Photo via John PinamontiLooking for something fun to do this week? Enjoy some comedy, rock out at Sycamore, join a jam session, and more this week! If you have an upcoming event you’d like featured in our calendar, or if there’s anything we’ve left off, let us
car windows
A car window smashed last week. (Photo via Susanna Stein)We received word from a neighbor today that more car windows were discovered smashed on East 19th Street between Ditmas and Newkirk avenues over the weekend, just days after we reported that car windows had been smashed [/blog/crime/more-car-windows-smashed-near-e-18th-street-and-dorchester-road]
ACE
Photo via ACECouncilmember David G. Greenfield [http://council.nyc.gov/d44/html/members/home.shtml] announced expanded street cleaning in the area last week. Greenfield has partnered with the Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless [http://www.acenewyork.org/] (ACE) to sweep sidewalks and empty trash bins. Streets
Avenue J
Photo via ACECouncilmember David G. Greenfield [http://council.nyc.gov/d44/html/members/home.shtml] announced expanded street cleaning in the area last week. Greenfield has partnered with the Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless [http://www.acenewyork.org/] (ACE) to sweep sidewalks and empty trash bins. Streets
Apple Bank
Source: Brooklyn Public LibraryBrooklyn Public Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/] (BPL) announced last week that it will offer expanded multilingual programming and language access resources — including a family cultural program series and real-time Language Line interpretation services — in all 60 of its branches through a new partnership with Apple Bank
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerThis week in Ditmas Park, we took a look at crime trends in the area, Helen Phillips and Gabriel Cohen talk to us about writing, there was an ammonia leak in Prospect Park, and more. Here’s a recap of what happened in our neighborhood: * Learn
Albemarle Maxi Dress
Alexis wearing her Albemarle Maxi Dress [http://www.alexismera.com/collections/dresses/products/coming-april-albemarle-maxi-dress-in-grey-heather] . (Photo via Alexis Mera)Local fashion designer Alexis Mera [http://www.alexismera.com/] was so inspired by the neighborhood that she named all of her pieces after streets in the neighborhood. Now she has a popup
1306 Albermarle
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerReady to show off your costumes? Come share your ghoulish creations on Saturday, October 31 at the Prospect Park South and West Midwood Halloween parades! * Prospect Park South parade participants should meet at 1306 Albemarle Road (between Argyle and Rugby Roads) to enjoy some apple cider
changing colors
Photo by Amy NieporentWe love the changing colors captured in this beautiful photo by neighbor and contributor Amy Nieporent. Do you have any great photos of the changing leaves? Share them with us! Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.
Broadway Comes To Brooklyn
Photo via Smith & 9th Ward [https://www.facebook.com/Smithand9thWard/photos_stream]Looking for something fun to do this weekend? There’s plenty of great music at Bar Chord, a Halloween fair in Prospect Park, Broadway Comes to Brooklyn with Sonny Fox, and more! If you have an upcoming
church avenue yoga & bodywork center
Photo via Smith & 9th Ward [https://www.facebook.com/Smithand9thWard/photos_stream]Looking for something fun to do this weekend? There’s plenty of great music at Bar Chord, a Halloween fair in Prospect Park, Broadway Comes to Brooklyn with Sonny Fox, and more! If you have an upcoming
Crime Stat
After the shooting early last Wednesday morning [/blog/crime/one-dead-after-shooting-on-east-19th-street-early-wednesday-morning] , which marks the 12th homicide of the year for the 70th Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_070.shtml], we were interested in understanding how this number compares to years past and the overall crime rate