We’ve been working on growing our family, and bringing the sense of community we have on Ditmas Park Corner [http://bklyner.com] to Park Slope–Park Slope Stoop [http://parkslopestoop.com/], to be precise. Ditmas Park has Mary [/blog/neighbors/whats-your-favorite-corner-7], Park Slope has Rachel [http://parkslopestoop.com/about]
Mary and I are incredibly humbled and grateful to all of you for reading, for advertising, and for emailing us kind words of encouragement and thanks. Ditmas Park Corner has been around for 2.5 months now, and over 10,000 of you visited us just in the last 30
A fabulous Saturday at the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket. Melt-in-your-mouth strawberries, fresh bread and honey, meats, fish, vegetables, flowers … See you around! Missed Grand Army? Don’t forget — there’s still the 5th Avenue Greenmarket tomorrow, which runs from 11am-5pm along Washington Park/JJ Byrne Playground at 5th Ave and
Annual Crawfish Boil
Do not miss an awesome neighborhood tradition! Check out the pictures of last year’s feast [/blog/food/eat-some-mudbugs-at-sycamores-3rd-annual-crawfish-boil] , and get your ticket now [http://www.sycamorebrooklyn.com/index.php/bar-posts/] .
Photo by Nelson Ryland [http://nelsonryland.com/]. Neighbors on Argyle Road by Beverley woke up this morning to find their car on cinder blocks with the tires missing. Police told a neighbor that a professional team has done this three times in the neighborhood recently.
litter
Many thanks to Audrey, Oliver, Eli, Hugo, Leah, Matthew, Lucy, and Ben for cleaning up the shredded paper by the library [/blog/news/someone-had-fun-with-paper] this Saturday morning!
Looks like who ever did this tonight had quite a bit of fun doing it. Now, if only they were kind enough to clean up!
La Nueva Union 2
A fire guttedLa Nueva Union Bakery & Deli #2 [/blog/food/la-nueva-union-2-closed] this evening (1610 Newkirk Avenue) around 7:30pm. The store seems to be completely burned out, and the Colorful Nail Salon next door has massive damage as well. Around 10pm both firefighters and police were all still there.
deals
Castello Plan is offering a special deal [http://thecastelloplan.com/coupon] for our readers: show this coupon at the bar to get a $10 breakfast or lunch, that includes a sandwich, a beverage, and a scoop of Castello ice cream! Available any weekday from 10am-4pm, use it as many times
seasons
Corner of Ditmas and E 17th. Spectacular! Keep track of the trees in bloom, and add your own to our map [/trees-in-bloom]!
Corner of Westminster and Newkirk.
The storefront on Cortelyou with the old florist sign that has been empty and shuttered for at least the last 7-8 years had the shutters up today. Anyone remember when it was a Rite Aid?