About seven months after neighbors Anne Schoenborn and Ali Jacobs first spoke to us [/blog/garden/neighbor-hopes-to-turn-vacant-lot-behind-church-ave-station-into-community-garden] about making a vacant E 18th Street lot into a community garden, it looks like Q Gardens is just about upon us [/blog/events/attend-a-meeting-tonight-about-the-future-of-q-gardens]. Now, Anne and Ali are asking interested locals
About seven months after neighbors Anne Schoenborn and Ali Jacobs first spoke to us [/blog/garden/neighbor-hopes-to-turn-vacant-lot-behind-church-ave-station-into-community-garden] about making a vacant E 18th Street lot into a community garden, it looks like Q Gardens is just about upon us [/blog/events/attend-a-meeting-tonight-about-the-future-of-q-gardens]. Now, Anne and Ali are asking interested locals
Which is your favorite? We like the one photo bombing behind the corn husk. Photo by ditmasparkcorner [http://instagram.com/p/fdKTQYI58B/]. How are you decorating for Halloween this year? Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/
lunch
Whether you’re a local looking to get some morning after “hair of the dog” or just visiting this neck of the woods, we’ve rounded up a list of places at which to enjoy weekend-specific meals in and around Ditmas Park. Only qualification is the restaurant should have a
11 seven
The 7-Eleven scheduled to open this Fall [/blog/tag/7-eleven] on the corner of Beverley Road and Coney Island Avenue has been an ongoing point of contention among neighbors. We’ve heard everything lately from excitement over Slurpees to disapproval of chain stores and fast food, but only one neighbor
c-town
The New York World [http://www.thenewyorkworld.com/2013/10/14/dirty-supermarket/] recently used data collected from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets [http://www.agriculture.ny.gov/]‘ survey of every grocery store in the state from 2008-2013 to make a map searchable by zip code–and
bite of the day
Here’s a delicious Ditmas Park collaboration! Coffee Mob [http://coffeemob.com] (1514 Newkirk Avenue on the corner of E 16th Street) is now serving ensaïmada [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensaïmada] made exclusively for them by Romy Dorotan of Purple Yam [http://www.purpleyamnyc.com]. Made from rich butter
health code violations
The New York World [http://www.thenewyorkworld.com/2013/10/14/dirty-supermarket/] recently used data collected from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets [http://www.agriculture.ny.gov]‘ survey of every grocery store in the state from 2008-2013 to make a map searchable by zip code–and
The New York World [http://www.thenewyorkworld.com/2013/10/14/dirty-supermarket/] recently used data collected from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets [http://www.agriculture.ny.gov]‘ survey of every grocery store in the state from 2008-2013 to make a map searchable by zip code–and
[http://thedeedledeedledees.blogspot.com/2013/09/cd-release-show-for-ss-brooklyn-october.html] Local crooner and The Deedle Deedle Dees [http://thedeedledeedledees.com]‘ frontman Lloyd H. Miller is playing an extra special gig this Friday, October 18, at Lark [http://larkcafe.com](1007 Church Avenue between E 11th Street and Stratford Road), and he’s
[http://thedeedledeedledees.blogspot.com/2013/09/cd-release-show-for-ss-brooklyn-october.html] Local crooner and The Deedle Deedle Dees [http://thedeedledeedledees.com]‘ frontman Lloyd H. Miller is playing an extra special gig this Friday, October 18, at Lark [http://larkcafe.com](1007 Church Avenue between E 11th Street and Stratford Road), and he’s
If you missed out on the vacant storefront at 1023 Church Avenue [/blog/business/whats-coming-next-to-1023-church-avenue] a while back, quit sighing and mopping your brow. We just got word that the owner of 1019 Church, which formerly housed ABC Day Care [http://brooklyn.citysearch.com/profile/7362377/brooklyn_ny/abc_day_