The NYPD has issued a Missing Senior Notification for 90-year-old Eugene Favrance. He was last seen near his home at 10 Stephens Court, between E 23rd St and Flatbush Ave, at 8:30am yesterday, Sunday, August 13. He was wearing a short sleeve button down shirt, dark pants, and white
cortelyou
A Cortelyou [https://twitter.com/Cortelyounyc] sticker spotted at Thompson and Broome by neighbor Judd Ehrlich [http://flatbushpictures.com/]. Taken a photo in the neighborhood this weekend? Send it to ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com it add it to the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], and
Police say that just before 11pm last night, 31-year-old Richard Cohen stabbed his mother, Anne Cohen of Bath Beach, multiple times in the torso, then he called 911 to report it. EMS responded to the scene at the son’s apartment at 1220 Ocean Ave and transported the mother to
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Breukellen Riesgo
Dog at Sycamore [http://www.flickr.com/photos/72672590@N00/7723072532/] by Breukellen Riesgo [http://www.flickr.com/photos/72672590@N00/], on Flickr. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Send it toditmasparkcorner@gmail.com or add it to the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/
Tomorrow at the Cortelyou Greenmarket [http://www.grownyc.org/cortelyougreenmarket] Chef Romy Dorotan of Purple Yam [http://www.purpleyamnyc.com/] will be grilling up something special. Stop by the info tent at 10:30am for a taste and to ask him all about why he loves to shop at the
Cicada Killers
You’re probably familiar with cicadas [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada], which are the insects responsible for the rattling buzz that you hear throughout the summer. This one above was spotted by neighbor Donald Loggins on his spiked tomato plant. But do you know about cicada killers? Cicada killers
brooklyn historical society
This 1871 map of Prospect Park by Olmsted, Vaux & Co, Landscape Architects is the map of the month [http://brooklynhistory.org/blog/2012/08/07/map-of-the-month-august-2012/] on the Brooklyn Historical Society’s terrific blog [http://brooklynhistory.org/blog]. The shaded area around was land that was for sale, some
I bet the gardeners out there are thankful for that rain we had today. 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
Kicksonic
Kicksonic [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kicksonic/341940839188596] is a band made up of eclectic musicians from five corners of New York: Ditmas Park locals Breukellen Riesgo and Mark Himmelstein, plus Jorge Naranjo, Carly DeLight, and Zack Elyshevits. They’re hoping to play a show at Sycamore soon, but until
Claude, Compost for Brooklyn’s [http://compostforbrooklyn.org/] volunteer coordinator, is hosting a volunteer orientation tomorrow morning at 11am in the garden at the corner of Newkirk Ave and E 8th St. Anyone is welcome to join, no experience necessary, and there are many ways to get involved [http://compostforbrooklyn.
authors
For comic book writer David Gallaher [http://www.davidgallaher.com], supporting the businesses in our neighborhood is important. That’s why for his new book, The Only Living Boy [http://www.the-only-living-boy.com/], he’ll be doing a signing not at a comic book shop or a bookstore someplace else