Here’s where crews will be paving in our area in the upcoming week, according to the Department of Transportation’s schedule [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/resurfintro.shtml]: > Monday, July 23 Amersfort Pl (E 26 St to Campus Rd) E 27 St (Amersfort Pl to
Ida
If you’ve ever walked by the corner of Westminster and Newkirk, you’ve probably seen Ida, who lives in the building at 570 Westminster and who regularly sits outside in a lawn chair. Residents of the building know she also likes to sing in the cavernous hallways. One of
A big operation to move dry cleaning equipment out of Irwin’s on Cortelyou this weekend, as this photo from neighbor Kathy shows. The building was sold last July, and the longtime dry cleaner moved out last month [/blog/business/irwin-sons-dry-cleaners-is-closed]. No word yet on what will move into the
Irwin & Sons Dry Cleaners & Laundry
A big operation to move dry cleaning equipment out of Irwin’s on Cortelyou this weekend, as this photo from neighbor Kathy shows. The building was sold last July, and the longtime dry cleaner moved out last month [/blog/business/irwin-sons-dry-cleaners-is-closed]. No word yet on what will move into the
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Photo of the corner of Marlborough and Albemarle Roads by Raquel Irizarry [http://NewYorkClics.com], who says: > A little early for a reindeer sighting, but it appears that Rudolph was taking a bit of summer’s break in the shade of a tree in good old Ditmas Park. Taken
El Mirador and Jamerican farms are back at the Cortelyou Greenmarket for the season, so stop by for Mexican and Jamaican specialty produce. Also, don’t forget that tomorrow Brooklyn ARTery will be hosting a series of workshops [/blog/art-music/brooklyn-artery-brings-workshops-to-greenmarket-this-sunday] at the market from 9am-2pm. Bring unwanted clothes and
Dan Bodah
July’s remote broadcast of DJ and neighbor Dan Bodah’s WFMU show Airborne Event [http://wfmu.org/playlists/ae] from The Castello Plan is not only a remote broadcast, but they are also inviting WFMU listeners to come for a WFMU Listener Meet-Up. “My fellow WFMU DJs and all-around
Have you seen something unusual in the neighborhood recently? Send a photo of 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.
Neighbor Mike Granacki captured this great panorama of the scene on Church Avenue this afternoon, where a number of trucks are back again to film Very Good Girls [/blog/tag/very-good-girls]. Click the pic to see it larger.
The Farm on Adderley is partnering with the Flatbush Community Garden [http://flatbushcommunitygarden.blogspot.com/] for a Gardening Workshop Mixer [http://thefarmonadderleyevents.com/index.php/fe_news/news_item/gardening-workshop/] on Sunday, August 12: A series of workshops will be led by members garden members at the garden on Albemarle
As cyclist Ben Kopciel was riding down Ocean Parkway, at one intersection of the bike path he had to steer out of way of a police car from the 70th Precinct blocking his lane, and as he passed, he waved and said, “Move back.” At the next intersection of Ditmas