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250 Families Still Need Your Support For Thanksgiving

I wanted to thank the 70 good hearted neighbors who have donated to our campaign of 500 Turkeys for 500 families that rely on the CAMBA’s food pantry on Church Avenue. [https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/500-turkeys-for-500-families--502#/] We are half way there, and really could do with another 70

Donate Today To Help Us Bring Thanksgiving Meals To Neighbors In Need

Thanksgiving is only two weeks away. Many of you will be placing your orders for Turkeys this Sunday at the Farmers Market on Cortelyou Road. As you plan your holiday meal, we here at Ditmas Park Corner hope that you will also help us provide holiday meals for families in

Tragic Car Accident on Flatbush At Albemarle Leaves One Dead

Screenshot of News 12 video from crash sceneNews12 Reports that one person has died in a car crash that took place this afternoon shortly before 5:30pm on Flatbush Avenue at Albemarle Road. You can see the full report here. [http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/1-dead-after-car-overturns-on-flatbush-avenue-1.11080012#autoplay=true] There

500 Turkey for 500 Families

Help Us Bring 500 Thanksgiving Dinners To 500 Families Again This Year

Dear Neighbor, Today is an important day: It’s the day you start preparing Thanksgiving dinner. You may be thinking that it’s far too early, but it’s not. Because we’re not talking about your own dinner. We’re talking about Thanksgiving meals for hundreds of hungry local

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Mayor De Blasio, CO DiBlasio — Do We Have A Gang Problem In Ditmas Park?

This morning brought the news of the arrests of 20 alleged gang members [/blog/crime/u-s-attorney-nypd-feds-dismantle-violent-subset-of-crips-gang-ending-reign-of-terror-in-east-flatbush] in East Flatbush. Will that bring peace to Ditmas Park as well? Our neighborhood is in the middle of a wave of violent crime [/blog/category/crime] far outside citywide trends, or any local

This Week’s Event Picks For Brooklyn Kids

Rock out in the park in Fort Greene! (Photo via CoCreative Music [https://www.facebook.com/cocreativemusic/photos/pb.533205963379685.-2207520000.1436905987./537769216256693/?type=3&theater] )Looking for something to do with the whole family this week? There are a lot of great kid-friendly events coming up in Brooklyn, and

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Home Run Baseball Camp Accepting Players! (Sponsored)

Summer is Here! SPACE AVAILABLE FOR ALL SUMMER CAMPS FEATURED IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL [http://www.wsj.com/articles/life-lessons-from-a-youth-baseball-coach-1430496193] – check out the video below as well! Home Run Baseball Camp [http://www.homerunbaseballcamp.com/] at the Parade Grounds is back for our 4th year at Parade Grounds Field

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A2Z Kidz Center Open House This Weekend (Sponsored)

A2Z Kidz Center [http://a2zkidzcenter.com/] is a unique, creative day care program for children two years old and up in Manhattan Beach. The center also offers free full day universal pre-K. Come to the Open House this weekend, June 6 and June 7 between 10am and 3pm and see

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Poverty In Brooklyn: Why It Happens And What You Can Do To Help (Sponsored)

These days, 60 is the new 40, and UJA-Federation of New York’s Engage Jewish Service Corps is empowering volunteers in their 50s, 60s, and beyond to use their passion and leadership to address important issues. Engage, a program of JCC Manhattan, has recently expanded to Brooklyn, the borough with

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Art, Dance, Gardening And More At Trilok Fusion Arts Summer Camp (Sponsored)

Trilok Fusion Arts [http://trilokfusion.com/]is holding its 14th annual summer camp for kids between the ages of 2 – 14 years at its location at 143 Waverly Avenue in Fort Greene. The summer camp is filled with art, music, dance, theater, cooking, gardening, yoga and meditation. The camp also

City Kid Corner

Book a Table Directly in Your Listing

OpenTable is an American public company, slated to be a wholly owned subsidiary of Priceline.com, that offers online real-time restaurant-reservation service. The firm provides online reservations at about 31,000 upscale restaurants around the world seating some 15 million diners a month. The company was founded by Chuck Templeton

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Converting Online Visits to Offline Sales

Online advertising, also called online marketing or Internet advertising, is a form of marketing and advertising which uses the Internet to deliver promotional marketing messages to consumers. It includes email marketing, search engine marketing (SEM), social media marketing, many types of display advertising (including web banner advertising), and mobile advertising.

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Increasing Daily Foot Traffic

A Business directory or business directory is a website or printed listing of information which lists all businesses within some category. Businesses can be categorized by business, location, activity, or size. Business may be compiled either manually or through an automated online search software. Online yellow pages are a type

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Save The Date: Sheepshead Summer Stroll Returns September 7

This is a paid announcement from the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and the Sheepshead Bay Merchants Association: The first ever Sheepshead Summer Stroll drew thousands [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/06/sheepshead-stroll/] on June 1, and now it’s coming back for a second time in 2014. The community-wide block

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Why Was There A Helicopter Hovering Over Our Neighborhood This Morning?

An NYPD helicopter hovered in our neighborhood late last night and early this morning, leaving many of our neighbors wondering why search lights were beaming into their bedrooms. When we reached out to the NYPD this morning about the incident, DCPI told us “nothing of note” occurred in the 70th

Train Vs Car On Q Tracks

> #SubwayNews [https://twitter.com/hashtag/SubwayNews?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]: The car crashed thru a fence near #Q [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Q?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] #BeverleyRd [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeverleyRd?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] station stopping close to #ConeyIsland [https://twitter.

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Meet Kim Maier, Park Slope Neighbor & Executive Director Of The Old Stone House

We met with Kim Maier on a crisp morning for a cup of coffee from Cafe Martin [http://www.yelp.com/biz/caf%C3%A9-martin-brooklyn-2], her favorite spot across the park that is home to one of three Historic House Trust [http://www.historichousetrust.org/item.php?i_id=21]

Start Kids Karate For Just $179 At Urban Martial Arts (Partner Post)

[https://jv980.infusionsoft.com/app/page/4bac9d42be60d2e97e7af3a13526ad67] Did you know that kids who do karate often get better grades in school? That’s because karate teaches them the focus and discipline they need to be successful in life. Right now, Urban Martial Arts [https://jv980.infusionsoft.com/app/page/4bac9d42be60d2e97e7af3a13526ad67]

Participate In & Support CAMBA’s May 4 Healthy Way 5k

Because we at Ditmas Park Corner believe in CAMBA [http://camba.org]‘s mission, we have partnered with them to help raise awareness and funds to support their amazing work right here in Flatbush. May 4 is just about 12 weeks away, and with it CAMBA’s 2nd Annual Healthy

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Participate In & Support CAMBA’s May 4 Healthy Way 5k

Because we at South Slope News believe in CAMBA [http://camba.org/]‘s mission, we have partnered with them to help raise awareness and funds to support their amazing work right here in our community [http://www.camba.org/Programs/HousingServicesDevelopment/EmergencyandTransitionalHousing/ParkSlopeWomensShelter/tabid/188/Default.aspx] and beyond. May

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A’Putia Now Serving Brunch

A’Putia [http://www.aputia.it/] sends word that they have started serving brunch, and have added savory dishes to their lineup of authentic Sicilian pastries at their new 5th Avenue cafe. We’ve tried the cannoli (and yes, they are delicious [/blog/food/snack-break-cannoli-at-aputia-the-new-cafe-on-5th-avenue]) and owner-chef Giacomo goes to

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PS 139 Ending SOAR, Mini-Schools Next School Year

We have heard from many of you who attended the open house last Friday at PS 139 [http://ps139.org/] (330 Rugby Road) who learned that starting this coming fall, the school is eliminating mini-schools and its accelerated SOAR program for the incoming kindergarten class. They’re ending the programs,

Health

Meet Ella Auerbakh, The Spirit Behind Venelle And Elan Salons & Spas

Ella Auerbakh, who has now been serving clients at her spas and salons in Park Slope for over 25 years, grew up in Vilnius, Lithuania, and more than anything wanted to be a pianist. She completed a conservatory of music, with a secondary degree as an aesthetician. “Everyone was required

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Cortelyou Holiday Lights: A Big Thank You!

While some neighborhoods in Brooklyn had to forgo putting up holiday lights this season [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131218/greenpoint/greenpoint-strip-goes-without-holiday-lights-for-first-time-decades?utm_content=lburgessnyc%40gmail.com&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Greenpoint+Strip+Goes+Without+Holiday+Decorations+for+First+Time+in+Decadescontent#.UrHLm8kdDp0.email]

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Hit and Attempted Run on Cortelyou

The criminal of the century managed to smash run a red light, hit another car, and then crash into a firefighter’s parked sedan on Cortelyou Road just off Westminster this evening. He then took a hard right, the wrong way, down Argyle, a dozen firefighters in t-shirts and shorts