NeighborMichaela Anne [http://www.michaelaanne.com/index.html]plays Sycamore [http://www.sycamorebrooklyn.com/index.php/musical-events/]on Tuesday. Tonight 3/29 •See stars [/blog/events/see-stars-this-week-with-a-local-astronomer] at Dome Playground, 6:30pm. • Pianist Rachel Eckroth [http://www.racheleckroth.com] plays at Sycamore [http://www.sycamorebrooklyn.com/index.php/bar-posts/], 9pm.
sidewalk sales
From the Church Avenue Business Improvement District [http://www.churchavenue.org/], which covers Church Avenue from Flatbush Avenue to Coney Island Avenue: > Now that Spring is officially here, the BID is pleased to announce the start of the annual Sidewalk Sales. Beginning this Friday March 30th, stores along Church
A flower stand recently appeared outside of Junior’s Barber Shop on Cortelyou between E 16th and E 17th Streets. Anyone pick up a bunch yet? How was the price and quality compared to some of the other nearby options?
Opening day [http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/53994] for the Prospect Park Carousel [http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/places/carousel#] is this Saturday, March 31, from 12-4pm. This is a big year for the lion, giraffe, deer, and 53 horses, as they celebrate their 100th birthday. Carved between 1912
Tulips [http://www.flickr.com/photos/carryboo/7025611627/], by carryboo [http://www.flickr.com/photos/carryboo/] 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.com
Catherine Rutgers
When artist Catherine Rutgers [http://catrutgers.com/] moved to her apartment just off Church Avenue in 1988, she says the strip was quite a different place. “I could get everything I needed within a few blocks on Church Ave,” she explained. “There used to be a hardware store, a luncheonette.
cookies
I was halfway through this chocolate chip cookie from Salud [http://www.saludnyc.com/]before I remembered I wanted to take a photo of it. It was just too good for any kind of rational thought. In the same way, I’ve never managed to take a picture of the
A federal judge ordered the landlord of the Flatbush Gardens [http://www.flatbushgardens.net/] apartment complex to end the 16-month lockout of workers [http://brooklyn.ny1.com/content/top_stories/158386/federal-court-orders-brooklyn-apartment-complex-to-end-lockout-of-workers] yesterday. The workers of the 59-building complex on New York Avenue between Newkirk and Farragut turned down a
Flatbush Gardens
A federal judge ordered the landlord of the Flatbush Gardens [http://www.flatbushgardens.net/] apartment complex to end the 16-month lockout of workers [http://brooklyn.ny1.com/content/top_stories/158386/federal-court-orders-brooklyn-apartment-complex-to-end-lockout-of-workers] yesterday. The workers of the 59-building complex on New York Avenue between Newkirk and Farragut turned down a
Ben Smith
Today Time Out New York asks several New Yorkers [http://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/what-makes-you-a-true-new-yorker] what makes them a “true” New Yorker, including our own Ben Smith of BuzzFeed [http://www.buzzfeed.com/]. Though he grew up in NYC, he says, “I didn’t really feel like I was
If you drive, bike, or walk down Coney Island Avenue, you know how congested–and downright scary–it can be, with cars double parked at the auto-body and car wash places from Caton and on south. It seems like you’re taking your life in your hands every time you
Neighbor Jeff Levinson writes to let us know that the monthly Ditmas Park Scrabble Club is trying out a new day of the week for its meet-up: > Ditmas Park Scrabble will be meeting on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 at Temple Beth Emeth [http://www.bethemeth.net/], 83 Marlborough Road (at