Arts & Culture
Photo via Strung out String Band [https://www.facebook.com/strungoutstringband/photos_stream]Looking for something fun to do this week? Check out comedy at Bar Chord, celebrate Sagittarius at Sycamore, craft with friends at Kettle & Thread, check out the Grand Army Plaza holiday tree lighting and more. If
Arts & Culture
Photo via Strung out String Band [https://www.facebook.com/strungoutstringband/photos_stream]Looking for something fun to do this week? Check out comedy at Bar Chord, celebrate Sagittarius at Sycamore, craft with friends at Kettle & Thread, check out the Grand Army Plaza holiday tree lighting and more. If
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerPS 217 Colonel David Marcus School [http://ps217brooklyn.org/], 1100 Newkirk Avenue, is opening it’s doors on and Tuesday, December 15 from 8:30-10:30am. These open houses are great for parents of incoming children. You can visit the beautiful historic building, build in the
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerPS 217 Colonel David Marcus School [http://ps217brooklyn.org/], 1100 Newkirk Avenue, is opening it’s doors on and Tuesday, December 15 from 8:30-10:30am. These open houses are great for parents of incoming children. You can visit the beautiful historic building, build in the
Central Brooklyn
Photo by therealtomh [http://instagram.com/p/r15u2omIuT/?modal=true]Below you’ll find early week Kensington and Windsor Terrace subway changes on the F and G lines in Brooklyn. Check back later this week to see what’s happening this weekend. F Line > Avenue X F Train Station
Central Brooklyn
Photo via keepfeedinyou [http://instagram.com/p/uxmDZejY6k/?modal=true]We’ve been spoiled with no subway changes recently but that ends this week. Below you’ll find early week Ditmas Park subway changes on the B and Q lines in Brooklyn. Check back later this week to see what’
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerThis week in Ditmas Park, George’s Restaurant has reopened, irreverent greeting cards, the Hour of Code, one man’s journey from Lahore to Brooklyn and more. Here’s a recap of what happened in our neighborhood: * George’s Restaurant has reopened [/blog/food/georges-is-open-for-business/] and
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Tom Magliery [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/345145225/in/photolist-wuXDK-4gr5XL-4nffsC-ayiQR-7aVEAa-dTBeaM-e3ukUW-iLgGhN-k2pFkp-7aVEzD-57KSaW-FN3By-fADU6L-ozh9EZ-oRK7hf-eSsobX-k2qiKB-k2qikZ-k2s5AY-jH8zWi-k2s4bU-eayuHr-mVr1W4-u3QhT-9m1hnR-mVqXNF-8pSgoM-9hK5yy-8Z3NVH-5htTYV-7hrWZQ-6vkDQm-8pVkPL-6vgt6a-6PfTK8-8poJHb-7KvvDn-FNuov-8pSiM4-4E7rjP-a54HYQ-jH87DR-6vLF68-3zMRMK-5iVPTA-AgmMBT-2eZMLH-8poEvo-BHoC7-njUUyS] In response to a series of tragic fires [/blog/crime/glenwood-road-fir
Central Brooklyn
Photo via FDCThe Flatbush Development Corporation [http://www.fdconline.org/] and Chabad of Ditmas Park are hosting a Grand Menorah Lighting for the final night of Chanukah, at the new public menorah in Newkirk Plaza, right outside the subway station. For many years, the Newkirk Plaza Merchants Association has provided
Central Brooklyn
Windsor Terrace resident Billy Yee died in October from injuries sustained after being shot in 1982, according to the Medical Examiner’s office, and officials are considering whether to rule the incident a homicide. Police found Yee around 2am on June 14, 1982 on Sands Street under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Central Brooklyn
The FDNY responded to a crash on Coney Island Avenue near Ditmas Avenue around 10:30am on Thursday morning after an SUV slammed into another car in front of the McDonald’s at 880 Coney Island Avenue. The driver of a Ford Explorer swerved to enter the drive-thru and hit
Central Brooklyn
A packed auditorium. (Photo by Shannon Geis/KensingtonBK)Following the announcement at the end of November that an emergency homeless shelter housing families would be opening this month on McDonald Avenue [/home/dhs-announces-homeless-shelter-opening-on-mcdonald-avenue/], hundreds of Kensington residents showed up to hear more information about shelter at a community meeting hosted