Dr. Widad Valme
It’s hard for Dr. Widad Valme of Grace Eye Care [http://www.graceeyecare.ne] to choose a favorite corner–her business is right in the middle of the block on Cortelyou Road. Though she says East 16th and East 17th Streets both have their merits, E 16th gets the
CAMBA is collecting donations for its Spring Food Drive in March and April to help fill its Beyond Hunger Emergency Food Pantry, which saw a 45% increase in the number of people served over the past year. If you have items to donate, but can’t make it to a
Serious ballers courtesy Wikimedia Commons [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Florida_basketball_1921.jpeg]. How about some friendly competition between neighbors? March Madness is upon us, and as college basketball fans, we’d like any reason to watch as many games as possible. So we’ve set up a
Neighbor, and parent of a Brooklyn Free School [http://www.brooklynfreeschool.org/] student, Bruce Zeines [http://bzeines.wordpress.com/], sends this flyer about a fundraiser event for the school. He says: > Lenny’s Garage is owned by native Brooklynite, Lenny Shiiller. It is a museum-like space filled with a
Prospect Park Road Sharing Taskforce
Last night’s regular monthly meeting of Community Board 14 [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com] was a quick one, with a vote for executive members of the Board, a run-down of the few committee meetings that happened in the past month, and just a few speakers during the public comment portion.
Chiropractors
In exchange for a generous donation of non-perishable food items, Chiropractor Dr. Elana Brown will provide your choice of a postural consultation, stress consultation, or nutritional consultation tomorrow, Wednesday, March 14, at her office on Ocean Parkway near Caton Avenue. Food donations will go to City Harvest. For more information
Mural on the Flatbush Food Co-Op [http://www.flickr.com/photos/carryboo/6978225321/], by carryboo [http://www.flickr.com/photos/carryboo/]on Flickr. Join the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner] to add photos from around the neighborhood!
accountants
In an unassuming office building on Coney Island Avenue, Bazah Roohi is doing more in one day than most people do all year. She’s a CPA who runs Bibi Jan [http://www.accountingproviders.com/us/BibiJanCorp/1090ConeyIslandAve/NewYork/Brooklyn/11230/CompDesc_G_5401.htm] , which provides tax and accounting
Di Fara
Photo via Mimi’s Hummus [http://www.mimishummus.com] Like so many of the best recipes, it turns out there’s not too much to the hummus at Mimi’s [http://www.mimishummus.com]. The most complicated step, according to this recipe she provided to the Wall Street Journal [http:
The Cortelyou Library [http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/cortelyou] opened at 10am today after five months of renovations, and it looks great inside. They’re easing back into it, so please be patient as more and more becomes available, but for now there’s plenty to check out, including: Self
foraging
On Sunday, April 15, take a walk in the park, learn about the edible plants that grow there, and then head back to The Farm on Adderley [http://thefarmonadderley.com/] on Cortelyou Road to eat them: > Leda Meredith [http://ledameredith.net/wordpress/] is going to be leading a walking
Starting this week, Compost for Brooklyn [http://compostforbrooklyn.org/] has expanded compost collection open hours on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The garden is located at the corner of Newkirk Ave and East 8th St, and you can find a helpful guide about what can and can’t be composted (like: