bird-watching
Bird watching on your own is one thing but unless you’re pretty good at it, you may not see those beautiful predators known as raptors. Prospect Park’s Audubon Center [http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/places/audubon] is happy to remedy that. Raptor Fest [http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/
Board of Health
The New York Times is reporting [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/nyregion/health-board-votes-to-regulate-jewish-circumcision-ritual.html?ref=nyregion] that the City’s Board of Health has unanimously passed a regulation requiring consent from parents before an infant can have a form of Jewish ritual circumcision known as metzitzah b’peh
42nd Assembly District
Rhoda Jacobs [/blog/tag/rhoda-jacobs] has won the Democratic primary race for the 42nd State Assembly District (map [/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/42ad.jpg]) by a significant margin. With 91% of precincts reporting, Jacobs captured 69.7% of the vote (3,182) to Rodneyse Bichotte [/blog/tag/rodneyse-bichotte]‘s 30.
Oak Hotel
The Oak Hotel on Avenue H at Westminster has been a landmark of violence, drugs and general misery for many years. Oh and Patrick the Starfish from SpongeBob SquarePants. Take any photos in the neighborhood recently? Send them to ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com or add them to the Ditmas Park Corner
CAMBA [http://www.camba.org], a local non-profit aimed at providing services, connections and opportunities to enhance Brooklynites’ quality of life, is raffling two floor-seat tickets to hip hop artist Jay-Z’s sold-out concert on September 28, the concert which officially opens Brooklyn’s new Barclays Center arena. > To
Above is the most recent CompStat report from the 70th Precinct, which covers the week of 8/27-9/2/12 and below is a roundup of some recent crimes around the neighborhood: • There was an attempted break-in [/blog/crime/suspicious-activity-on-argyle-road] on Argyle Road. • A man attacked [http://ditmaspark.patch.com/
foraging
The Farm on Adderley [http://thefarmonadderley.com/] is hosting a mushroom-centric foraging walk in Prospect Park with Leda Meredith [http://ledameredith.net/wordpress/], author of The Locavore’s Handbook: The Busy Person’s Guide to Eating Local on a Budget [http://www.amazon.com/The-Locavores-Handbook-Persons-Eating/dp/0762755482]: > She will
The Priggs [http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=cGpuYjJobnJhcnJhODVnaWFnYm5xZjRvcG8gc3ljYW1vcmUucHJlc2VudHNAbQ&ctz=America/New_York] bring unbridled fun to Sycamore on Saturday. Tonight 9/13 • A fall concert [/blog/garden/beautiful-weather-for-tonights-fall-concert-at-ps-217] in the PS 217’s garden, 6pm. • Board game night at Kings Games [/blog/business/a-geek-oasis-thursday-night-at-kings-games], 6pm. • Bliss Blood
City Birder
The City Birder [http://citybirder.blogspot.com/2012/08/fridays-foto_31.html] spotted a napping groundhog recently in nearby Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com/]: > This large squirrel is native to North America and Green-Wood Cemetery is one of only a few places where remnant populations can still be
Today’s elections has the candidates fighting for their offices. The above slips are being handed out by the polling site on Snyder Avenue. While Bichotte’s mail and email campaign literature misleadingly suggested that she was endorsed by Councilman Williams [/blog/politics/rodneyse-bichottes-misleading-endorsement-claims] for State Assembly, this literature is
fare hike
In addition to significant fare hikes [/blog/transportation/transit-advocates-fight-upcoming-fare-hikes] starting in March 2013, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota wants to cut MetroCard discounts in order to earn more money for the agency, says Crain’s New York Business [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120912/TRANSPORTATION/120919966#ixzz26HvniJLi] . Subways and buses currently
live music
Concerts return to the P.S. 217 garden tonight at 6 p.m. following successful concerts [/blog/art-music/nice-night-for-a-garden-concert-at-ps-217] last spring. All you need to do is stop by Newkirk Avenue between Coney Island Ave and Westiminster Rd with a blanket and picnic to enjoy an eclectic selection of music