Central Brooklyn
60 Clarkson Avenue. (Photo via Google Maps)(This story was updated with additional information from the City’s Department of Homeless Services, and more details about security concerns. 5/16/16 at 4:15pm) A young woman was fatally stabbed this weekend in a building which had become a notorious
Central Brooklyn
Church Avenue street fair, 2015 (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)This week in Ditmas Park, final participatory budgeting vote counts were released by Council Member Greenfield’s office [/blog/news/final-pb-vote-counts-released-council-member-greenfields-office/], we traveled back in time to when Dutch was spoken on the roads of Flatbush [/blog/history/dutch-spoken-flatbush/], and we
Central Brooklyn
Volunteers from our community at Neighborhood Beautification Day. (Photo: Flatbush Development Corporation)This list is in formation. If you have an event you’d like featured in our calendar, or if there’s anything we’ve left off, please let us know! Post your events in our community calendar [/blog/
Arts & Culture
Cover art fromA Voyage to Panjikant,a graphic novel by Ditmas Park resident Marguerite Dabaie.The Ditmas Park/Kensington/Flatbush area is home to an incredible array of artists. In recent days, we have covered news related to local filmmakers [/blog/news/ditmas-park-kensington-flatbush-hollywood/] and musicians [/blog/art-music/lot-coffee-qathra-cafe-launches-live-music-series/], and now
Announcements
President Obama talks with Evan Jackson, 10, Alec Jackson, 8, and Caleb Robinson, 8, from McDonough, Georgia, while looking at exhibits at the White House Science Fair in April, 2013. The sports-loving grade-schoolers created a new product concept to keep athletes cool and helps players maintain safe body temperatures on
Announcements
Parkside Educational Complex on Caton Avenue at East 7th Street (Photo via MS 839)Do you have a housing or childcare or quality of life issue that you are trying to address? Scores of government agencies and community-based organizations will be on-hand this evening to answer your questions related to
News
Rendering of the future Crystal Towers housing development on Rogers Avenue by Delacour, Ferrara & Church, Architects.[Story updated on 5/13/16 at 4pm.] Construction is starting on a Flatbush building that will provide 123 units of permanent, affordable housing for low-income seniors, families, and persons with disabilities. The
Central Brooklyn
Rendering of the future Crystal Towers housing development on Rogers Avenue by Delacour, Ferrara & Church, Architects.[Story updated on 5/13/16 at 4pm.] Construction is starting on a Flatbush building that will provide 123 units of permanent, affordable housing for low-income seniors, families, and persons with disabilities. The
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Ditmas Park CornerA teenage boy has been arrested for the stabbing of a fellow teen on a Ditmas Park sidewalk Tuesday morning. Frances Shortt, 16, was arrested yesterday afternoon and charged with stabbing a 16-year-old boy with a knife in the upper back around 8am Tuesday morning near the
Lifestyle
Photo: Ditmas Park CornerThe legal right to as many as 660 single family and small residential buildings in our area may be sold at the City’s tax lien sale tomorrow, May 12th. The Center for New York City Neighborhoods (CNYCN) reported [http://cnycn.org/NYC-tax-lien-sale/] that — as of May
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Ditmas Park CornerThe legal right to as many as 660 single family and small residential buildings in our area may be sold at the City’s tax lien sale tomorrow, May 12th. The Center for New York City Neighborhoods (CNYCN) reported [http://cnycn.org/NYC-tax-lien-sale/] that — as of May
Central Brooklyn
Cars which are legally parked — despite a sidewalk ramp — in front of 575 Ocean Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)A recent analysis by public interest website I Quant NY [http://iquantny.tumblr.com] unearthed an incredible detail about the NYPD’s ticketing practices. Despite the fact that it is now legal,