Neighbors enjoyed a fun and festive evening of shopping and food last night along Coney Island Avenue between Foster and Avenue H, despite a few raindrops, as they prepared for the end of Ramadan. Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http:
Neighbor Dianna shares this photo she shot one morning over the weekend on 3rd Avenue at President Street. “I opened my window to be hit with the scent of summers passed,” she says. “Some things never change.” Take any photos in Park Slope recently? Send them to editor@bklyner.com,
stuffed animal
“This is a sad sight for kids passing by 12th St just off 8th Ave,” writes n eighborTom Prendergast [/?s=tom+prendergast], who shares this photo. “I guess Elmo couldn’t keep up with the ever rising rents in the Slope.” [/?s=tom+prendergast] Take a photo in the neighborhood
It’s a gorgeous night for a jog, and there’s help if you’re not a runner! From that Couch to 5k program in the park, to Arrested Development trivia, to a storytelling series about how people have learned to live in New York, there’s a lot of
It’s not just 4th Avenue that’s growing taller [/?s=4th+avenue+development] by the day. The corner of 5th Avenue and 17th Street, where there’s currently a parking lot that used to belong to the now-defunct women’s department store Aaron’s [/blog/photos/south-slope-ghost-signs-aarons], will soon
Concerts On The Slope
Robert Sirota [http://www.robertsirota.com/] has been named Composer-in-Residence of the Concerts on the Slope [http://www.concertsontheslope.com/] series for the 2014-2015 season. Over the past four decades, Robert Sirota has developed a distinctive voice across a range of work, including symphonic, choral, stage, and chamber music. The
This week, we’ve got the first weekdays without G train tunnel service, some FasTrack work ends B service early, the 2 and the 4 are skipping some local stops in one direction, and more. Details from the MTA: Flatbush Av-bound 2 trains run via the 4 after Chambers St
How were your first few days without the G train tunnel? A reminder that you’ll have to switch to shuttle buses if you want to get to Greenpoint or Long Island City through September. Details on that and other service changes this week from the MTA: Manhattan-bound D trains
Get to know our local officers when the 78th Precinct hosts their 2014 National Night Out Against Crime [https://www.facebook.com/195263140637225/photos/a.200947986735407.1073741826.195263140637225/317884885041716/?type=1&theater] on Tuesday, August 5 at Grand Army Plaza from 5-8pm. Developed in 1984, National Night Out [http:
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caterpillars
“I found the not so little caterpillar trying to cross the sidewalk near my building so I picked him up and put him in a rosebush,” writes photographer doc580 [http://instagram.com/p/q4j5EQNFeJ/?modal=true]. Nice save! Anyone know what kind of butterfly this guy is going to become?