clam bake
[http://www.sycamorebrooklyn.com/oyster-clam-bake] Don’t clam up–open wide–for two scrumptious seafood-filled events this summer in Sycamore [http://www.sycamorebrooklyn.com]‘s lovely revamped backyard! The bar has two events coming up for shellfish lovers: * Their Oyster Bake next Saturday, June 28 will feature shuckables from Long
Transportation
Ditmas Parkers sure love [/blog/neighbors/passive-aggressive-notes-about-a-three-hour-car-alarm] to leave [/blog/sanitation/another-passive-aggressive-note-on-cortelyou-this-time-about-trash] colorful notes [/blog/neighbors/more-perspectives-on-anti-gentrification-graffiti-at-church-avenue] ! Neighbor Milton Land sent over these photos of one disgruntled Q rider’s publicly posted feelings about recent platform renovations at the Cortelyou Road subway stop. In messages printed to emulate the s
The free Macy’s Fishing Clinics [http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/places/audubon/pop-up-audubon#july august] return to Prospect Park’s [http://www.prospectpark.org/] Audubon Center on Saturdays and Sundays in July and August, and they could use a few good anglers to help out! The park is looking
Animals
Neighbor Kathy Jones sent in this photo of a parakeet near Westminster and Cortelyou Roads yesterday evening. She says when she came across it around 7pm, the owner of the thrift shop next to Cinco de Mayo was giving it some water–so if your bird accidentally got out recently,
Photo via ditmasparkcorner [http://instagram.com/p/pWYbWQo56t/]. Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag them #ditmaspark on Instagram, and we’ll post them on the blog. Also, like us on Facebook [http://www.
cuddle magic
It’s no secret that Ditmas Park is an oasis for talented and ambitious New Yorkers in all sorts of industries. Here are a few neighbors with news to share: * The National [http://americanmary.com] is playing tonight at the Prospect Park Bandshell [http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/places/bandshell]
Weather
Neighbor Nicholas Tanis sent in his amazing photos of last Friday’s brief but incredibly powerful storm. The above was taken looking west on Ocean Parkway… … facing northeast at Ocean Parkway and Newkirk Avenue… … and facing east in the same spot. Did you take any storm photos last Friday? Send
beekeeping
On Saturday, June 21, Chris Kreussling (aka the Flatbush Gardener [http://flatbushgardener.blogspot.com]) will be opening his garden gates to a number of lucky neighbors interested in learning about the ecosystem within. The Pollinator Safari [http://flatbushgardener.blogspot.com/2014/06/event-saturday-621-nycww-pollinator.html] event, organized in honor of National
Filmed in Flatbush
Signs are posted this morning on E 18th Street between Ditmas Avenue and Dorchester Road for The Intern [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2361509/], a comedy directed by Nancy Meyers [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0583600/] (Father of the Bride [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101862/], It’s Complicated [http:
Business
Fans of neighborhood hobby haven Buzz-A-Rama [http://www.buzz-a-rama.com/] (69 Church Avenue between Story Street and Dahill Road) should listen up: according to a post on the shop’s Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/Buzzarama/posts/682104838509280] yesterday evening, they are currently closed for summer vacation. Buzz-A-Rama plans
1622 cortelyou road
Several weeks back, we noticed the grocery store at 1622 Cortelyou Road (between E 16th and E 17th Streets) was undergoing some changes [/blog/business/renovations-at-1622-cortelyou-road]. At that point, only some interior demolition work seemed to have been completed. About a week ago the store got a new roll down
Brianduprey [http://instagram.com/p/pMlCZkh1Ud/] snaps one spectacular specimen. Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag them #ditmaspark on Instagram, and we’ll post them on the blog. Also, like us on Facebook