78th Precinct
A flyer circulated around Prospect Park and the internet yesterday, warning dog owners about a potentially dangerous dog and its owner, who’d been seen attacking dogs around the park. Gothamist reports [http://gothamist.com/2013/08/05/theres_a_man_in_prospect_park_attac.php] that 42-year-old Donnell Barden,
midwood development corporation
If you’re a business owner looking to develop a website for your company, help is short subway ride away. NYC Business Solutions [http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/nycbiz/html/home/home.shtml] will be hosting a Website Fundamentals Seminar at the Midwood Library [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/
Astoria Federal Savings Bank
The NYPD is looking for a man they say robbed the Astoria Federal Savings Bank on Flatbush Ave at the Flatbush-Nostrand Junction one morning last week. On Friday, August 2 at about 10:30am, police say the suspect entered the bank, approached the teller, and demanded money. The teller complied,
Loader
For a while now, we’d thought this painting of a loader on the wall next to Geo Gas on the corner of Coney Island Avenue and Lewis Place had been part of something larger that was hiding under a sign [http://www.flickr.com/photos/79759083@N00/1563210364/] that
Today we hit 2,000 ‘likes’ on our Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/DitmasParkCorner]! We just wanted to take this moment to thank you all for following us, whether it’s through Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/DitmasParkCorner], Twitter [https://twitter.com/DPCornerblog], our newsletter [http://ditmasparkcorner.us4.list-manage1.
Watch out this week for no parking signs like this one if you leave your car on the street. The Department of Transportation has milling and paving work scheduled [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bkresurf.pdf] for various roads around the neighborhood all week. You may have
Wheated
Cartoonist Bill Roundy took on another [/blog/art-music/sycamore-in-cartoon-form] local establishment for his Bar Scrawl comic [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/36/31/bp_barscrawl_2013_08_02_bk.html] series in the Brooklyn Paper, this time hitting up Wheated [http://www.wheatedbrooklyn.com/], the new pizza place [/blog/business/
Anyone else feel like the city’s cleared out? All that means for those of us still here is that it’s easier to get a table at local restaurants, the commute is perhaps a little less crowded, and heading to one of these upcoming events will be a great
Bukhara [http://www.yelp.com/biz/bukhara-brooklyn-2], the Pakistani restaurant at 786 Coney Island Avenue between Cortelyou and Dorchester, was recently closed down by City Marshals. Both the shop that served sweets and hot items to go and the larger space on the other side of the antiques store have
Bukhara
Bukhara [http://www.yelp.com/biz/bukhara-brooklyn-2], the Pakistani restaurant at 786 Coney Island Avenue between Cortelyou and Dorchester, was recently closed down by City Marshals. Both the shop that served sweets and hot items to go and the larger space on the other side of the antiques store have
alden lapaglia
Alden LaPaglia of Alden Moves Dance Theater [http://www.aldenmoves.com/] is back at the Cortelyou Library [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/cortelyou] (1305 Cortelyou Rd) with a grooving surfin’ safari to keep the kids moving this summer. On Tuesday, August 13, boys and girls ages 3-9 will dance through
corn
There’s got to be a more New York way of saying how tall this corn on Dorchester is than “high as an elephant’s eye [http://youtu.be/h4E6GTsZhJU],” right? Photo by amberala [http://instagram.com/p/cZW1wZzSkW/]. Take a photo in the area lately? Share it: editor@ditmasparkcorner.