Business
2351 Bedford Avenue, possible future site of the “Bedford Tilden”. (Photo via Google Maps)A 1930s era brick building just east of Flatbush Avenue is being turned into a local retail hub. At least that’s the plan. Bedford Tilden Associates, the owners of 2351 Bedford Avenue (at Tilden Avenue)
Business
2351 Bedford Avenue, possible future site of the “Bedford Tilden”. (Photo via Google Maps)A 1930s era brick building just east of Flatbush Avenue is being turned into a local retail hub. At least that’s the plan. Bedford Tilden Associates, the owners of 2351 Bedford Avenue (at Tilden Avenue)
Central Brooklyn
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&
Announcements
Making smoothies the Flatbush way at the Flatbush Frolic in 2014. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)Are you ready for a party? The Flatbush Development Corporation (FDC) [http://www.fdconline.org] is holding its 41st annual Flatbush Frolic [http://www.fdconline.org/flatbush-frolic/] street fair this Sunday, September 25th, from 11am
Nonsponsored
Participatory budgeting in action. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)The participatory budgeting process gives New Yorkers the power to decide [http://labs.council.nyc/pb/] how to spend tax dollars in our neighborhoods. Every year, the participatory budgeting (PB) process begins with an idea collection phase, which is facilitated by our
Education
Photo via Facebook/People Need Clothes [https://www.facebook.com/PeopleNeedClothes/photos/bc.Abrlr2U_rkGKYf-SScOCSj7erDnLzXlrOWrHkOsnOgzX7HHuQh0qDoA3TUKSPEL1SKkIj2aH4XFVsdhw7oTW4Qgz9iyYxqENayiNo2ynjuI7iNejDsmw6n0Rgd0fA4vZbrDKT4dCc2uZLpBGGlm7tYRkYXw1MTKhXLy2rJ5WQ2SlLA/757124874346888/?type=1&opaqueCursor=AbplmCkcKzk_qyrl6shZ3Es-U79nlqk9vBdS-z6-D-ELz919nUPGQ8eg7n0Eh9DIcBh3BwXkn31LGQVWCHhqrJascqkbhEACjoCtL4sKi48RhYR55Q4MqoYjC9x-jVBL0lhJJZXerD2qxqaBtlpDeg5iMiy2kpz81MuTGSPbrQZn2qKKW-HGGw_2jBsdHl8gnul
Announcements
Participatory budgeting in action. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)The participatory budgeting process gives New Yorkers the power to decide [http://labs.council.nyc/pb/] how to spend tax dollars in our neighborhoods. Every year, the participatory budgeting (PB) process begins with an idea collection phase, which is facilitated by our
Central Brooklyn
1917 photo of employees at the Defrancisci & Son Macaroni Machines factory at 219 Morgan Avenue in East Williamsburg. Standing right to left: Joseph DeFrancisci, Ignazio DeFrancisci and Cosimo Alati, and five others. Sitting right to left: unknown, Dominic LoPardo and Joseph Bontempi (with hand under chin). (Image courtesy Brooklyn
News
This 1920s era two-family home, currently located at 563 Dahill Road, is to be replaced by a three-story building. (Photo via Google Maps)If all goes as planned, a two-family home in Borough Park will be replaced by a condo building with over four times the square footage. The two-story
Central Brooklyn
This 1920s era two-family home, currently located at 563 Dahill Road, is to be replaced by a three-story building. (Photo via Google Maps)If all goes as planned, a two-family home in Borough Park will be replaced by a condo building with over four times the square footage. The two-story
Education
Millennium Brooklyn High School in Park Slope. (Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6693537,-73.9795411,3a,75y,83.37h,106.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s43DlZjNKQMr0u59krFw7CA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1] )Eight Brooklyn schools have made the New York Post’s “top 40 public high
Central Brooklyn
Midwood High School. (Photo by evalamming / instagram)Eight Brooklyn schools have made the New York Post’s “top 40 public high schools in NYC [http://nypost.com/2016/09/17/the-top-40-public-high-schools-in-nyc/]” list. Of those eight, three high schools in our area, Midwood, Edward R. Murrow and the High School for