Immigration
When they move to our fair city, where do the new New Yorkers live? WNYC, masters [/blog/neighbors/how-diverse-are-brooklyn-neighborhoods] of interactive [/blog/politics/where-are-the-neighborhood-republicans] maps [/blog/crime/where-guns-are-actually-found-during-stop-frisks], have a new map answering just that question [http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2012/dec/06/manhattan-lures-newest-new-yorkers/] . Where have new New
David Sheridan
Wheated [https://www.facebook.com/WHEATEDBROOKLYN] has started a $10,000 community fundraising campaign [http://smallknot.com/wheated-pizza-and-bar] to replace equipment lost during Hurricane Sandy flooding in Coney Island. David Sheridan and Kim McAdams, the husband and wife behind Church Avenue’s Wheated [/?s=wheated] pizzeria, owned two storage units
Here come the lights! Picture taken by Crissa Chappell [http://www.flickr.com/photos/crissa/8251164976/in/pool-1948798@N23/]. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Send it to ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com or add it to the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner] and we’
Dekoven Ct
New historic district street signs were recently installed in Fiske Terrace and Midwood Park, designated a jointly named historic district in 2008. Last summer, the Times [http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/25/many-historic-districts-have-no-hardware-to-show-for-it/] wrote about how several historic districts were still missing their new street signs, and then
Oyasaba will perform at Sycamore [http://sycamorebrooklyn.com/index.php/musical-events/]on Friday. Tonight 12/6 • Thursday night Jazz with at Lark [http://www.larkcafe.com/], 8pm. • 3rd Annual Flatbush Film Festival: West Indian Edition [http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/tonight-3rd-flatbush-film-festival-west-indian-edition-closes-w-ring-di-alarm-pressure] at Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 7pm. Friday 12/7 • PS
As has been the case for much of this year, grand and petit larcenies topped the crime numbers this week in the 70th Precinct. The police have said that property theft, specifically targeting iPhones, has driven numbers up [/blog/crime/iphones-property-theft-drive-crime-in-70th-precinct-says-inspector-rodriguez] . Pictured above is is the most recent CompStat report
Jessie Streich-Kest
Jon Kest, father to Jake and Jessie Streich-Kest [/blog/neighbors/jessie-streich-kest-memorial] and husband to Fran Streich, neighbor, Executive Director at New York Communities for Change, former director of New York ACORN, a leader in the Working Families Party and seasoned community organizer, passed away last night. He was 57. He
Beverly Road
The renovation of the subway stops at Cortelyou Road, Beverley Road and Parkside Avenue will begin in September 2013 as outlined by the MTA’s Andrew Inglesby at a Wednesday night meeting of the Community Board 14 Transportation Committee. Neighbor Gordon Rothman wrote in to us with the details of
99 Cent Stores
It’s that time of year again and in 2012, we live in a great spot to pick up good gifts nearby. All you have to do is take a walk down a street like Cortelyou Road and step into one of the many shops to find something worth gifting.
This bus needed some help on Ditmas Avenue, so they called in the big guns. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Send it to ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com or add it to the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner] and we’ll post it on
Gas Shortages
In the wake of the gas shortage and rationing [/blog/transportation/drivers-can-buy-gas-only-on-alternate-days-bloomberg-orders] following Hurricane Sandy, many of us have gas canisters sitting in our basements. It’s important to be careful with your canisters now, says Gary Schultze, co-chair of Community Board 14′s Public Safety Committee. Canisters can still
City and State [http://www.cityandstateny.com/new-york-city-power-100/] just named Councilman Jumaane Williams the 97th most powerful figure in New York City politics and government: [http://www.cityandstateny.com/new-york-city-power-100/] > An outspoken advocate for police reform, Jumaane Williams has taken a leading role in challenging the Bloomberg administration over