Happy almost weekend! This is a long one if you’re lucky, so check out all the good stuff going on in Ditmas Park all the way through Monday. Thursday, February 13 • Sign up for open mic night at 773 Lounge [https://www.facebook.com/773Lounge] starting at 8pm. • Boroko
This weekend, the F and G are playing hooky again. Details on service changes via MTA.info [http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/Default.aspx]: > Coney Island-bound F trains and Church Avenue-bound G trains skip 4th Avenue-9th Street, 15th Street-Prospect Park, and Fort Hamilton Parkway Weekends, 11:45pm Friday to
Same old, same obnoxiousld. Details on weekend service changes via MTA.info [http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/Default.aspx]: > No Q Trains between 57th Street-7th Avenue and Ditmars Boulevard Days, 10am-3pm, Tuesday, February 11-Friday, February 14 > Service operates between 57th Street-7th Avenue and Stillwell Avenue. Take the N
new york brick oven pizza
We stopped into New York Brick Oven Pizza [/blog/business/new-york-brick-oven-pizza-reopens-tonight-with-a-limited-takeout-menu] last night (375 Marlborough Road/1502 Cortelyou Road) to see how new owner and chef Michael Dibari’s pies differed from what we’d tried under former management [/blog/food/new-york-brick-oven-pizza-on-marlboroughcortelyou-is-open], and we weren’t disappointed. Our pizza was
food co-ops
For its vast population, growing popularity, [/real-estate/is-it-still-affordable-to-live-in-kensington] and rising home prices [http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2014/01/windsor-terrace-sale-sets-record-at-1-98-million/] , the Kensington-Windsor Terrace area is still shockingly underserved when it comes to grocery stores. Since the closing of Key Food [http://www.yelp.com/biz/key-food-brooklyn-22] in 2012 (and delays
Who’s ready for more flakes? We’re guessing neighbor Denyse Goddard-Jones, who sent in this genius Snow Sphinx, probably is. Has the cold sparked your creative side? Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or
car crashes traffic
A car hit a school bus on Dorchester Road near E 18th Street at 3:18pm today, says a spokesman for the FDNY. Out of 16 patients, 12 were treated and released on scene, and four were transported to Brookdale Hospital. The FDNY confirms that at least some of the
crossing signals
Neighbor Donald Loggins sent in the above photo of a fallen lamp post on the corner of Coney Island and Foster Avenues at the beginning of this month, that he said he first noticed down on January 31. Lo and behold, when we walked by this morning, it was still
all american art glass
Sheepshead Bites [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/01/the-stained-glass-maker-of-marine-park-sarah-herbst] ran a lovely piece recently on neighbor Sarah Herbst, who lives in Kensington and whose family is responsible for many stained glass installations around the area. “I used to take a picture whenever I’d see one,” Sarah told the blog,
As previously reported [/blog/business/signs-of-life-at-the-new-york-brick-oven-pizza-space], New York Brick Oven Pizza [/blog/food/new-york-brick-oven-pizza-on-marlboroughcortelyou-is-open] (1502 Cortelyou Road/375 Marlborough Road) is in the process of reopening under new management. The space–which some commenters have dubbed “cursed”–closed in mid-January [/blog/business/new-york-brick-oven-pizza-closed-for-now] after a largely unsuccessful [http://www.yelp.
denny's
Just when we’re gearing up to get a fancy wine bar on Church Avenue [/business/church-avenue-cafe-set-to-open-february-14], Brooklyn Magazine [http://www.bkmag.com/2014/02/12/the-best-dive-bars-in-brooklyn/?singlepage=1] has gone ahead and named four KWT watering holes some of the best dive bars in Brooklyn. The honors go to
expansions
Fisherman’s Cove [http://www.yelp.com/biz/fishermans-cove-brooklyn] (2025 Church Avenue between Ocean Avenue and E 21st Street) is currently closed while expanding into the corner space next door, according to the Church Avenue Business Improvement District [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=705295946177435&set=a.461690573871308.