Every Monday during the month of June, The Farm on Adderley [http://thefarmonadderley.com/] will donate 5% of their sales to an upstate New York farm that was impacted by some devastating weather last year: > Sheldon Farms is a sixth-generation family farm located in Salem, New York. They specialize
Gardener extraordinaire Susannah Laskaris is hosting a workshop tomorrow, Thursday, May 31, at 3pm in the PS 217 [http://ps217brooklyn.org/] school garden. Kids are welcome to join with their parents for planting and exploring. Also, the PS 217 Garden Committee could use some helping hands–if you’d like
Looking for a synagogue for the fall? Jan Rosenberg and Fred Siegel are hosting a barbeque at their home at 225 Argyle Road, on Sunday, June 10, from 3-6pm, for members of the community who would like to learn more about Temple Beth Emeth [http://www.bethemeth.net/]: > Rabbi
Jaime Koppel
fire breather [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkoppel/7252266652/] by jkoppel [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkoppel/], on Flickr. Hope you’re all finding some cool relief today! Have you taken a photo of something interesting in the neighborhood recently? Send it to ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com or add it to
clothing bins
This isn’t the first time this clothing bin by the shoe shack on Cortelyou at East 9th Street has had a mess of clothing all around it, says neighbor Antonio M. Rosario [http://amrosario.com/], who sent in this photo from this morning. He says the bin, which only
Attention bargain hunters: This weekend is the busiest one this summer for neighborhood-wide yard sales. We’ve already had a few [/blog/events/save-the-dates-neighborhood-yard-sales], and there’s one more later this month, but this weekend has the most going on in the area: > Saturday, June 2 Ditmas Park [http:
fitness classes
Neighbor Patti Hoff [/blog/business/patti-hoff-junction-bid] is teaching a Zumba class [http://www.moveitfitness.com/Move_it_Nation/Find_a_Class.html] at the Punjab Banquet Hall at 687 Coney Island Avenue near Cortelyou that starts tonight and runs on Tuesday evenings for 6 weeks from 7-8pm. The class costs
fines
“Any one placing any encumbrance on this balcony shall be fined ten dollars,” says the plaque on the fire escape outside of neighbor Sarah Jenny’s [http://www.sarahjenny.org/blog/] apartment. She sent in the photo and did a little searching to learn some details from Ephemeral New York
ps 139
Parents, teachers, and gardeners will get together this Saturday, June 2 from 10:30am-12:30pm to discuss ideas for integrating gardening into a curriculum at a GreenThumb NYC event [http://www.greenthumbnyc.org/gardenevents.html?qs=2012/06/02/curriculum-networking-and-greenthumbgrow-to-learn-book-giveaway] . Jocelyn Lucas Rosenberg from PS 139 [http://ps139.org/] will
Krissa Corbett Cavouras
I heart Ditmas Park [http://www.flickr.com/photos/petithiboux/7183075042/] by petit hiboux [http://www.flickr.com/photos/petithiboux/], on Flickr. Have you taken a photo recently of this neighborhood we all love? Send it to ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com or add it to the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group
Happy Memorial Day everyone–we hope you’ll join us in sending our deepest gratitude to all those who have lost their lives serving our country at war. Our thoughts go out to their families and friends. Though this federal holiday began as a way to honor soldiers lost in
Breukellen Riesgo
favorite roses [http://www.flickr.com/photos/72672590@N00/7265549400/] by Breukellen Riesgo [http://www.flickr.com/photos/72672590@N00/], on Flickr. Take 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/