Jorge [http://www.flickr.com/photos/finsterbaby/7201198242/] by Finstr [http://www.flickr.com/photos/finsterbaby/] on Flickr. “Happy June!” says Cortelyou Greenmarket [http://www.grownyc.org/cortelyougreenmarket] Manager Samantha Blatteis. “There are lots of early summer favorites now available at Cortelyou Greenmarket, including strawberries, peonies, vegetable seedlings, broccoli, nettles,
Avenue H
Take a closer look at a subway station you may see every day (or that you maybe haven’t seen in a while, or ever). The New York Transit Museum is hosting a tour [http://www.nycharities.org/events/EventLevels.aspx?ETID=5002] of the landmarked Avenue H subway house
Sebago Canoe Club
This photo by Chris Bickford [https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Xhh5hlexz-qAvxPgaKtBzNMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=email] shows Andy Novick [http://andytechie.blogspot.com/] giving orders to future canoeists before embarking on a canoe ride at Sebago Canoe Club [http://www.sebagocanoeclub.org/]. Andy says: “Notice Ditmas Park resident Glenn Wolin taking orders
Moustache
Seems that the biggest hipster in Ditmas Park shaved today. Did you take a photo of something unusual 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’ll post it on the
The SFX Huskies [http://www.flickr.com/photos/63814897@N02/7313670676], by amberala [http://www.flickr.com/photos/63814897@N02/] on Flickr. The SFX Huskies [http://www.sfxyouthsports.com/huskies.html] travel baseball teams have limited roster spots on all teams for kids ages 7-14 for the upcoming 2012 summer
Coming up at the Cortelyou Library [http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/cortelyou] in June, families can enjoy Babies and Books on Tuesdays and Toddler Time on Wednesdays for the first three weeks of the month. The Writing Workshop for Tweens continues on Fridays at 3pm. And adults can check out
paving
In checking out the DOT’s assessment of local streets [/blog/transportation/see-parking-rules-and-street-conditions-on-an-online-map] this week, a couple of you suggested that some of our streets seem much worse than how they were rated by the DOT. So which streets do you think are in the most need of repaving? Send
HealthPlus Community Service Center
A new HealthPlus community service center officially opened yesterday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The office will host a call center and will take walk-ins to help people with questions about healthcare enrollment, Medicaid and Medicare, as well as other customer services. The customer service center is open Monday through
Week ten [/?s=%22cia+traffic%22]. We’re still seeing placards, double parked cars, cars parked perpendicular to the curb, and even barricades blocking a lane of traffic and causing backups on Coney Island Avenue. As for how the situation is being handled by the police, we hear that at
Death Is No Escape
This is one that’s not for the faint of heart. Check out a screening of neighbor Franklyn Strachan’s [http://www.cypherproductions.com/] new film Death Is No Escape [http://www.cypherproductions.com/deathisnoescapethemovie.html] in the haunted location where the movie takes place. Check out the preview above,
Ox Cart Spicy Ribs [http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/I8U2B8O3uXhhXYhRrOH_Xg#gqNqjHeYJer7QuEYhqJ8wA], by Michael M. [http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=cRKZYPUgGod1eiJFJU7Q6Q] on Yelp [http://www.yelp.com/brooklyn]. On Sunday June 3, The Grand Street Alliance [http://grandstreetalliance.com/gslam.html] presents The Grand Slam: BBQ Battle
donuts
Benefit from yet another irrelevant “national” holiday today, for it is National Donut Day. Okay, it has a better origin than, say, National Pancake Day. Turns out National Donut Day [http://donutdayusa.com/] was started by the Salvation Army in 1938 to honor women who served donuts to soldiers during