The Farm on Adderley and Sycamore are bringing Founders Brewing Co. [http://foundersbrewing.com/] to Cortelyou this weekend and next. • On Saturday, October 13, Sycamore will host a barbecue [http://sycamorebrooklyn.com/index.php/bar-posts/] and pour $5 pints. • On Saturday, October 20, The Farm on Adderley will host a
art shows
Neighbor and papercut artist Thomas Witte [http://thomaswitteart.com/] has a new show dubbed “Tourist” opening on Thursday, October 11 at the Christopher Henry Gallery [http://www.christopherhenrygallery.com/] at 127 Elizabeth Street in Manhattan. The opening reception takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. We profiled Thomas [/blog/
Halloween is coming once again to Ditmas Park, which means it’s time to plan for our two annual parades at either end of the neighborhood. And yes, they both take place on the actual date of Halloween (not the weekend before or after), which this year is Wednesday, October
Real estate hasn’t changed much in the last century. Exhibit A: In an ad from the Friday, October 5, 1900 edition [http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Skins/BEagle/Client.asp?Skin=BEagle&AW=1349748329953&AppName=2&GZ=T] of the Brooklyn Eagle [http://en.wikipedia.org/
Lewis H. Pounds
Real estate hasn’t changed much in the last century. Exhibit A: In an ad from the Friday, October 5, 1900 edition [http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Skins/BEagle/Client.asp?Skin=BEagle&AW=1349748329953&AppName=2&GZ=T] of the Brooklyn Eagle [http://en.wikipedia.org/
Bright flowers on a cold day. Take any photos in the neighborhood recently? Send them to ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com or add them to the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner] and we’ll post them on the blog.
slice out hunger
You already know a few ways to beat the lines [/blog/food/beating-the-line-at-di-fara] at Di Fara. Now, you can beat the infamous prices. Slice Out Hunger [http://sliceouthunger.org/] will be offering $1 tokens that you can exchange for slices from Di Fara (and over two dozen other famous pizzerias)
Central Brooklyn
There’s a new 30,000-square-foot ice skating rink coming to Prospect Park as part of a major green restoration project. Wollman Rink changed the face of the Prospect Park’s lake 60 years ago by destroying islands and altering or obliterating the lake’s shoreline. A $74 million Lakeside
Neighbors
In the contest for most iconic house in Ditmas Park, Rugby Gardens [/blog/photos/emblematic] has a serious claim to the throne. However, there are other contenders. Consider the Fry’s home. It’s not the most well-kept place but, in an award-winning 2001 episode of Futurama [http://en.wikipedia.
Police & Fire
A suspect has been arrested in the September 24 syringe stabbing [/blog/crime/suspect-sketch-in-bus-driver-syringe-stabbing] of a B68 bus driver, reports the New York Post [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/syringe_stabber_arrested_7BFLADQqqZZQBkFU3teB8K?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%
Beja B
If your wallet holds pictures of your family but lacks a photo of your handsome pup, you’ll be able to remedy this unfortunate situation very soon. On October 20th from noon to 5 pm, neighbor Beja B [http://www.bejab.com/] is hosting Pets ‘n Pix, a 10-minute photo
Kings County Hospital Center
City hospitals have been measured, weighed and found wanting. New York’s medical centers earned low marks on quality of care, patient satisfaction and the rate of reentry in preliminary data as judged by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, reports the New York World [http://www.