Earlier this week we mentioned that Very Good Girls, a film starring Elizabeth Olsen and Dakota Fanning, would be filming around the area [/blog/art-music/an-olsen-a-fanning-and-demi-moore-filming-here-this-week]. And as Brenda [http://ayearinthepark.typepad.com/] noted in the comments yesterday [/blog/art-music/things-to-do-75-711], those are stars big enough to garner a big
Let’s take a look at what’s on the market and hosting an open house in the area this weekend. Anything look particularly interesting? HOUSES • The 6-bedroom, 3.5-bath house at 674 E 22nd Street [http://www.postlets.com/repb/7085586] (pictured above) has come down almost $200,000
Let’s take a look at what’s on the market and hosting an open house in the area this weekend. Anything look particularly interesting? HOUSES • The 6-bedroom, 3.5-bath house at 674 E 22nd Street [http://www.postlets.com/repb/7085586] (pictured above) has come down almost $200,000
beekeeping
A super fun, family-friendly event is coming to The Farm on Adderley [http://thefarmonadderley.com/] on Monday, July 16 at 10am, as kids and grown-ups are welcome to learn about beekeeping: > Meg Paska, an urban beekeeper and homesteader, will teach us about the work that bees do and give
Spotted on Coney Island Avenue. Seen something unusual in the neighborhood? 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.
Erica Harris [http://www.ericaharris.org/], a Kensington neighbor and artist who recently assisted with the painting of the Uncover Church Avenue murals, is selling prints of her work as a fundraiser for The Duk Lost Boys Clinic [http://johndaufoundation.org/clinic] in Jonglei, South Sudan. The money will be
This week GrowNYC announced that for the first time, Health Bucks will be available at all of their Greenmarkets in the city, including the Cortelyou Greenmarket [/blog/tag/cortelyou-greenmarket]. Markets that accept food stamps (Electronic Benefit Transfer/EBT), as the Cortelyou market does, will give one Health Buck coupon, worth
TheNew York Philharmonic [http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/nyphil] plays in Prospect Park on Wednesday. Tonight 7/5 • CAMBA small business loan [/blog/business/learn-about-small-business-loans-from-camba] info session, 2pm. • The first of Prospect Park’s series of Twilight Tours [http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/twilight] features a “bat walk,
muni meters
Looks like muni-meters are slowly being installed on more and more blocks around the neighborhood. After getting them on Cortelyou and along Coney Island Avenue earlier this year, they’ve turned up on Church Ave, and they’re in the process of being installed in front of the C-Town on
Gomberg Seltzer Works
We spotted Ronny the Seltzer Man’s [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/nyregion/26seltzer.html?_r=1] truck in the neighborhood recently after not having noticed it for a while. Neighbor Elizabeth Parker recently recommended him to us, saying, “He is a character, and I know a lot
Spay & Neuter
The Toby Project [http://tobyproject.org/] will have its mobile spay and neuter van at 968 Flatbush Avenue (near Petland Discounts) this Sunday, July 8 at 7:30am [http://tobyproject.org/locations/events/flatbush-0?date=2012-04-22]. They provide free services for pets of people on public assistance, free for people
cookies
At John’s Bakery on Cortelyou. Seen something tasty in the neighborhood? 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.