Patricia Ngozi Agbim [/neighbors/remembering-patricia-ngozi-agbim]‘s death on Ocean Parkway this summer will be honored in two ways in the next 24 hours, and you can get involved. First, tune in as CBS discusses the accident at 5:30pm tonight. Then if you’re free tomorrow morning, join Councilmember Brad
Food & Drink
If you stopped by the Cortelyou Greenmarket [http://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket-site/brooklyn/cortelyou-greenmarket] this past Sunday to learn a thing or two about canning [/blog/greenmarket/this-week-at-the-cortelyou-greenmarket-70], you may have come away with a lot of tomatoes and some inspiration — or, maybe you just grabbed a couple of bright
Sherry Davis
Local artist Sherry Davis [http://www.sherrydavisart.com/] shares this photo she took on Caton Ave at sunset. “The plastic lining the building construction glowed,” she writes. “Got me thinking: maybe beauty, like entropy, abhors a void.” Take a photo recently in the neighborhood? Send it to editor@kensingtonbk.com
Ben Kingsley
For the past week, crews have been around the area filming Learning to Drive [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3062976/], a movie about, well, driving lessons (and then some). Directed by Isabel Coixet [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170043/?ref_=tt_ov_dr], it stars Ben Kingsley [http://www.imdb.
Almac Hardware
On Saturday, August 24 at 1pm, neighbors are invited to join the Goldman family, Almac Hardware [http://www.almachardware.com/], and FDC [http://fdconline.org/] as they host a plaque dedication and memorial ceremony in honor honor of Paul Goldman, the longtime owner of Almac [/blog/business/meet-the-handymen-at-almac-hardware] who passed
4th Avenue
Two new speed bumps have been installed on 5th Street between 4th and 5th Avenues as part of the changes coming to 4th Ave [/blog/transportation/revised-4th-avenue-safety-plan-approved-by-community-board-6] to improve safety along the busy corridor. These were requested by the principal of MS 51 [http://www.ms51.org/], the adjacent school,
bats
Living in the city, you might sometimes forget that we have a whole bunch of wildlife as neighbors in Prospect Park. If you’re curious about what comes out after dark in the park, you may want to check out their Creatures of the Night [http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/
When we spotted a bat flying over Beverley Road on Saturday evening, we were reminded of just how cool it is to live so close to Prospect Park, and all its various wildlife. If you’re curious about what comes out after dark in the park, you may want to
Though there didn’t seem to be any work starting on Cortelyou Road [/blog/transportation/road-work-hits-cortelyou-this-week] yet this morning, it is one of many local roads scheduled for milling this week by the Department of Transportation. Meanwhile over on Ditmas Ave, neighbor jodinescorner notes [https://twitter.com/jodinescorner/status/369428166051258368]
construction
Work at two of the 7th Avenue F/G subway station entrances will cause the staircases on opposite corners to be closed for about three months. Starting this Monday, August 19 and continuing through Tuesday, November 19, commuters won’t be able to access the entrances on the northwest (by
Cafe Madeline
The view from inside Cafe Madeline [http://cafemadelineditmaspark.tumblr.com/], by crissachappell [http://instagram.com/p/c_yAuTt3S_/]. Share the photos you took in the neighborhood this weekend with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag it
cortelyou road
It’s going to be a rough week on Cortelyou Road. According to the Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bkresurf.pdf], the street will have milling crews working between Coney Island Avenue and Ocean Avenue through Friday. Signs already prohibit parking on the stretch