Sabeen Mukhtar
Neighbor Sabeen Mukhtar has two cats that need a new home. > I was advised by our local vet, Pawsitive Veterinary, to post the pics for these adorable kittens on Ditmas Park Corner as they need a good home. They are 2 month and will be ready for adoption end
c-town
When the mural on East 16th Street was tagged [/blog/art-music/east-16th-street-mural-already-tagged], no one was too happy. Robin Redmond of the Flatbush Development Corporation said she couldn’t fix it. Others wondered about the futility of using murals to prevent tagging. Comic book artist Damon Scott’s mural is cleaned
bar chord
Bar Chord, a new bar and music venue, is coming to 1008 Cortelyou Avenue just off of Coney Island Avenue, in the former location of La Nueva Union Bakery before it moved up the block to its new location [http://www.yelp.com/biz/la-nueva-union-bakery-brooklyn]. Husband and wife Jonny and
Captured by Sarah Jenny [https://twitter.com/brooklynwonder]. 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.
Central Brooklyn
Do you have big plans for 2013? Some people laugh at resolutions, others make them religiously every year. If you’re setting important goals, let’s hear them! [poll id=”26″] These are some of the more popular resolutions but if you’ve got something unique (e.g. you want
Police & Fire
After a major December drop in crime last week [/blog/crime/crime-has-dropped-39-for-december-reports-70th-precinct], 22 incidents of grand larceny contributed to a significant rise this week. That is nearly a threefold increase from last week’s 8 grand larcenies. Deputy Inspector Eric Rodriguez has been warning residents all year [/blog/crime/iphones-property-theft-drive-crime-in-70th-precinct-says-inspector-rodriguez]
99 Cent Super Store
As of March 10, 2012, Ditmas Park Corner could be counted among the many openings that took place in the neighborhood this year. Fashionable retail [/blog/business/look-inside-cortelyou-roads-brooklyn-industries] came to Cortelyou, gift [/blog/business/a-look-inside-collyers-mansion] shops [/blog/business/come-inside-cortelyous-new-brooklyn-artery-gift-shop] arrived down the block, a new cafe [/blog/food/lark-on-church-ave-officially-opens-today] came
events
Intro to Bird Watching [http://breeannklauser.com/] takes place Saturdays at noon. The new year is almost here and so lots of the usual events are taking one more week off before rebooting in 2013. Let us know how you’re spending the last week of 2012. Tonight 12/27
Jennifer Mankins
Neighbor Jennifer Mankins and her Bird [http://shopbird.com/] boutiques were the focus of a New York Times fashion section profile [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/fashion/jennifer-mankins-and-the-brooklyn-aesthetic.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&] yesterday in which she was called the unlikely queen of Brooklyn retail. The
Photos
Sarah Jenny looked deep into her cup at Cafe Madeline [http://www.cafemadeline.com/] and saw this. 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
Guilty Ghosts
The end of 2012 is almost here but humanity has survived — that’s as good an excuse to listen to great music as any. With 2013 around the corner, here is some of our favorite music from Ditmas Park this year in no particular order. We want to see your
The National
The National [http://www.americanmary.com/], Ditmas Park neighbors and Gold Record-selling rock stars, revealed three new songs earlier this month while playing the All Tomorrow’s Parties event across the pond in Camber Sands, United Kingdom. Sullivan [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXS9xlaL1sk] (above), Prime [http://www.youtube.