Just before noon yesterday [/blog/crime/report-of-stabbing-on-parkside-at-parade-pl] (Sunday), police say 19-year-old Jeffrey Jeune of East 19th Street was stabbed to death at the Parade Ground, at Parkside Avenue and Parade Place. He had been stabbed in the torso and was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead
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There was a report of a stabbing on Parkside Ave at Parade Place by Breaking911 on Twitter [https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/222003997144395776] just over an hour ago. We’re trying to get more details, and will update if we hear anything, but does anyone know anything more? It’s
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Paletas
If you’re looking for relief from the heat, ice pops at La Nueava Union are $1.50. Have you taken a photo 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’
It’s definitely berry season at the Cortelyou Greenmarket [http://www.grownyc.org/cortelyougreenmarket], which runs every Sunday, rain or shine, 8am to 4pm between Argyle and Rugby. If you’ve never tried a gooseberry, the green guys in the photo above, give them a shot–they’re tart and
statues
What happened to this statue’s head?! The file photo below shows how the little guy, who stands on the corner of Stratford and Slocum, should look above the shoulders.
Run through them if you’ve got to! Seen something refreshing in the neighborhood recently? Send a photo 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.
Yep, that was your Congresswoman Yvette “proponent of small business” [/blog/politics/congresswoman-yvette-clarke-makes-her-case-for-your-vote-in-the-primaries-next-week] Clarke ringing the stock market closing bell this afternoon.
I heard the weather report for tomorrow described as “sizzling,” so it’s not surprising that a few local activities have been called off or postponed until it’s (hopefully) a little less hot. • The library tree pit beautifying [/blog/volunteering/help-water-the-new-plants-at-the-library] that was scheduled for Saturday, July 7 at
Week 15 [/?s=%22cia+traffic%22]. If you reached out to Councilmember Mathieu Eugene’s office last week [/blog/transportation/cia-traffic-update-12], you may have heard the same great news we did–that he intends to hold a public meeting with DOT sometime in the next few weeks at PS 139,
Our neighborhood is filled with old houses, but are those houses filled with treasure? A man in Missouri recently uncovered 13 bottles of whiskey from 1917 [http://abcnews.go.com/US/century-whiskey-bottles-found-missouri-mans-attic/story?id=16716832] under the floorboards in his attic when he was installing central air conditioning. It reminded