Jason Van Anden
Our neighborhood is partially represented by Jumaane Williams [/blog/tag/jumaane-williams], a Democratic Councilman on the political front lines of the battle over stop-and-frisk. It should be of little surprise then that one of our neighbors, Jason Van Anden, developed a smartphone app called Stop & Frisk Watch [https://play.
The Cortelyou Greenmarket [/blog/tag/cortelyou-greenmarket] is back this Sunday with its annual apple pie bake-off. Starting at 11am, the competition is free. The contest is simple: You bring an apple pie made with local applies to the info tent, and then the lucky judges will eat it and render
Bullet Bill
Nintendo power indeed. Here’s something that all Americans can agree on: Bullet Bill [http://www.mariowiki.com/Bullet_Bill] (of Super Mario Bros. fame) is always welcome — I just hope it’s chasing someone else. This is a new mural going up on Cortelyou Road between East 9th Street
Antony Huchette
A picture perfect comic courtesy of Antony Huchette [http://antonyhuchette.blogspot.com/2012/10/ditmas-street.html] — except why are the trash cans empty [/blog/sanitation/the-holiday-trash]? Take a photo or draw a picture in the neighborhood lately? Send it to ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com or add it to the Ditmas Park
Prospect Park South
The Prospect Park South Biennial Yard Sale is this Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 4pm. There are over 40 houses participating from Coney Island Avenue to Buckingham Road between Church Avenue and Beverly Road. If you go, let us know what you bought and send some pictures to ditmasparkcorner@
Meema Spadola
Lark has two new additions to their new parent meet-ups [http://larkcafe.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/new-twist-on-larks-new-parent-meet-ups/] that take place every Friday at noon: Rachel Ellison and Meema Spadola. Rachel and Meema will be leading the meetings on alternating weeks. Rachel will be focusing on work and life struggles
Michela Anne is playing The Castello Plan [https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Castello-Plan/108725789161036?fref=ts] tonight. Tonight 10/11 • Traffic Calming Forum [/blog/transportation/councilman-eugene-announces-october-cortelyou-road-traffic-calming-forum] at Temple Isaac, 6pm. • Brooklyn Districting Commission [/blog/politics/jumaane-williams-makes-bid-to-add-more-of-our-area-to-45th] hearing at Medgar Evers College, 6:30pm. • Ditmas Junior High open house [/blog/kids/
Councilman Jumaane Williams is no stranger to this blog [/blog/tag/jumaane-williams], but he’s covered only a small portion of the neighborhood until now. Thanks to redistricting, Jumaane’s 45th District [http://council.nyc.gov/d45/html/members/home.shtml] may end up including much more of West Midwood
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 9/24-9/30/12. • There was an attempted break-in [/blog/crime/attempted-break-in-on-e-16th-between-cortelyou-and-beverly] on East
security cameras
Security cameras always greet closely you upon entering Manhattan. The borough has 177 NYPD camera boxes according to the Daily News [http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-08-07/news/33087078_1_surveillance-cameras-argus-cameras-street-crime] . Brooklyn follows closely with 153 and that number has been rising thanks to the efforts of local politicians. Residents who
There are quite a few meetings tonight. Parents of elementary-age children might consider Ditmas Intermediate School (I.S. 62)’s open house tonight at 7 p.m. Ditmas is located at 700 Cortelyou Road, a few blocks west of Coney Island Avenue.
The City Council considered a set of reforms targeting the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy today, including appointing an inspector general to monitor the police department, reports CBS [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/10/10/city-council-considers-new-rules-for-nypd-stop-and-frisk-policy/] . The Mayor’s Office strongly objects to the bills and is arguing that they are