There’s only one way to go: down. Karen Zuegner [http://www.flickr.com/photos/karenzuegner/8177585050/in/pool-1948798@N23/] took this picture. 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/
Tenores de Aterue
Monday night at The Castello Plan [http://thecastelloplan.com/] means all-you-can eat mussels and a WMFU live broadcast featuring Tenores de Aterue. Tenores de Aterue sings traditional Italian a cappella. It’s not something we’re used to but it sounds great. And, if YouTube views are anything to go
ditmas avenue
The Parks Department continued the work it began a week ago [/blog/news/city-begins-removing-dangerous-trees-in-ditmas-park] as workers cleared trees, stumps and debris from throughout the neighborhood. As the workers move from tree to tree, streets are being temporarily closed to general traffic. Above, Argyle Road was blocked off as debris was
Ute Van Sitteren
The annual coat drive for New York Cares [http://newyorkcares.org/volunteer/holiday_volunteering/coat_drive/index.php] is taking place now. In our neighborhood, you can drop off coats on the porch of 555 Argyle Road between Newkirk and Ditmas Avenues. “I am collecting as of now until the
Nunsense and Camelot have been announced as Murrow’s fall and winter theatrical productions. Nunsense is a 1985 musical comedy about five of the 19 surviving Little Sisters of Hoboken, a one-time missionary order that ran a leper colony on an island south of France. The show runs from Wednesday
Julee Whalin
One neighborhood mystery was solved [/blog/art-music/philip-j-fry-lived-on-rugby-road] today but here’s another one to make you wonder. Neighbor Julee Whalin sent in this photo of a life-sized gorilla made entirely out of tin foil sitting on a neighbor’s Avenue H porch. If that sounds confusing to you, imagine
Neal Marshall Stevens
For the last half century, World War 3 has been a terrifying prospect with unlimited potential for destruction. That’s why it’s always been fertile ground for fiction In the near future, Europe is a war-ravaged wasteland where battles are waged by men in indestructible steel suits of armor
Eric Kaplan
One neighborhood mystery is solved. Neighbor Miriam Berk pointed us toward this home on Rugby and Dorchester Roads as the 20th century home to Philip J. Fry, the star of Futurama [/blog/neighbors/can-you-recognize-the-ugliest-iconic-house-in-ditmas-park]. The house was featured in “Luck of the Fryrish,” an award winning 2001 episode. This house
It’s been two weeks and two storms but transportation is creeping towards normal. Still, things are moving slowly: Coney Island Avenue and the BQE have been prone to frustrating standstill traffic often as of late. Buses have had to navigate the labyrinth of long lines to gas stations. The
A special cooking clinic in the soup kitchen at the Flatbush Reformed Church is taking place Friday, November 16 and Saturday, November 17 with the help of Wheated’s David Sheridan [/?s=david+sheridan] and the Church Avenue Business Improvement District. The event is part of the BID’s new
Hurricane. Nor’easter. Now, spring. 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.
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