200 Parkville Avenue
Photo via Google MapsNewburg, New York-based Issac Laufer filed an application last week to build a seven-story single-family home at 200 Parkville Avenue near Ocean Parkway, according to YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2015/09/seven-story-single-family-residence-planned-at-200-parkville-avenue-kensington.html] . The residence would stand 80 feet tall and measure nearly 10,000 square
Joe's Pub
Photo via Scott Sharrard & The Brickyard Band [https://www.facebook.com/scottsharrardandthebrickyardband/photos_stream]Looking for something fun to do this weekend? There’s plenty of great music at Bar Chord, a couple of happy hours, and, of course, the Flatbush Frolic! If you have an upcoming event you’
belly dancing
Photo via Alegba and Friends [https://www.facebook.com/alegbaandfriends/photos/pb.167674763288169.-2207520000.1442519381./222336994488612/?type=3&theater] Looking for something fun to do this weekend? There’s plenty of great music at Bar Chord, a couple of happy hours, and, of course, the Flatbush Frolic! If you
1012 East 15th Street
Dom DeMarco, owner of Di Fara Pizza. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Dom DeMarco, the owner and sole pizza maker at Di Fara Pizza [http://www.difara.com/], is opening a new dessert shop around the corner from the pizzeria at 1012 East 15th Street. “Some of the sweets, like
965 Flatbush Avenue
via NYPDThe police are looking for two men accused of taking $3,000 worth of jeans from the Brooklyn Denim Lab at 965 Flatbush Avenue between Snyder Avenue and Albemarle Road on Wednesday, September 9. The suspects broke into the shop and then fled on foot with the merchandise. Police
scrabble
Photo by samicorn [https://instagram.com/samicorn/]Who’s up for a game! 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, and we’ll post them on the blog. Also, like
Cold Press'd
Photo by Shannon Geis/Kensington BKThe former Cold Press’d juice shop at 921 Cortelyou Road near Coney Island Avenue is reopening as Little Miss Saigon, a Vietnamese sandwich and bubble tea shop. Owner Teddy Mui closed Cold Press’d at the beginning of August [/blog/food/cold-pressd-will-close-this-friday-august-7-reopen-with-a-full-menu-and-possibly-a-new-name] and has
Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park CornerThe former Cold Press’d juice shop at 921 Cortelyou Road near Coney Island Avenue is reopening as Little Miss Saigon, a Vietnamese sandwich and bubble tea shop. Owner Teddy Mui closed Cold Press’d at the beginning of August [/blog/food/cold-pressd-will-close-this-friday-august-7-reopen-with-a-full-menu-and-possibly-a-new-name] and
509 Coney Island Avenue
Photo by Shannon Geis/Kensington BKThere’s been a lot of hype around the opening of the new Austrian restaurant [/blog/food/werkstatt-is-opening-thursday-and-theyre-hiring], Werkstatt [http://www.werkstattbrooklyn.com/home/]at 509 Coney Island Avenue at the corner of Turner Place and we stopped by to try out the Weiner Schnitzel
Thomas Ferlesch
Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park CornerThere’s been a lot of hype around the opening of the new Austrian restaurant [/blog/food/werkstatt-is-opening-thursday-and-theyre-hiring], Werkstatt [http://www.werkstattbrooklyn.com/home/]at 509 Coney Island Avenue at the corner of Turner Place and we stopped by to try out the Weiner
Dough
Photo via Mimi’s HummusOur favorite local hummus joint, Mimi’s Hummus [http://www.mimishummus.com/], has opened a new Manhattan location in the brand new permanent food hall UrbanSpace Vanderbilt [http://ny.eater.com/2015/8/13/9149677/take-a-sneak-peek-inside-the-urbanspaces-swank-food-court-opening#4809652] , located on 45th Street and Vanderbilt Avenue, near Grand
farmers market
Photo by brooklynwonder [https://instagram.com/brooklynwonder/]Yum! We love all the great veggies available at the farmers’ market! 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, and we’ll post