This weekend will be another gorgeous one, filled with outdoor activities at Prospect Park, a crawfish boil at Sycamore, and of course, plenty of Cinco de Mayo fun. Check out what cool stuff Ditmas Park’s got planned below. Thursday, May 2 * Nature on the Go! [http://www.prospectpark.org/
A little victory for locals fed up with the various traffic problems [/?s=%22coney+island+avenue%22+traffic] on Coney Island Ave.: Councilman Eugene [http://council.nyc.gov/d40/html/members/home.shtml]‘s traffic calming forum will be held next Wednesday, May 9, at 6pm, at the Dorchester Senior
The Q at Parkside [http://theqatparkside.blogspot.com/2013/04/need-googa-support-park-and-get-your.html] noticed Prospect Park was offering an interesting deal to those looking for Great GoogaMooga [http://brooklyn.googamooga.com/] tickets. Tim writes: > Just donate [http://www.prospectpark.org/]some money to the Prospect Park Alliance (starting at $35)
Great Googa Mooga
The Q at Parkside [http://theqatparkside.blogspot.com/2013/04/need-googa-support-park-and-get-your.html] noticed Prospect Park was offering an interesting deal to those looking for Great GoogaMooga [http://brooklyn.googamooga.com/] tickets. Tim writes: > Just donate [http://www.prospectpark.org/]some money to the Prospect Park Alliance (starting at $35)
Just a reminder to watch out for vehicle break ins, Ditmas Parkers: we spotted this car with its window smashed this morning on Stratford by Matthews. We called the 70th Precinct, but were unable to wait at the scene to file a report via 911 as they advised. Whether there
Neighbor Matthew writes: > On my way home tonight, at about 9:15, there were a lot of emergency vehicles at the intersection of Cortelyou Road and Coney Island Avenue [/?s=%22coney+island+avenue%22+traffic]. Two vehicles, a silver SUV and a brown mini-van looked like they had been
Neighbor Gretchen writes: > We found this cat last night. The poor thing was crying on our porch, looking hungry and scared. We brought her inside. She is very comfortable with humans and our dog. She a little thin. She has unusual markings. We are hoping that we found someone’
poetry
Neighbor Cristina [http://instagram.com/p/YyJj4PoDsV/] sends this awesome shot of Seraphina writing a Frost [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173536] riff on Westminster and Cortelyou. Share your Ditmas Park photos by email at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/
One of the best things about Ditmas Park is the range of different cultural foods at our fingertips, including some wonderfully-scrumptious Mexican options for this Sunday’s festivities. We’ve got the aptly-named Cinco de Mayo [/blog/food/cortelyous-cinco-de-mayo-in-the-village-voice] on Cortelyou, Los Mariachis [http://www.yelp.com/biz/los-mariachis-mexican-restaurant-brooklyn#query:
chef grace
Chef Grace Odogbili, or simply Chef Grace, is the powerhouse behind Brooklyn-based Dining with Grace Catering [http://www.diningwithgrace.com/]. She draws inspiration from Nigeria, Jamaica, and even Belize in her signature Pan-African dishes, to be served at The Dining with Grace Experience [http://diningwithgraceexperience.eventbrite.com/] at Lark [http:
MashAllah
Yelpers seem to love MashAllah Sweets & Restaurant [http://www.yelp.com/biz/mashallah-sweets-and-restaurant-brooklyn] (663 Coney Island Ave. between Ave. C and Cortelyou, 718-287-0090) for their curry, samosas, and kebabs, but we’ve personally always wondered about the brightly-colored sweets we’ve spied through their windows. Today, we decided to
We stopped by New York Brick Oven Pizza [/blog/business/brick-oven-pizza-coming-to-marlborough-at-cortelyou] on Marlborough and Cortelyou this afternoon, hoping for a slice–only to hear the shop is actually set to open tomorrow (which we also heard yesterday, so fingers crossed). Looks like they’ll have some interesting specialty pies, though