In addition to the band Lucius’ van and gear being stolen [/blog/crime/local-bands-van-and-gear-stolen], here are some additional crime reports from around the area: • A man reportedly drove his car into a woman’s parked car at 614 Marlborough Road early on Tuesday, March 27 because he wanted to park
Jonathan Berk
Buckingham figs [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbberk/6959989644/], by jbberk [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbberk/] on Flickr. Have you taken a great photo of the neighborhood today? Send it our way to get it posted on the blog. Two ways to do it: Email us at ditmasparkcorner@gmail.
Presidential Primaries
Not surprising in heavily Democratic Brooklyn, but our local polling places seem pretty quiet today. If you’re registered as a Republican, you can find your polling place through this link [https://voterlookup.elections.state.ny.us/votersearch.aspx]. Have you, or are you going to, vote in the Republican
Neighbor Antonio M. Rosario [http://amrosario.com/] noticed three new bike racks were installed on Coney Island Ave near Cortelyou, in front of George’s. They’re pretty slick. Do you think we need more around the area? Where in particular? And did you know you can request bike rack
Another round of free tickets are available starting today at noon [http://www.googamooga.com/tickets/] for The Great GoogaMooga food and music festival that’s coming to Prospect Park on May 19-20. The last time free tickets were available, it was kind of a mess [http://gothamist.com/2012/
Healthiness
New York City is the healthiest city in the U.S., according to data collected by Eatery [http://data.massivehealth.com/#] from 7.68 million people in over 50 countries over five months. Massive Health analyzed the data [http://blog.massivehealth.com/post/21377192742/how-we-eat-analyzing-half-a-million-meals] that app [http://itunes.apple.
Next month at the Cortelyou Library [http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/cortelyou], the writing workshop for tweens continues on Friday afternoons, there’s a Saturday story play on May 5, a movie screening for adults on May 19, and more. Click on the calendar to see it larger.
If you’re voting in the presidential primaries today [https://voterlookup.elections.state.ny.us/votersearch.aspx], you’re lucky enough to be able to vote on two things today–that, and what happens next in William Bredbeck’s Ditmonster Park series [/blog/art-music/the-open-corner-april-3]. If you’re not casting
A couple of Green Wave Parrot tulips growing in neighbor Tracey Hohman’s yard. The gardener says she was “grateful for the rain.” Were you? Have you taken a great photo of the neighborhood today? Send it our way to get it posted on the blog. Two ways to do
It’s been a while since we’ve had a Ditmas Acoustic @ the Sanctuary show, and they’re back this week with a good one: > 1st set: Clinch Mountain Bluegrass & fiddle tunes, minus the fiddles. Jeremy Udden (alto sax) Petr Cancura (tenor sax) Garth Stevenson (bass) Richie Barshay
The 70th Precinct Community Council will once again be meeting at alternating locations, so that more people in the area are able to make it to one. Meetings are generally held on the last Wednesday of the month, so this month’s meeting is this Wednesday, April 25 at 7:
A little ice cream truck competition could be a good thing for Mister Softee, which seems to be the only game in town for us anymore. On the blog Jeff Eats [http://jeffeats.com/2012/04/19/bungalow-bar-vs-good-humor/], Brooklyn-bred Jeff recalls what it was like living at 811 Cortelyou Road