Politics
[View the story “Congresswoman Clarke’s Tweets on the Affordable Care Act” on Storify [http://storify.com/DPCornerblog/congresswoman-clarke-s-tweets-on-the-affordable-ca] ] Congresswoman Clarke’s Tweets on the Affordable Care Act Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, who this week won the Democratic primary for the 11th Congressional district, says we’re already benefiting from it.
cortelyou road
At last night’s 70th Precinct Community Council meeting, we spoke to Councilmember Mathieu Eugene briefly about traffic concerns in our area, and he said he has plans for a traffic light at the intersection of Cortelyou and Westminster Roads. He said he’s got money for other safety improvement
events
Sean Patrick Coleman [http://www.myspace.com/thebourbonaires]and The Quasars play Sycamore on Friday. Tonight 6/28 • Nataliya Zaytseva & Madrugada [http://www.myspace.com/lamadrugada] are at The Castello Plan [http://thecastelloplan.com/live-music/], 9pm. • Local band Relatives [http://relatives.bandcamp.com/], plus Isaac Gillespie, play Sycamore [http:
bowling
This summer, take advantage of some of the things close to home that you’ve always been meaning to check out. Over the next few weeks, we’ll take a look at a bunch of places and events that are within a reasonable distance of Ditmas Park that are worth
Fishing
Hoping to catch a big fish just like this [http://www.flickr.com/photos/prospectpark/5943435291/]byProspect Park [http://www.flickr.com/photos/prospectpark/], on Flickr. Macy’s Fishing Clinics are back at Prospect Park starting this Sunday. Kids 15 and under will learn about the recreational sport of fishing,
There were several neighbors at last night’s 70th Precinct Community Council meeting, and when it came to questions, most of them had the same: What is being done about the large number of home burglaries in the past month? Yesterday alone, two homes in our area were broken into
Crissa Chappell
sunset moon [http://www.flickr.com/photos/crissa/7451732044/] by crissachappell [http://www.flickr.com/photos/crissa/], on Flickr. 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’
Cruise
Tickets are still available for a 3-hour narrated tour of Jamaica Bay [http://ecologycruise.eventbrite.com/?ref=enivtefor&utm_source=eb_email&utm_media=email&utm_compaign=invitefor&utm_term=readmore&invite=MjA5ODUzNi9tYXJ5YmFraWphQGdtYWlsLmNvbS8w] this Sunday, July 1 at 3pm with the Flatbush Food Co-op [https:
“I guess this comes under heading of ‘imagine what happened here,'” says Kathy, who came upon this scene on Westminster near Albemarle at about 3pm today. “Too weird not to share.” Seen something odd in the area lately? Take a pic and send it to ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com or
artists
This fall, you can open your art studio for GO [/blog/art-music/open-your-studio-you-might-get-a-show-at-the-brooklyn-museum] and then possibly end up in a show at the Brooklyn Museum. But you’ve only got until Friday, June 28 to register your studio [http://www.gobrooklynart.org/participate/artists]! If you’ve had any questions
Ox Cart [http://www.oxcarttavern.com/] is trying to qualify to win a $250,000 small business grant through Chase and Social Living [https://www.missionsmallbusiness.com/] to expand the restaurant: [http://www.oxcarttavern.com/] > This would allow us to do even more great things for the Ditmas Park
attempted theft
Here’s the most recent CompStat report from the 70th Precinct, which covers the week of 6/11-6/17/12, and below are some reports from neighbors about recent attempted crimes: • A thief tried to steal a woman’s iPhone in the early evening of Friday, June 22 on East