You may have noticed these pretty climbing vines that just started blooming all over the neighborhood, and if you’re like me, you had no idea what they were. Thankfully local gardener Tracey Hohman sent in this photo of her bird feeder being taken over (check out the before pic
Caton Park Neighborhood Association
It’s a busy weekend for celebrations in the neighborhood. Here’s where things are happening (and where you can’t park or drive): • On Saturday, September 8, you can’t park on Buckingham Road between Church and Albemarle because that’s where the Prospect Park South Association is holding
Another week [/?s=%22cia+traffic%22], and still no discernable enforcement of traffic laws on Coney Island Avenue. Photo from reader alsivi, who says: > Years of complaints and nothing has ever changed… It was, is and will continue to be a mess that is ignored by the city. Local
stop and frisk
That’s out of about 350,000 tickets city-wide in 2011, according to a report in The New York World [http://www.thenewyorkworld.com/2012/09/05/nypd-improbable-cause/]. The “pink slip” summonses are for things like open containers of alcohol, loitering, and bicycling on the sidewalk, and also some driving
Campaigning
We heard from a couple of neighbors last night that they’d received multiple belligerent calls on behalf of Assemblywoman Rhoda Jacobs–which sound a lot like the call Nathan Thompson got [/blog/news/fake-irate-campaign-calls-on-behalf-of-assemblywoman-rhoda-jacobs] last week. And once again, Jacobs’ office does not believe they’re coming from their
After a weekend off for the holiday, open houses are back in a big way this weekend, with a lot of interesting new properties to check out. HOUSES• One of those quintessential Ditmas Park houses is on the market: 274 Argyle Road [http://www.brooklynhearth.com/listing.php?id=982]
After a weekend off for the holiday, open houses are back in a big way this weekend, with a lot of interesting new properties to check out. HOUSES• One of those quintessential Ditmas Park houses is on the market: 274 Argyle Road [http://www.brooklynhearth.com/listing.php?id=982]
It’s so much of what we’re hearing these days. The economy stinks, people are struggling, and with a presidential race underway, it’s circling back [http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/g-o-p-seizes-on-a-question-are-you-better-off-than-you-were-4-years-ago/] to a question Reagan asked [http://youtu.be/loBe0WXtts8] before the election in 1980:
We’ve followed someone as they’ve walked down Flatbush Ave [/blog/art-music/eli-koppel-rufus-mangrove-photographing-flabtush-avenue] (in a way) and now we can see the view of a driver. This video, posted on the Drewry News Network [http://www.drewrynewsnetwork.com/f24/cruising-through-flatbush-church-avenue-brooklyn-3310.html] , starts at Church Ave heads south, turning onto
Emma Assin
Some fascinating fungi [http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoobuffalo/7867185736/] spotted on Stratford near Church by zoobuffalo [http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoobuffalo/], on Flickr. Even more fascinating when you learn more about the stinkhorn [http://www.mushroomexpert.com/mutinus_elegans.html]. Seen something interesting in the neighborhood recently? Take
Back to School Giveaway
Last weekend, ICNA Relief, a division of The Islamic Circle of North America [http://www.icna.org/] (ICNA), hosted the annual Back to School Giveaway [/blog/kids/icna-school-supply-giveaway-coming-up-september-4] of backpacks filled with school supplies, and tons of kids showed up on Coney Island Avenue to get prepared for the new
Kicksonic [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kicksonic/341940839188596]plays at Sycamore on Saturday. Tonight 9/6 • Back-to-school cocktail charity celebration series from TB Ackerson starts at Sycamore [http://sycamorebrooklyn.com/]. Drink and raise money for PS 139, 7pm. • See the President’s speech at a convention watching party [https://my.