Spotted on Church Ave by Mike Granacki. Wandering around in this heat, taking photos of the neighborhood? Send pics to ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com or add them to the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], and we’ll post them on the blog.
Marguerite Dabaie
Coming up this Saturday, July 21 from 2-7pm is the fourth annual Pete’s Mini Zine Fest [http://petesmzf.blogspot.com/], the longest-running zine fest in NYC, which is co-hosted by Ditmas Park comic artist Marguerite Dabaie [http://www.mdabaie.com/]. We’re still waiting for the day she’s
It’s always a little fascinating when nature engulfs man-made items. In our neighborhood, you can see that best in what the trees are slowly swallowing. The treeface on Argyle. Further down Argyle, this clothesline doesn’t look like it’s been used in a while, and it’s quite
The Brooklyn Battery Lacrosse Club [http://www.brooklynlacrosse.org/] is forming teams this fall in the neighborhood, and they’re going to have their base of operations out of the Flatbush YMCA [http://www.ymcanyc.org/flatbush/about] at 1401 Flatbush Ave. To show interested kids what they’re all
Glenwood Laundromat
A new laundromat is coming to the corner of Glenwood Road and Coney Island Avenue. This is the space that used to be Once Upon a Time Antiques, one of the remaining shops from a time when Coney Island Avenue was a well-known destination for antiques. I heard that the
The owners of the rent-stabilized apartment building at 596 East 22nd St put in new boilers, fixed windows and floors, and added a new roof, and now they’ve applied to the Division of Housing and Community Renewal to raise tenants’ rents to pay for those repairs. “We’re a
Flatbush Tenant Coalition
The owners of the rent-stabilized apartment building at 596 East 22nd St put in new boilers, fixed windows and floors, and added a new roof, and now they’ve applied to the Division of Housing and Community Renewal to raise tenants’ rents to pay for those repairs. “We’re a
Rachel Sherman’s [http://www.rachelsherman.net] writing class is having its end of semester party/reading next Monday, July 23 at 7pm at the Ditmas Workspace [http://www.ditmasworkspace.com/], on the corner of E 17th and Ditmas. “Stories, wine, and cheese!” promises Rachel, who notes that all are
Biggie the dog, waiting on Avenue H. 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.
More good news from the 70th Precinct. They tell us that three men have been arrested in connection to several residential burglaries in the 70th and the 61st Precinct, which neighbors us to the south. The men are in custody at the 61st Precinct, and our officers are awaiting further
If you passed by Marlborough Road at Cortelyou on Saturday, you probably spotted a small film crew shooting the indie At Vinny’s. “It appears to be a gangster movie, of some sort,” says neighbor Crusty, who sent these photos.
Some good news in what seems like a busy summer for burglaries. The 70th Precinct reports that they arrested a man on Friday for the July 9 burglary of Picket Fence [/blog/crime/picket-fence-was-burglarized-police-seek-suspect], as well as two other recent burglaries–one at a day care on Cortelyou, and one