Bluegoats [http://instagram.com/p/lfuLtFHnFO/] insists Spring is on the way. Those icicles say otherwise. What’s the weather like near you? 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,
purim
What are you getting up to this weekend? Looks like it’ll be in the 40s and 50s, so you can have fun at weekend-long Purim and Saint Patrick’s Day events, play in the park, enjoy music and readings, and more. Thursday, March 13 • Join Brooklyn Tenants United as
Feral Cats
The crew behind Q Gardens [/blog/tag/q-gardens], the vacant lot behind the Church Avenue B/Q station on E 18th Street that’s being turned into an enjoyable green space for the community, spent last Wednesday attending to some furry business–trapping the first round of feral cats they
311 complaints rarely seem very funny when we’re making them (or dealing with the frustration that comes when they’re not efficiently responded to), but there’s something about maps with pictures or sound [/blog/history/enough-to-drive-one-mad-ditmas-parks-1930s-soundtrack] that just makes stuff like garbage, rats [/blog/animals/eew-311-map-shows-lots-of-uninvited-guests-in-ditmas-park], and dead
More skippin’ around this week! Details on service changes via MTA.info [http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/Default.aspx]: > Queens-bound F and G trains skip Fort Hamilton Parkway, 15th Street-Prospect Park and 4th Avenue-9th Street Weekends, 11:45pm Friday to 5 am Monday, until March 17 For service to
Welcome to the second weekend of all shuttle buses below Prospect Park–and that’s not all. Details on that, plus where and when trains are skipping before buses come into play via MTA.info [http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/Default.aspx]. All days, all times: > Coney Island-bound Q
Remember this morning, when the sky looked like this? Photo by seeseecornick [http://instagram.com/p/lcQSy_D62m/]. What did you snap before the rain came? Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag them
colette antonelli
Rosemarie Antonelli’s family has been in the hair business since the early half of the 20th century. The niece of a professional hairdresser and daughter of a glamorous stay-at-home mom, Rosemarie took an interest in crafting different looks for herself and others from an early age. “I grew up
Ox Cart Tavern
This coming Monday, March 17 is Saint Patrick’s Day, and you know you want to get in touch with your inner Irishman and have a pint! If you’re looking to celebrate in the neighborhood, here are some fun events (both on Monday and over the weekend) to keep
film shoots
We stumbled upon these No Parking signs yesterday after the 9am deadline for neighbors to move cars, but had to wonder why said deadline would be so early on the day before the shoot. At 9am on Tuesday, March 11, there was a minimum of 15 hours before a shoot
brooklyn housing court
You may have heard the horror stories of neighbors’ experiences in Brooklyn Housing Court [https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/nyc/housing/adminKingsHsg.shtml] –outdated procedures, inadequate translation services, a system heavily biased towards landlords, and a crumbling building–or maybe you’ve been unfortunate enough to experience it for yourself.
New neighbor Jeffrey Miller shares a few of the recent sunsets he and wife Catherine have enjoyed since their move this year to Ditmas Park. Got some good ones yourself? Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com , in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/