Mental Notes play with Jen Waller on Saturday night at Sycamore [http://sycamorebrooklyn.com/index.php/musical-events/]. Tonight 10/4 • Free Back-to-School Cocktail Tasting [http://secure.campaigner.com/Campaigner/Public/t.show?Vmd8--FpB6-veAka3] #3 for PS 139’s After School Programs at Sycamore, 7-9pm. • Carlo Costa and Co. play at
Avenue H
Day three in a series [/?s=%22the+hotel+oak%22] exploring how the Hotel Oak (on the corner of East 12th Street and Avenue H) has changed through the decades. You can read day one [/blog/history/the-first-days-of-the-hotel-oak] and day two [/blog/history/the-decline-of-the-hotel-oak]. Over the course of its history,
The Weather Channel has named [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/nyregion/q-line-inspires-weather-channel-as-it-names-winter-storm.html] a future winter storm Q after our local subway line. For the countless Q fans among us, the reasons are less than thrilling. The line is not the namesake of a violent weather event because
Flatbush Development Corporation
It’s time to get your hands dirty. The FDC [fdconline.org] is organizing the Green Corridors Initiative, a project aimed at planting daffodils in public spaces throughout the neighborhood. > We want to brighten our days with a touch of beauty along everyday routes: our walks to the train,
food drives
CAMBA’s [http://www.camba.org/] annual fall food drive started this month and is running through November. The drive will help hungry families and individuals through financial contributions online [http://www.camba.org/Support/WhereYouCannedFoodDrive2012/tabid/356/Default.aspx] and food contributions at local collection sites, 9 am to
NataliJewel
Wikipedia loves [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditmas_Park,_Brooklyn] this house [https://sites.google.com/site/rugbygardens/], and so do the tourists walking through the neighborhood, and us locals too [/blog/photos/colorful-houses-in-spring]. NataliJewel [https://twitter.com/NataliJewel/status/252889715878027265] snapped this picture a few days ago. Is this
am thai bistro
A couple of neighborhood favorites are getting more and more recognition from foodie heavyweights Zagat and Michelin. Church Avenue’s Am Thai Bistro made Zagat [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/zagat-survey-lists-a-record-breaking-250-brooklyn-restaurants-famed-foodie-guidebook-article-1.1173198] in the midst of a record Brooklyn surge — 250 borough restaurants landed on the Zagat list. Cortelyou
Mathieu Eugene
If you’re the sort of picky person who enjoys walking on sidewalks instead of in the middle of busy streets during, say, rush hour, then you probably avoid stretches of Coney Island Avenue near Cortelyou Road. Our long-lived CIA Traffic [/?s=%22cia+traffic%22] series has tracked but a
flatbush avenue
The Flatbush Nostrand Junction Business Improvement District [http://flatbushjunctionbid.com/] has hired a new Executive Director Michelle McClymont. She’s been on the job for two weeks. Michelle comes from NYC Business Solutions [http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/nycbiz/html/home/home.shtml] where she was a Senior Account
Beverly Road
A pedestrian was struck by an SUV on the corner of Ocean Parkway and Beverly Road last night at around 10 pm, according to Central Hatzalah EMS [https://twitter.com/hatzolahnyc/status/253300245973319680]. The pedestrian remains in intensive care but is stable and expected to be OK, reports News 12
Day two in a series [/?s=%22the+hotel+oak%22] exploring how the Hotel Oak (on the corner of East 12th Street and Avenue H) has changed through the decades. You can read day one here [/blog/history/the-first-days-of-the-hotel-oak]. Over the course of its history, the Hotel Oak has been
Ditmas Park’s Eric Pesso was recently nominated for a show in the Brooklyn Museum [/blog/art-music/ditmas-parks-eric-pesso-nominated-for-brooklyn-museum-exhibit]. Eric is only one of 10 nominees and another artist is coming to our neighborhood to show off his work. Another finalist, Park Slope’s Jonathan Blum [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/neighbors/