Word comes from Rodneyse Bichotte of a Job Fair at Brooklyn College tomorrow, Friday, October 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Brooklyn College Student Center (Campus Road and East 27th) on the 6th floor. A group of over 70 diverse employers from around the
Stiatistics
Above 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, which covers the week of 10/1 through 10/7/12. • A reminder: Ethel Durant is missing [/blog/crime/
Rock Travels & Express
A new bill payment center with an interesting name opened recently at 583 Marlborough Road, between Dorchester and Newkirk, closer to Newkirk. The business is targeting much of South Asia, a smart area to serve in this neighborhood.
Bay Ridge Line
Before the LIRR-owned Bay Ridge Line was cut out and pushed below Coney Island Avenue, its tracks covered the street. Here they are in 1907, looking north from Avenue H. They are crossing trolley lines headed north and south along Coney Island Avenue. Today, the freight-only line runs in below
Trees lean low into the cut-out to catch some air. Matthew Septimus [http://www.matthewseptimus.com/] took the picture, another in his Brooklyn Tree series [/blog/photos/dry-trees-ahead]. An important question for fellow fans of The National: Is this song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02tWZNQ6n38] referring to our
A crew from the city was out this morning finishing up a painting project along Newkirk Avenue. The barriers of the subway overpass have been blue for some time, with patches of repainting being done by teams of volunteers, most recently during the annual neighborhood clean-up [/blog/events/thanks-to-everyone-who-helped-clean-up-the-neighborhood] in
unemployment
New York State’s unemployment rate has grown over the past year to 9.1% even as the rest of the nation has seen unemployment decline, reports the New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/nyregion/new-yorks-rising-jobless-rate-poses-test-for-cuomo.html] . At a staggering 14% unemployment, the Bronx is the
Fading Ads
Frank Jump takes pictures of faded advertisements [http://www.fadingad.com] that recall an older New York. He’s taken simple pictures for a decade, providing an unparalleled connection to a century of history. “I worked there,” wrote Tony in April 2009 when he saw the faded ad for Coney
Am Thai
The neighborhood has tons to do for families around Halloween. The weekend of Saturday, October 27 and Sunday, October 28: • The Prospect Park Zoo is hosting Boo at the Zoo [http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/83751] on Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. • The
Avenue H Station House
The 112-year-old Avenue H station house today looks an awful lot like it did a century ago. Even the chimney remains. Before the building rose in the early 20th century, the immediate area was wooded and lightly occupied. Fresh from developing the barely profitable areas of Beverley Square East and
MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota unveiled the agency’s plans [http://www.mta.info/news/stories/?story=845] to raise fares and tolls by about 7% in 2013. We’ve noted [/?s=joseph+lhota] the plans as they’ve developed, including the smaller bonuses [/blog/transportation/metrocard-discounts-could-be-eliminated-in-2013] that riders will likely
A few shadows fall on fall leaves on a beautiful windy morning. 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.