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Students testing out cameras for the Library’s “My Neighborhood As I See It” Project. (Photo via Friends of Cortelyou Library)Twenty students from elementary to high school have been meeting at the Cortelyou Library for the past month exploring the neighborhood through a camera lens and learning how to
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Yuri Liberzon (Photo via Ezra Guitar)Ezra Guitar [https://www.facebook.com/EzraGuitars/], 785 Coney Island Avenue, is kicking off their winter performance schedule tonight, Monday, November 9, at 7:30pm with a classical guitar solo recital by Yuri Liberzon [http://www.yuriguitar.com/]. Russian-born and Israeli-raised guitarist Yuri Liberzon
Is it Christmas time already? (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)This week in Ditmas Park, police arrested a suspect in connection to an April shooting, local author Naomi Jackson talked to us about her Caribbean roots, there are plenty of great coffee shops to work in, Greenlight Bookstore is opening
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Photo via Council member Greenfield’s office.Officials marked the opening of the new Midwood Library Plaza on Tuesday morning. Council member David Greenfield [http://council.nyc.gov/d44/html/members/home.shtml], Brooklyn Public Library President Linda Johnson, NYC Department of Design and Construction Assistant Commissioner Oscar Gonzales, and
Photo via Go BrooklynOpen House New York [http://www.ohny.org/] is hosting an upcoming tour of local non-profit CAMBA’s sustainable supportive housing [http://cambahousingventures.org/developments] at 97 Crooke Avenue next Tuesday, November 10 at 9am. The building was nominated [/blog/home/help-cambas-97-crooke-avenue-win-affordable-housing-finance-magazines-readers-choice-award] for Affordable Housing Finance’s
97 Crooke Avenue
Photo via Go BrooklynOpen House New York [http://www.ohny.org/] is hosting an upcoming tour of local non-profit CAMBA’s sustainable supportive housing [http://cambahousingventures.org/developments] at 97 Crooke Avenue next Tuesday, November 10 at 9am. The building was nominated [/blog/home/help-cambas-97-crooke-avenue-win-affordable-housing-finance-magazines-readers-choice-award] for Affordable Housing Finance’s
cleanup
Join other community members this Saturday to help clean up Flatbush Avenue! Starting at 8:30am on Saturday, November 7, community members are planning to sweep up the thoroughfare from Lefferts Avenue down to Church Avenue. Cleaning supplies will be provided by the Department of Sanitation and children ages 8
children's books
Photo by Mindy TuckerHave you ever wanted to be a dragon? Well, in local illustrator Liz Starin [http://cargocollective.com/lizstarin]‘s new children’s book, ROAR! [http://books.simonandschuster.com/Roar!/Tammi-Sauer/9781481402248] — written by Tammi Sauer — one little boy thinks he is until a couple of real dragons
suspicious powder
> Brooklyn: 731 Caton Ave @NYPD72pct [https://twitter.com/NYPD72Pct] on scene with a suspicious powder, Level 1 mobilization called in regards. pic.twitter.com/bx1exsgtfM [https://t.co/bx1exsgtfM] — NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) November 6, 2015 [https://twitter.com/NYScanner/status/662442009446227968] The FDNY’s Hazmat team responded to a
hazmat
> Brooklyn: 731 Caton Ave @NYPD72pct [https://twitter.com/NYPD72Pct] on scene with a suspicious powder, Level 1 mobilization called in regards. pic.twitter.com/bx1exsgtfM [https://t.co/bx1exsgtfM] — NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) November 6, 2015 [https://twitter.com/NYScanner/status/662442009446227968] The FDNY’s Hazmat team responded to a
rooftops
Photo by Maxim MostonWhat a cool view of the neighborhood! Do you have any interesting photos you’d like to share with us? Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag them #ditmaspark on Instagram,
Coffee Bark
Photo via Eugene Tyler Band [https://www.facebook.com/EugeneTylerBand/photos_stream]Looking for something fun to do this weekend? There’s plenty of great music at Bar Chord, the Friends of Cortelyou Library Book Sale, Coffee Bark, and more! If you have an upcoming event you’d like featured