Mardi Gras
[https://www.facebook.com/773Lounge] This Sunday, March 2, 773 Lounge [https://www.facebook.com/773Lounge] (773 Coney Island Avenue between Cortelyou and Dorchester Roads) is bringing some of The Big Easy up north! Billy and the gang will be hosting a Mardi Gras brunch complete with a gumbo-filled buffet,
Chocolate
A few of you around here have noticed our propensity for baked goods, but nothing satisfies our sweet tooth like a good hunk of chocolate. Here are some of our top cocoa-filled treats around the neighborhood, some discussed in previous posts and some totally new to the site–what are
Manhattan Pizza [/blog/business/manhattan-pizza-under-construction-on-cia-near-cortelyou], which opened last September in the former Lahori Gyro [http://whereyoueat.com/Lahori-Gyro-King--3466.html] space at 739 Coney Island Avenue (between Cortelyou Road and Avenue C), is currently for sale. The owner is asking $45,000 for the business, which will come with everything necessary
This Sunday, March 2, 773 Lounge [https://www.facebook.com/773Lounge] (773 Coney Island Avenue between Cortelyou and Dorchester Roads) is bringing some of The Big Easy to Ditmas Park! Billy and the gang will be hosting a Mardi Gras brunch complete with a gumbo-filled buffet, Hurricanes to drink, and
universal pre-k
Believe all kids deserve pre-kindergarten education? What about after school programs that keep them active and creative, and take a load off of working parents? You can help demand educational resources for all by signing our local Assemblymember James Brennan’s petition [http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/James-F-Brennan/story/
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in finding three men they say robbed at least 10 businesses across the city over the past five weeks. The closest incident to our area, cops say, was a robbery last Thursday, February 20, at the Crown Grilled Chicken at 1611
No matter how cold it is, these little guys are determined to grow. Photo by Donald Loggins. Share hopeful signs of Spring 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
Know a new neighbor named Greta? She might not have heard Erik’s name, but he was pretty taken with her. Via Craigslist [http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/mis/4348924520.html]: > This is quite a long shot, but…..well, I’ll even play the lottery when the jackpot gets
alex nixon
Ditmas Park local Alexander Nixon is on his way to publishing a book, The Rise and Fall of Apassionéa [http://apassionea.wordpress.com/], and you can help him do it. As of this afternoon, Alex is $440 from his Kickstarter [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/323149366/the-rise-and-fall-of-apassionea] goal of $3,
found dog
Ann Simkins of Small World Pet Sitters [http://smallworldpetsitters.wordpress.com] just sent over a note from neighbor Ruthie, who’s hoping to place a dog back with his owner after finding him wandering alone. She says: > Just found this sweet young male dog on Ave. H that seemed
We know the long-impending construction [/blog/news/evening-work-starting-on-ps-139-will-last-through-october-2014] at PS 139 had some parents worried they’d be losing valuable outdoor play space, so since some scaffolding has gone up, we got in touch with a few folks in the know to get a clearer picture of what’s in
trash cans
Now that the ice on our sidewalks is pretty much all melted, some big concerns that remain are litter and piles of dog waste [/blog/animals/whats-the-best-way-to-combat-abandoned-dog-poop]. Readers on our sister site, Ditmas Park Corner [/], brought up the doo issue even in a discussion about ice removal [/blog/sanitation/one-neighbors-plea-for-shoveled-sidewalks]