double parking
As if the various film shoots [/blog/tag/filmed-in-flatbush] weren’t enough to contend with this week, a neighbor caught this scene on Cortelyou between Rugby and Marlborough. One of the workers said they were taking care of some necessary sewer repairs, and that it might take a couple of
Remember those for-profit clothing donation bins [/blog/green/for-profit-clothing-bins-where-do-you-donate] we told you about a few weeks ago? Well, a new one seems to have popped up on Westminster near Foster. Judging by the sticker remnant left on its side, it belongs to Viltex USA [http://viltexusa.com/], “a for profit
commercial
A neighbor spotted this sign Rugby between Ditmas and Dorchester this morning, and said there’s virtually no parking on the block. Where is everyone fitting cars this week? [/blog/art-music/hugh-grant-film-starts-shooting-on-beverley-rd-monday]
a walk among the tombstones
Just as we were waking from our swoon over Hugh Grant’s presence in the ‘hood [/blog/art-music/on-the-hunt-for-hugh], it seems as if Liam Neeson is returning to film more of A Walk Among the Tombstones [/?s=tombstones] Thursday on the west end of Cortelyou. We spotted these signs between
Keeping watch just south of Church. 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 post them on the blog. To keep up with all the
poilitics
Midwood resident and former City Council attorney Sylvia Kinard has announced [http://sylviakinard.nationbuilder.com/candidate_statement] she will run against Saundra Thomas [/blog/news/meet-saundra-thomas-district-40-city-council-candidate], John E. Grant [/blog/news/john-grant-running-for-district-40-council-seat], and Mathieu Eugene [http://council.nyc.gov/d40/html/members/home.shtml] in September’s Democratic primary. We
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
Jennifer Giuglianotti [http://insideouthealingarts.wordpress.com/about/] is the therapist, dancer, artist, and three-year resident of Ditmas Park behind the first upcoming MAD Love Creators Meetup [http://www.meetup.com/MAD-Love-Creators-Music-Art-Dance-in-Brooklyn/] this Saturday, May 4, at 2pm. The meetup, open to all music, art, and dance (MAD) creators in the
jennifer giuglianotti
Jennifer Giuglianotti [http://insideouthealingarts.wordpress.com/about/] is the therapist, dancer, artist, and three-year resident of Ditmas Park behind the first upcoming MAD Love Creators Meetup [http://www.meetup.com/MAD-Love-Creators-Music-Art-Dance-in-Brooklyn/] this Saturday, May 4, at 2pm. The meetup, open to all music, art, and dance (MAD) creators in the
Last week we told you [/blog/art-music/hugh-grant-film-starts-shooting-on-beverley-rd-monday] an as-yet untitled Marc Lawrence film starring Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei, and Chris Elliot would be filming in Ditmas Park. Today, production is in full swing over a massive section of the neighborhood–in addition to all the Beverley Rd. parking we
Brooklyn Apple Academy
Tim from the Q at Parkside [http://theqatparkside.blogspot.com/], who has been searching for the perfect public school [/blog/tag/the-q-at-parkside] for his daughter, recently paid a visit to neighbor Noah Apple [/blog/neighbors/coming-this-fall-the-brooklyn-apple-academy]‘s Brooklyn Apple Academy [http://www.brooklynappleacademy.org/]. The home school cooperative, which accepts
ruby richards
The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 74-year-old Ruby Richards, who was last seen at SUNY Downstate Medical Center (445 Lenox Rd.) on Friday, April 26. Ruby has brown eyes, is 5′ 4″, and weighs 140 pounds. She was last seen wearing