Nora Whelan

What Did You Find At Yard Sales This Weekend?

This past weekend was a busy one for Ditmas Park, what with the annual Cortelyou Greenmarket Strawberry Shortcake Eating Contest [/blog/events/stuff-your-face-at-the-cortelyou-greenmarket-strawberry-shortcake-eating-contest] , the FDC’s Victorian House Tour [/blog/events/volunteer-tour-or-show-your-home-at-the-victorian-flatbush-house-tour-june-9] , and a ton of neighborhood-wide yard sales [/blog/events/an-update-on-neighborhood-yard-sales]. While we didn’t do as well at

A Rash Of Car & Home Break-Ins This Weekend & How To Protect Yourself

Did anyone notice anything strange over the weekend? We heard from a number of neighbors who were either victims of theft, or came upon an attempted break-in in progress. Neighbor Loren sent us the photo above of a Honda that had its wheels stolen between 3am and 7am on Beverley

A Rash Of Car & Home Break-Ins This Weekend & How To Protect Yourself

Did anyone notice anything strange over the weekend? We heard from a number of neighbors who were either victims of theft, or came upon an attempted break-in in progress. Neighbor Loren sent us the photo above of a Honda that had its wheels stolen between 3am and 7am on Beverley

Mingle With Human And Canine Friends At FIDO’s Summer Pupnic

Food, drink, friends, us, and a canine licks-per-minute competition await at FIDO’s Pupnic [https://www.facebook.com/FIDOBrooklyn/posts/10151627866284806], a pot luck picnic for pooches and their people, on Friday, June 14 at Prospect Park’s Nethermead from 5pm until dusk. There will be a permit-designated off-leash area,

Mingle With Human And Canine Friends At FIDO's Summer Pupnic

Food, drink, friends, us, and a canine licks-per-minute competition await at FIDO’s Pupnic [https://www.facebook.com/FIDOBrooklyn/posts/10151627866284806], a pot luck picnic for pooches and their people, on Friday, June 14 at Prospect Park’s Nethermead from 5pm until dusk. There will be a permit-designated off-leash area,

Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Week

Today is off to a rainy start, but no matter–there are lots of cool events at the Cortelyou Library, Bar Chord, and other indoor spaces to keep you busy this week. Check out the good stuff below. Monday,  June 12 * Kids can take free tennis lessons [/blog/kids/sign-up-for-nyjtl-free-kids-tennis-instruction-starting-may-13]

This Week’s B & Q Subway Service Changes

Starting Wednesday, the B and Q do a partial switcharoo. Details on this week’s service changes via MTA.info [http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/Default.aspx]: > Coney Island-bound Q Trains run express from Prospect Park to Kings Highway Mornings/afternoons, 9:45am-3pm, Wednesday, June 12-Friday, June 14 >

This Week’s B & Q Subway Service Changes

Starting Wednesday, the B and Q do a partial switcharoo. Details on this week’s service changes via MTA.info [http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/Default.aspx]: > Coney Island-bound Q Trains run express from Prospect Park to Kings Highway Mornings/afternoons, 9:45am-3pm, Wednesday, June 12-Friday, June 14 >

Scenes From The Soft Opening Of Milk & Honey

It looks like last night’s soft opening [/blog/business/join-us-for-the-soft-opening-of-milk-honey-tomorrow-night] for Milk & Honey [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Milk-Honey-Cafe-LLC/131322883735888] went swimmingly, and Ditmas Parkers seem pretty excited to have another spot [/blog/business/exclusive-sneak-peak-inside-milk-honey] for great coffee south of Cortelyou. Some neighbors captured moments from the event,

Scenes From The Soft Opening Of Milk & Honey

It looks like last night’s soft opening [/blog/business/join-us-for-the-soft-opening-of-milk-honey-tomorrow-night] for Milk & Honey [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Milk-Honey-Cafe-LLC/131322883735888] went swimmingly, and Ditmas Parkers seem pretty excited to have another spot [/blog/business/exclusive-sneak-peak-inside-milk-honey] for great coffee south of Cortelyou. Some neighbors captured moments from the event,

This Week In Ditmas Park

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Cloudy With A Chance Of Sneakers

Feet on the ground, shoes in the sky, as captured by thesaxophonewarrior [http://instagram.com/p/aT4uljvJAC/]. Share your Ditmas Park photos by email 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