Look at all those trees! Photo by raysnyc [http://instagram.com/p/oKA8itwuyG/]. 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
Brooklyn ARTery
If you believe in bartering, not buying, here are two events coming up in the neighborhood that might strike your fancy: * This Saturday, May 24, Lark [http://larkcafe.com] (1007 Church Avenue between E 10th Street and Stratford Road) will be holding a Shop & Swap [https://www.google.com/
This weekend was a beauty, and it looks like the first few days this week will follow suit. Now through Wednesday, you can enjoy live music and dance, library events, and more. Monday, May 19 • Swing by open hours at Sustainable Flatbush [http://sustainableflatbush.org/] ‘s Healing Herb Garden [http:
kensington library
The world class talent of Lincoln Center [http://lc.lincolncenter.org] is coming to our neighborhood with performances at the Kensington Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/kensington] (4207 18th Avenue between E 2nd and E 3rd Street) on Wednesday, May 21 and Tuesday, June 17. This Wednesday at 2pm,
PS/IS 338K
The expected date of completion for PS/IS 338K [/blog/education/city-moves-forward-with-eminent-domain-on-new-cia-school] (to be built at 510 Coney Island Avenue between Turner and Hinckley Places) is now 2017, the School Construction Authority [http://www.nycsca.org/Pages/Welcome.aspx] told Community Board 14 [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com]‘s Education, Libraries,
Long-awaited pizza restaurant Fina [/tag/fina] (3007 Fort Hamilton Parkway between E 2nd and E 3rd Streets) may open within the next couple of days, says owner Anthony Carrubba. We noticed this afternoon that the establishment’s doors have been stained, and the beautiful Naples-fabricated oven was cooking something up.
The Great Gilly Hopkins [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226766/] will once again [/blog/art-music/the-great-gilly-hopkins-is-filming-this-wednesday-through-sunday-in-prospect-park-south] be filming in Prospect Park South this week, with parking spots reserved on Tuesday to facilitate filming on Wednesday. Signs posted on Westminster Road from Albemarle to Slocum Place as well as Beverley from
1216 cortelyou road
After a few delays [/blog/tag/dominos-pizza], Domino’s Pizza has opened at 1216 Cortelyou Road (between Argyle and Westminster Roads). The space, which moved from 900 Coney Island Avenue [http://pizza.dominos.com/new-york/brooklyn/11218/900-coney-island-ave/] (between Ditmas Avenue and 18th Avenue) to take over the former Irwin
The usual stuff this week, plus the B gets Fastracked. Details on changes via MTA.info [http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/Default.aspx]: > Coney Island-bound Q platforms at Parkside Avenue, Beverley Road, and Cortelyou Road are closed for renovation All times, beginning 11:45pm Friday, February 21 until early
eliceo cortez
Update 5/19: Eliceo Cortez has been found and is in good health. Earlier: Cops have spotted Eliceo Cortez [/blog/crime/police-seek-help-locating-missing-teen-eliceo-cortez], our 14-year-old neighbor who went missing Friday afternoon, on surveillance video from the Sheepshead Bay Q subway station. The photo above is from 2:38pm. Before this, Eliceo
assault
Police from the 70th Precinct shot and killed a man who allegedly stabbed a woman, then threatened them last night at 60 Clarkson Avenue (between Flatbush and Bedford Avenues), according to the NYPD. Two officers responded to an 8:30pm call of a woman stabbed, who they found in the
At least those boxes are good for something. Photo by bridge8 [http://instagram.com/p/oG-4x5Jcak/]. 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