This weekend’s looking a little stormy, but how often is the weather man right, am I right? Music or educational events, indoors or out, enjoy your days off. Thursday, July 11 * Sustainable Flatbush’s Healing Herb Garden open hours [http://sustainableflatbush.org/sustainable-flatbush-calendar/] continue at 2103 Kenmore Terrace, Thursdays
landlords
This morning, tenants of 119 E 19th St. gathered with organizers from New York Communities for Change [http://www.nycommunities.org/] and Council Member Mathieu Eugene [http://council.nyc.gov/d40/html/members/home.shtml] to protest the horrific conditions and lack of repairs in their 55-unit building, owned by
This morning, tenants of 119 E 19th St. gathered with organizers from New York Communities for Change [http://www.nycommunities.org/] and Council Member Mathieu Eugene [http://council.nyc.gov/d40/html/members/home.shtml] to protest the horrific conditions and lack of repairs in their 55-unit building, owned by
high roller
Signs were posted on Rugby between Cortelyou and Dorchester today about a film shoot taking place this Saturday, July 13. The project is called “High Roller,” which a representative of production company Epoch Films [http://www.epochfilms.com/] told us was just a test shoot, but no word on whether
DOH
As you might have noticed last night or this morning, Madina [http://www.yelp.com/biz/madina-restaurant-and-sweets-brooklyn-2] (563 Coney Island Ave. on the corner of Beverley Rd.) has been closed by the Department of Health. In addition to the official DOH sign, there are signs posted stating the restaurant is
WNYC
WNYC [http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/transportation-nation/2013/jul/10/bloombergs-transportation-legacy-longer-commutes-non-wealthy/] has confirmed what you already suspected–if you live outside of Manhattan or affluent parts of the outer boroughs, your commute will likely be long and frustrating. They note commutes have gotten longer for the less affluent during Bloomberg’
Believe it or not, in addition to Manhattan-bound Q trains going express due to construction [/blog/transportation/q-line-overhaul-service-changes-start-july-8] at the Beverley, Cortelyou, and Parkside stations, there’s more. Details on this weekends’s service changes via MTA.info [http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/Default.aspx]: > 57 St/7 Ave-bound
We figured a perk of working at stemsbrooklyn [http://instagram.com/p/bj8VDbjtXq/] was getting to drink the offerings at Sycamore, but we didn’t realize the Sycamore guys loved lilies so much! Share your Ditmas Park photos, illustrations, and more by email at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas
cherry recipes
This past weekend’s Cortelyou Greenmarket [http://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket-site/brooklyn/cortelyou-greenmarket] was cherry-full and also ridiculously hot, so I picked up a quart of the good stuff from Red Jacket Orchards [http://www.redjacketorchards.com/] for $8. Recipes abound for complicated stuff like pies and cheesecakes, but what’
closures
It’s official: after a planned move [https://www.facebook.com/monkstrunk/posts/643785952313623] fell through, Monk’s Trunk owners Carrie McClaren and Elyssa Pierre LeBris plan to close their beloved Prospect Lefferts Gardens kids’ consignment store later this year. The silver lining? If you’re interested, you’re welcome
itta werdiger roth
Have you heard about The Hester? Named after Pittsburgh speakeasy queen Kate Hester [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117649262912869410.html], the Hebrew word for “hidden,” and the Lower East Side street where thousands of Jewish immigrants lived during the early half of the 1900s, the supper club was started in
apartment buildings
A 1926 apartment building at 220 E 18th St. recently sold [http://www.costar.com/News/Article/Prospect-Park-Multifamily-Trades-for-$91M/149869] for $9,050,990, a leap from both its 2005 and 2006 selling prices. The 100-unit, 63,000 square foot property was previously sold in 2005 for $6,600,000–