Grand Army Plaza
Are you still making plans for New Year’s Eve? The fireworks at Grand Army Plaza [http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/new-years-eve] are a solid option for a celebration nearby. > Start the celebrations off around 11 p.m. with entertainment and hot refreshments at Grand Army Plaza. We can’
This is the scene outside one of our local elementary schools following [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/14/obama-school-shooting_n_2302932.html] Friday’s shootings. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Send it to ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com or add it to the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http:
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A collection [http://imgur.com/a/NcAAM]of John Conn [http://johnconnphotography.com/] and Bruce Davidson’s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Davidson_%28photographer%29] old photographs from New York City subways in the ’70s and ’80s have been making the social media rounds lately, gaining a whole new
Connecticut
Authors and editors from the publishing industry have organized an auction [http://pubheartsconn.blogspot.com/] to benefit Newtown Youth and Family Services [http://www.newtownyouthandfamilyservices.org/] through the United Way of Western Connecticut [https://newtown.uwwesternct.org/]. If you’re a writer looking to have your work read and critiqued
Fabian Cervantes
The New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/us/pews-restored-and-an-immigrant-redeemed.html] has the story of Fabian Cervantes, an illegal immigrant who found his way across the Mexican border and into our community where he worked tirelessly to improve the church that took him in, Our Lady of
the farm on adderley
The Farm on Adderley [http://thefarmonadderleyevents.com/index.php/fe_news/news_item/gingerbread-house-making1/] is hosting its 2nd Annual Gingerbread House Making on Thursday, December 27 from noon to 3 p.m. Kids of all ages can visit to build a house with “no corn-syrup or artificially colored candy, only
The Q and B trains have several changes coming your way, according to the MTA [http://www.mta.info] and Straphangers.org [http://straphangers.org/]. Changes on the Q: > • Diversion #1: Q service operates in two sections: 1. Between 57 St-7 Av and Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr. 2. Between Atlantic
A tiny dog in a tiny sweater just minding its tiny business. 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.
It’s been an eventful week with several new businesses at or preparing for a grand opening. To keep up with all this news from the neighborhood, like us on Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/DitmasParkCorner], follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/#!/DPCornerblog] and subscribe to our daily newsletter
An easy-to-miss moment in the neighborhood. 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.
The Cortelyou Greenmarket will be open tomorrow. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, a bike blender will be cooking pedal-puree soup [/blog/greenmarket/you-can-eat-bicycle-powered-soup-at-cortelyous-greenmarket] with seasonal ingredients from Greenmarket vendors. The soup will be paired with bread baked using a solar-powered oven. Food Scrap collection is
Buck Berk, the man behind the upcoming Coffee Mob [/blog/business/coffee-mob-opening-on-newkirk-avenue-in-february-2013] on Newkirk Avenue, makes some coffee. 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