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
Competitions
The race is on to win the title of Greenest Block in Brooklyn [http://www.bbg.org/greenbridge/greenestblock]! Neighborhood and merchant associations are invited to enter their residential and commercial blocks, and the Greenest Storefront, Best Street Tree Beds, Best Window Box, and Best Community Garden Streetscapes will also
Boardwalk Empire
A neighbor spotted these signs on E 18 between Ditmas and Dorchester. “Basically no parking for week,” she says. “Boardwalk Empire [/blog/tag/boardwalk-empire] returns.” Neighbors have had mixed reactions to all the filming in the neighborhood recently. Between that Hugh Grant/Marc Lawrence film [/blog/tag/hugh-grant] (flyer posted
33 hinckley place
Photo byharlanerskine [http://instagram.com/p/YwSJJLhMOh/]/ harlanerskine.com [http://harlanerskine.com/] A fire in an abandoned house at 33 Hinckley Pl. (between Coney Island Ave. and E 8th St.), called in at 10:44pm, summoned 25 units and 106 firefighters total, said a spokesman for the FDNY. The fire
Spotted on the corner of Albemarle and Marlborough: Hugh Grant and Marc Lawrence [/blog/art-music/on-the-hunt-for-hugh] filming their as-yet untitled project [/blog/art-music/hugh-grant-film-starts-shooting-on-beverley-rd-monday], a cop car parked on a curb, two “neighbors” in pajamas, La-Z Boys on the lawn, and a ton of beer being poured down the sewer
hugh grant
Spotted on the corner of Albemarle and Marlborough: Hugh Grant and Marc Lawrence [/blog/art-music/on-the-hunt-for-hugh] filming their as-yet untitled project [/blog/art-music/hugh-grant-film-starts-shooting-on-beverley-rd-monday], a cop car parked on a curb, two “neighbors” in pajamas, La-Z Boys on the lawn, and a ton of beer being poured down the sewer
The 70th Precinct is seeking the public’s help in identifying a robber who punched a 36 year-old man and stole his iPhone 10:50pm March 26 on the southbound Q train at Newkirk Avenue. The suspect is described as a black man in his 20s wearing a black bubble
Have you noticed these illegally-posted [/blog/green/please-dont-staple-signs-into-trees] flyers on around town recently? A neighbor says: > … a low-budget security-training company has industrial-stapled their flyer– sometimes multiple times–to practically every street tree along Church Ave between at least Ocean Parkway to Ocean Ave, including in recently-planted young trees, which
allergy season
With the flowers finally in bloom and magnolia trees leaving carpets of petals all over the sidewalk, allergy season is in full swing. We love having the greenery in Ditmas Park that’s so hard to find in other areas of Brooklyn, but this environment can be particularly hard on
Here’s a bright spot in the Coney Island Ave. saga [/?s=%22cia+traffic+update%22]: construction workers are currently fixing damaged curbs and sidewalks [/blog/business/dot-fines-c-town-over-sidewalk-flooding] on the west side of the street from Cortelyou to Ave. C. While barrels are blocking parking areas right now, signs indicate
Here’s a bright spot in the Coney Island Ave. saga [/?s=%22cia+traffic+update%22]: construction workers are currently fixing damaged curbs and sidewalks [/blog/business/dot-fines-c-town-over-sidewalk-flooding] on the west side of the street from Cortelyou to Ave. C. While barrels are blocking parking areas right now, signs indicate
Run, walk, or just take a nice stroll with the family to help raise money for our local schools at the 6th annual PTA 5K [http://brooklynpta.org/] on Saturday, May 11 at 10am in Prospect Park. Sponsored by the PTAs of Brooklyn’s public schools and office of City