are looking for a suspect who reportedly stole a package in broad daylight near the Parade Grounds earlier this month. On Tuesday, December 6, a UPS worker saw a man jumping out of a UPS truck parked in front of 75 East 21 Street between Caton Avenue
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“I’m melting!” at Greenwood Ballfields (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)This week in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn neighbors protested the eviction of Errol’s Bakery in Flatbush [/blog/business/brooklyn-neighbors-protest-eviction-errols-caribbean-bakery-flatbush/] , we got a taste of an NYPD firearms training [/blog/events/got-taste-nypds-firearm-training-pretty-intense/], found some hot spots to get Chinese food
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Riding’ the Prospect Park loop. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The holidays are no excuse to miss a good story. Catch up on this week’s best Brooklyn news with highlights from our sister sites: “Pure Bensonhurst”: Local writes unofficial biography of The Backwards Wheelchair Lady [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/
Announcements
(Photo via catthewilson / instagram)One of Flatbush’s oldest iconic buildings is slated for restoration with a half-million dollar grant from the State. To celebrate, we thought it would be fun to restore tidbits and photos from the landmark’s storied past. The Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church is one of
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Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte speaks in support of tenants, 2015. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)Yesterday, Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte of District 42 (representing Flatbush and Ditmas Park) sent an urgent letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson, asking the department to stop deporting Haitians
Animals
(Photo by Jackie Leser)Looking for a new cuddling companion? This adorable, 9-week-old rescue kitten is waiting for a loving home. Neighbor Jackie Leser says: > This sweet, gentle tortoiseshell kitten is a local rescue and now a playful 9 1/2 weeks old. She’s lovable, adorable, and full
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(Photo by Jackie Leser)Looking for a new cuddling companion? This adorable, 9-week-old rescue kitten is waiting for a loving home. Neighbor Jackie Leser says: > This sweet, gentle tortoiseshell kitten is a local rescue and now a playful 9 1/2 weeks old. She’s lovable, adorable, and full
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Bonnie Parade 2016 on Church Avenue (Photo via Bonnie Youth Club)If you’re thinking of ending 2016 with a charitable donation, there are many groups doing great work in our area. From tenants’ rights to youth baseball teams, check out this list of 14 + organizations that support our neighbors
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Cop of the month award for Christian Lopez (pictured third from the left). Photo by Ditmas Park CornerThe December meeting of the 70th Precinct Community Council was extra celebratory, with brief wishes from elected officials, crime recaps — and straight to the featured event: an ‘amazing’ cop of the month, magic
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(Photo via NYPD)Cops are searching for a 44-year-old man from Stratford Road who’s been missing since Sunday. Wilfred Saint Felix, 44, was last seen leaving his home near the Parade Grounds at 7am on December 18. Felix is described by police as 6 feet 5 inches tall and
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916 Albemarle Road. (Photo from Pinterest via Curbed NY)A landmarked home on Albemarle Road sporting a backyard Koi pond is on the market, set to join the burgeoning $2 million club [/?s=2+million+club] in Prospect Park South’s historic district. The 3,338 square foot home at
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(Photo via NYPD)Yesterday, ten people were arrested and charged with multiple counts of criminal weapons possession when cops found a battery of loaded assault rifles and handguns — some of them stolen — in two separate Flatbush and East Flatbush apartments. Police discovered six loaded guns — including an AK-47 assault rifle
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916 Albemarle Road. (Photo from Pinterest via Curbed NY)A landmarked home on Albemarle Road sporting a backyard Koi pond is on the market, set to join the burgeoning $2 million club [/?s=2+million+club] in Prospect Park South’s historic district. The 3,338 square foot home at
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916 Albemarle Road. (Photo from Pinterest via Curbed NY)A landmarked home on Albemarle Road sporting a backyard Koi pond is on the market, set to join the burgeoning $2 million club [/?s=2+million+club] in Prospect Park South’s historic district. The 3,338 square foot home at
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(Photo by brooklynny [https://www.instagram.com/p/BLEzD4MA7Zl/?taken-by=brooklynny&hl=en] / Instagram)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn and beyond. –Morbid Anatomy Museum In Gowanus Has Closed; ‘Rebirth’ Promised. [BKLYNER [/morbid-anatomy-museum-in-gowanus-has-closed-rebirth-promised/]] –Second