Mosaic on Cortelyou captured by amberala [http://instagram.com/p/VjfAo-zSgs/]. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Send it to editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, add it to the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag it #ditmaspark on Instagram, and we’ll post it
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Here’s hoping this shoe, spotted by Spanky Tomato on Cortelyou, was reunited with its tiny owner. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Send it to editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, add it to the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag it #ditmaspark on
Lost Shoe
Here’s hoping this shoe, spotted by Spanky Tomato on Cortelyou, was reunited with its tiny owner. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Send it to editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, add it to the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag it #ditmaspark on
Sun Fed Beef
The Cortelyou Greenmarket [http://www.grownyc.org/cortelyougreenmarket] is open as always tomorrow, and one of its producers, Sun Fed Beef [http://sunfedbeef.com/], will be there as usual. If you’re not familiar with them, a piece this week in Tasting Table [http://www.tastingtable.com/entry_detail/nyc/
snowman
Spotted on East 17th Street by Thomas Siegman. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Send it to editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, add it to the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag it #ditmaspark on Instagram, and we’ll post it on the blog.
Tracey Hohman
If you haven’t been outside yet this afternoon, do whatever you can to get out there and enjoy the beautiful weather! It feels quite a bit like spring, and it’s even starting to look a little bit more like it. Local green thumb Tracey Hohman spotted winter aconite,
The new traffic light coming to the corner of Ditmas Avenue and Westminster Road should be working by Tuesday, the crew on the scene told us today. They said it would have been Monday, but the holiday will push it to the following day. The installation started at the end
Here are some of the most promising open houses in the Ditmas Park area this week. What do you think? CO-OPS416 Ocean Avenue, Apt 36 [http://www.coldwellbankermoves.com/property/details/3323243/MLS-3301968/416-Ocean-Ave-Brooklyn-NY-11226.aspx] List Price: $385,000, maintenance not listed, via Coldwell Banker Size: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom
Here are some of the most promising open houses in the Ditmas Park area this week. What do you think? CO-OPS416 Ocean Avenue, Apt 36 [http://www.coldwellbankermoves.com/property/details/3323243/MLS-3301968/416-Ocean-Ave-Brooklyn-NY-11226.aspx] List Price: $385,000, maintenance not listed, via Coldwell Banker Size: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom
money
During yesterday’s “fireside chat,” aka Google hangout, with President Obama [http://youtu.be/kp_zigxMS-Y?t=12m29s], he agreed with a man who wondered if it was time the United States retired the penny. Countries including Canada, Britain, Australia, and Norway have gotten rid of their lowest denomination coins,
potluck
Celebrate shabbat at Temple Beth Emeth’s [http://www2.bethemeth.net/] monthly potluck dinner tonight, Friday, February 15. They’ll provide pizza, a pasta dish, and soda, and ask that you bring a dairy side dish or dessert. Candle lighting and blessings begin at 6:30pm, and shabbat services begin