Central Brooklyn
Photo of Brooklyn College by Annandboni via InstagramAfter a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the more interesting recent stories from our sister sites. Stolen Art Slope sculpture ‘hovering’ over Prospect
Central Brooklyn
Enjoying the Flatbush Frolic last year. (Photo by Alex K.)This is definitely a weekend to be outside — the weather is supposed to be outstanding. There’s a lot happening in our immediate area and don’t forget that this is the last weekend for Arts Slope [http://parkslopestoop.com/
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Thick smoke at the March 23rd fire which destroyed 474 Stratford Road. (Photo: Ditmas Park CornerWe’re continuing to follow the story of a fire this Spring that tore through a turn-of-the-century house on Stratford Road. The two-alarm fire that destroyed 474 Stratford Road [/blog/crime/turn-of-century-house-consumed-by-flames-on-stratford-road/], located between Dorchester
Bensonhurst
Photo: Ditmas Park CornerThis coming Tuesday, City Council members will discuss how to combat what seems like an unsolvable problem — pollution generated by idling cars and trucks. The Council’s Environmental Protection committee will conduct an oversight hearing [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=503955&GUID=53FE19F4-4E69-456F-84FB-FCEEA40B5B5E&
News
986 Rogers Avenue, looking north toward Tilden Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)More housing is planned for Flatbush — this time for a site on Rogers Avenue. As first reported by NY Yimby, an application was filed yesterday [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=2&passjobnumber=321388949&passdocnumber=01]
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986 Rogers Avenue, looking north toward Tilden Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)More housing is planned for Flatbush — this time for a site on Rogers Avenue. As first reported by NY Yimby, an application was filed yesterday [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=2&passjobnumber=321388949&passdocnumber=01]
Announcements
Assemblymember James Brennan (Photo via Assemblymember Brennan’s office). Assemblymember James Brennan will speak tonight at the first Fall community meeting of the Albemarle Neighborhood Association. The meeting is open to the public. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is also scheduled to be at the meeting, which will be tonight
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The intersection of Albemarle and Buckingham Roads where a loaded gun was found in front of a home on Monday morning. (Photo: Google Maps)A loaded gun was found hidden in yard plants in front of a Prospect Park South home Monday morning, police confirmed. A loaded 45 caliber handgun
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Photo: John KomarA reader sent us photos taken over the weekend of a Pin Oak in front of a house on Argyle Road. “The tree has been rapidly breaking down for the last six months,” the reader said. A section of the tree’s upper trunk is “now precariously perched
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerOn Tuesday, September 27, City Council members will discuss how to combat what seems like an unsolvable problem — pollution generated by idling cars and trucks. The Council’s Environmental Protection committee will conduct an oversight hearing [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=503955&GUID=
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerThis coming Tuesday, City Council members will discuss how to combat what seems like an unsolvable problem — pollution generated by idling cars and trucks. The Council’s Environmental Protection committee will conduct an oversight hearing [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=503955&GUID=53FE19F4-4E69-456F-84FB-FCEEA40B5B5E&
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Courtesy: Brooklyn Historical Society[This story was updated with additional information at 4:30pm, 9/21/16.] On a recent visit to the historic Lefferts family homestead in Prospect Park, I saw this map of the town of Flatbush in 1842. The map is intriguing for a variety of reasons.