Bring your dogs out for a big group walk as Sean Casey Animal Rescue joins in the National Family Pack Walk [http://millanfoundation.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=511] on Saturday, September 29 from 12pm-5pm: > This is a fun event for families and dogs to
eminent domain
The School Construction Authority has begun proceedings [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/downloads/pdf/cityrecord/cityrecord-9-5-12.pdf] to take control of a lot on Coney Island Avenue through eminent domain, where it will build the new PS/IS 338K, a 757-seat school that would be in Community School District
Yes, Lark [http://larkcafe.com/] has been open for a while now [/blog/food/lark-on-church-ave-officially-opens-today], but a grand opening party is better late than never! Stop by next Thursday, September 13 from 8:30 to 10pm to meet the crew, welcome them to the neighborhood, and have a drink with
Hope everyone has a happy, healthy, and fun year of school. Got a child heading back? Are you a student or a teacher returning to the classroom? Let us know how the first day goes!
apartment buildings
On East 16th between Cortelyou and Dorchester. Taken a photo in the neighborhood lately? Send it to ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com or add it to the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], and we’ll post it on the blog.
Coming up at the Cortelyou Library [http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/cortelyou] in September, Ready, Set, Kindergarten returns on Saturdays starting on September 22, and Toddler Time meets on two Tuesdays beginning next week. Additional programming for younger children comes from the Cortelyou Library Friends Group [https://www.facebook.com/
BreakThruRadio
Local musician Michaela Anne [http://www.michaelaanne.com/] was recently on BreakThru Radio’s [http://www.breakthruradio.com/] web series called BTR Live Studio. It features her “not exclusively country, country band” playing some songs live in their SoHo studio and talking about her music with BTR host Maia. And
When the Brooklyn Nets start the NBA season on Flatbush Avenue this fall, none of those players will actually call Brooklyn home, according to a story in the Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/sports/basketball/nets-will-play-in-brooklyn-but-will-practice-and-live-outside-borough.html?_r=1&hp] . It’s for two reasons. One
When the Brooklyn Nets start the NBA season on Flatbush Avenue this fall, none of those players will actually call Brooklyn home, according to a story in the Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/sports/basketball/nets-will-play-in-brooklyn-but-will-practice-and-live-outside-borough.html?_r=1&hp] . It’s for two reasons. One
About a week ago, Almac [http://www.almachardware.com/] painted over the floor of the passageway that leads from Newkirk Plaza to Marlborough Road, and though it looks like it’s already starting to wear out a little, it looks so much better than before. The in-progress photo below from
Yvette Clark
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armed robbery
The 66th Precinct is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a man wanted for armed robbery inside an apartment building at 455 Ocean Parkway. Police say that on Tuesday, August 28 at 6:35pm the suspect displayed a firearm and demanded property from someone inside the building–the don’