When the 109-pound mastiff known as Ghost Dog [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303610504577418610489419348.html] was captured by Sean Casey Animal Rescue [http://www.nyanimalrescue.org/] after living for a long time in Prospect Park, a ton of people took an interest in adopting the big guy. Sure, he’s
Big mushroom sprouting on Rugby Road. Taken a photo of something interesting growing in the neighborhood? 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.
Still looking for something fun to do tonight, but don’t want to head too far out of the neighborhood? Why not play some tennis over at the Prospect Park Tennis Center [http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/activities/tennis], which has a deal through the end of August on Friday,
Fixable Problems
Another week [/?s=%22cia+traffic%22], and still no discernable enforcement of traffic laws on Coney Island Avenue. Photos below from reader alsivi. We simply ask that our local officials do something to help make this street safer for everyone who uses it. Here’s how to contact them to
Let’s check out some of the places up for sale in the area that have open houses this weekend. Thoughts? HOUSES• The house at 758 Westminster Road [http://www.kestyn.com/content/openhouse.html?ag_id=923509] (pictured above) is apparently a legal 3-family that was last used as
Let’s check out some of the places up for sale in the area that have open houses this weekend. Thoughts? HOUSES• The house at 758 Westminster Road [http://www.kestyn.com/content/openhouse.html?ag_id=923509] (pictured above) is apparently a legal 3-family that was last used as
The south side of Cortelyou Road between Coney Island Avenue and Stratford Road was sitting half-empty for about a year, after La Nueva Union moved up the block and the Liberty Tax on the corner closed up shop. Those two had just added to the empty spaces of Vox Pop
A fire broke out on the third floor of 796 Westminster Road, on the corner of Avenue H, just after 11am today. There were no injuries to tenants of the three-story house, and Fire Department officials on the scene said the fire started in an office in the back of
Louie
In the ‘Dad’ episode of Louie [http://www.fxnetworks.com/louie/] that aired last night on FX, Louis C.K.’s TV version of himself drove to a house in Boston. And while most scenes clearly show that city, the house he actually arrives at is 126 Westminster Road [https:
Herbal Medicine
Third Root [http://www.thirdroot.org/] is hosting a free workshop on herbal concentrates on Sunday, September 9 from 2:30-4:30pm. Learn how to make tinctures, syrups, and salves with Stephen Rye Switzer, herbalist and co-teacher of Herbal Education classes. There’s a materials fee of $5-10, sliding scale.
The view today from Church Ave, Westminster Rd, and Cortelyou Rd.
Today we hit 555 followers on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/DitmasParkCorner], a very alliterative milestone that gives us the opportunity to do two things: • To thank you all so much for your continued, and growing, support! • To post this photo of a cute dog, which I had forgotten I