gardening
Tracey Hohman [/?s=Tracey+Hohman] is a local green thumb. Recently, part of her own garden was stolen. She wrote in to tell us about it: > For the past two weeks someone has been stopping by to trim my kale. I think they must be eating it. Now it
71st Precinct
A new petition [http://www.change.org/petitions/71st-precinct-nypd-please-provide-at-least-two-beat-cops-up-and-down-flatbush-ave-below-empire-blvd] is being circulated around the Flatbush area asking the 71st Precinct for at least two more beat cops on Flatbush Avenue south of Empire Boulevard and into our area. The petition has received support from neighborhood email lists, the Q at
Post Apocalyptic Poetry Group will perform at Sycamore [http://sycamorebrooklyn.com/index.php/musical-events/] this Tuesday night. Tonight 11/29 • Couples Therapy [http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/videos/?id=M4961] plays at Sycamore [http://sycamorebrooklyn.com/index.php/musical-events/], 9pm. • Little Kings [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHLUFu7pkFc] perform
Salvatore Perrone
Salvatore Perrone, the 63-year-old Staten Island man suspected since last week in three Brooklyn murders [/blog/crime/salvatore-perrone-63-charged-with-murdering-3-shopkeepers] including most recently a killing on Flatbush Avenue [/blog/crime/78-year-old-man-fatally-shot-on-flatbush-ave], has been indicted on six counts of murder, reports [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121127/flatbush/accused-brooklyn-serial-killer-indicted-on-murder-charges] DNAinfo. Perrone was charged
Allan Cameron
Yesterday, the 70th Precinct marked the seventh anniversary of the death of Police Officer Dillon Stewart. Stewart was killed in 2005 after being shot pulling over a speeding vehicle our area. Upon pulling up next to the vehicle, several shots were fired and “one of the bullets hit Officer Stewart,
Request A Stop
Under the “Request A Stop” rule, bus riders can ask operators to be dropped off anywhere along the route between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. The bus operator “will comply,” says the MTA [http://www.mta.info/nyct/safety/index.html], “as long as he or she thinks
This is the most recent CompStat report [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fnypd%2Fdownloads%2Fpdf%2Fcrime_statistics%2Fcs070pct.pdf] from the 70th Precinct covering the week of 11/12 through 11/18/12. Several incidents have been reported around our area: • On
This stellar ride was spotted on Church Avenue. 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 the blog.
Sarah Wagner just sent this picture of smoke in Newkirk Plaza. > I was walking past Newkirk Plaza when I saw smoke rising from the subway tracks. It smelled like fire lots of people gathered around but no one knew what was going on. It was a track fire, says
Weather
The initial estimate of 319 lost trees [/blog/news/prospect-park-lost-319-trees-in-hurricane-sandy] in Hurricane Sandy was bad enough. Now, the number has jumped to 500 lost trees in the last month thanks to Sandy and the subsequent [/blog/news/trees-are-falling-around-ditmas-park] nor’easter [/blog/news/the-noreaster-is-here-you-should-stay-inside]. Over 100 hanging limbs and almost 1,
New York Cares [http://www.newyorkcares.org] is collecting new or clean gently used coats to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy. Over 50,000 coats are needed to help victims in areas such as Staten Island and the Rockaways. Donations can be dropped of at the following three Prospect
Beyond the occasional appearance on TV, opera is rarely seen or heard around these parts. It can seem opaque, off-putting and old to people of all ages. Thomas Lawrence Toscano, conductor and artist director at Opera OGGI New York [http://www.operaogginy.com/], hopes to change that a few hours