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(Photo by Joe Strini / PropertyShark)Today, we received an email from a concerned tenant regarding a notice about new locks in their apartment building tomorrow and a potential lockout for people in the building. The sign at 415 East 16th Street between Cortelyou and Dorchester Roads, states that the management
Arts & Culture
Karen Friedland in her living room. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)“I had an art teacher who said ‘You stop when beauty comes’,” said Karen Friedland, a Ditmas Park painter and teacher as I toured her gallery living room, as she revealed her artist’s secrets and her “creativity revolution.
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via Nicole Johnson [https://twitter.com/nikreport/status/806587202662756353] / twitter)Yesterday, two children were killed after a radiator valve apparently burst and shot steam into the room where they were taking a midday nap. The Bronx building shares an owner with 2010 Newkirk Avenue [/?s=2010+newkirk+avenue], a
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909a Cortelyou Road. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Demolition has started this week on the single-story stucco shed at the corner of Cortelyou Road and East 9th Street, a relic of “Eddy’s shoemaker” & watch repair shop. The stone hut was built as a 5-car garage in 1923, and
Central Brooklyn
909a Cortelyou Road. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Demolition has started this week on the single-story stucco shed at the corner of Cortelyou Road and East 9th Street, a relic of “Eddy’s shoemaker” & watch repair shop. The stone hut was built as a 5-car garage in 1923, and
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via 3bulldogges)Holiday donation drives are in full swing, but there’s still time to contribute to these five local toy drives to brighten the holidays for kids — and families — right in our neighborhood. Council Member Jumaane Williams’ Holiday Toy Drive [http://myemail.constantcontact.com/WILLIAMS-INVITES-COMMUNITY-TO-PARTICIPATE-IN--DISTRICT-45-s--HOLIDAY-TOY-DRIVE.html?soid=1102557709761&
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(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition [https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/two-way-protected-bike-path-flatbush]) [Update 12/7: We spoke to the petition’s founder and added in her story throughout] Local Council Members take note: A petition for a 2-way protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue [https://campaigns.transalt.
![Late-Night Robbery With Broomstick At Nostrand Avenue Fried Chicken Joint [Video]](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-07-at-9.49.24-AM.png)
Central Brooklyn
Surveillance video via NYPD Help cops find a man who threatened a fast-food worker and stole his phone near Brooklyn College on Tuesday. The suspect cajoled an employee to open the door at Popeye’s, 2158 Nostrand Avenue between Flatbush Avenue and Avenue H, at 1:15am on November 8,
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via valsdisturbed [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNibf_UhyXo/?taken-at=251412631])The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. – Islamophobic graffiti scrawled in subway station near Kensington [Brooklyn Paper [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/39/50/
Central Brooklyn
(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition [https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/two-way-protected-bike-path-flatbush]) [Updates 12/7 & 12/8: We spoke to the petition’s founders and added in their story throughout] Local Council Members take note: A petition for a 2-way protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue
![[Updated] Flatbush Avenue Bike Lane Petition Builds Momentum This Week](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Screenshot_20161124-093607_0-2.png)
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(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition [https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/two-way-protected-bike-path-flatbush]) [Updates 12/7 & 12/8: We spoke to the petition’s founders and added in their story throughout] Local Council Members take note: A petition for a 2-way protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue
Central Brooklyn
Stop & Frisk forum at the Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Judges, NYPD, pols, and activists landed in East Flatbush last week to learn how residents feel about the NYPD’s use of ‘stop & frisk’ and how to improve police-community relationships in a predominantly
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Stop & Frisk forum at the Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Judges, NYPD, pols, and activists landed in East Flatbush last week to learn how residents feel about the NYPD’s use of ‘stop & frisk’ and how to improve police-community relationships in a predominantly
Central Brooklyn
Felted creatures at the Brooklyn Brainery. (Photo via BK Brainery [https://www.facebook.com/brooklynbrainery/photos/a.150010301688252.20394.111153138907302/1273353926020545/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Whether you’re looking to get crafty, attend a zoning forum, hear ghost stories or live music — this is your spot for the best
Central Brooklyn
(Screenshot via Google Maps)A 30-year-old man was thrown from his motorcycle after crashing into a car near 12th Avenue early Sunday morning, cops said. The biker was riding his Kawasaki motorcycle east on 40th Street in Borough Park when he collided with a Toyota Camry at the intersection of
Central Brooklyn
Seen at the Avenue H train station. (Photo by Sean Egan)This week in Ditmas Park, find where to buy Christmas trees in the neighborhood [/blog/holidays/get-christmas-trees-near-ditmas-park-kensington/], two city workers were busted for drunk driving on Thanksgiving weekend [/blog/crime/nypd-fdny-employees-busted-drunk-driving-thanksgiving-weekend/], Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney turns herself in for