Spring in Breuckelen
View Tulips in Ditmas Park, Spring 2012 [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=210781452258800803756.0004bcf8dca6b7dded041&hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=m&ll=40.639716,-73.965154&spn=0.012212,0.022831&z=15&source=embed] in a larger map
Mary Bakija
Gardening at PS 139
Parents and students of PS 139 [http://ps139.org/] are taking advantage of the beautiful weather on this school holiday by digging in the dirt. Jocelyn Lucas Rosenberg reports that the school was awarded a Grow to Learn Mini-Grant, which they’ll be using to grow flowers, herbs, and vegetables
What’s Your Favorite Corner?
Ann Simkins [http://snoballsandcandycorn.wordpress.com/] bikes all over the area for Small World Pet Sitters [http://smallworldpetsitters.wordpress.com/], the business she runs with her husband, Boni Montellano [http://bonimontellano.wordpress.com/]. Whether she’s taking care of cats and dogs while their owners are away, or just taking
Outdoor Markets
Brooklyn Outdoor Markets Reopen This Weekend
Warm weather in NYC means chances to eat and shop outdoors, and this year in Brooklyn you’ve got more options than ever. Several start up this weekend, and though none are in our area, a couple will have food from Ditmas Park businesses. So if you find yourself outside
Church Avenue Street Fair Is on Sunday, April 29
The annual Church Avenue Street Fair, co-sponsored by the Church Avenue Business Improvement District [http://www.churchavenue.org/] and the 70th Precinct Community Council, is coming up on Sunday, April 29, from 12-6pm. More details to come…
Buckingham Road
Buckingham Spring
buckingham_spring [http://www.flickr.com/photos/flatbushnelson/6882253438/], by flatbushnelson [http://www.flickr.com/photos/flatbushnelson/] 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.
Rabbi Alvin Kass
The Rabbi and the Hostage Negotiation
The Wall Street Journal has a great profile of Rabbi Alvin Kass [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303299604577323762085351218.html] , the 46-year NYPD veteran who leads the congregation at the East Midwood Jewish Center [http://www.emjc.org]. If you’re not a member of EMJC, you may seem him around
Gefilte Fish
Gefilte Fish
Neighbor Tracey Hohman sends this picture and reminds us that it’s “time to face the gefilte fish.” If you’re looking for something to make it more tasty, horseradish, as the label suggests, is the way to go. The Pickle Guys [http://www.pickleguys.com/]on Coney Island Avenue
Things to Do 4/5-4/11
Willy Gantrim [http://www.willygantrim.com/]plays The Castello Plan [http://thecastelloplan.com/live-music/]tonight. Tonight 4/5 • Zach Lane [http://www.reverbnation.com/zachlane] and the Z-train are playing at Sycamore [http://www.sycamorebrooklyn.com/index.php/bar-posts/], 9pm. • Willy Gantrim [http://www.willygantrim.com/] plays at The Castello
April Events at the Cortelyou Library
Events this month at the Cortelyou Library [http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/cortelyou] include Toddler Time at 1pm on Wednesdays, the Writing Workshop for Tweens on Fridays at 1pm, a movie screening (film to be determined) for adults on April 28, and more. Click on the calendar to see it
Neighbors in the News
Here’s what’s happening with your neighbors around the internet this week: •Jennifer Wilenta talks about co-op preschools [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17593589] in a story for the BBC. •As a mother, Rachel Sherman [http://www.rachelsherman.net/] considers death in a piece for HuffPo [http://www.
Cortelyou Library Open Tomorrow
Though many branches of the Brooklyn Public Library are closed tomorrow for Good Friday, please note that our Cortelyou branch [http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/cortelyou] will be open its regular hours, 10am-6pm. Nearby Kensington [http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/kensington], Midwood [http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/midwood], and Windsor