Announcements
I’m writing because I know that you care about our neighborhood, and that you appreciate the coverage we deliver at Ditmas Park Corner. I’m writing to ask for your support through our new Community Partner program [/community-partners/], through which you can help ensure that we can continue and
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Wendy Xiao [left] and Susann Friedrich, Co-founders of CoHatchery. (Photo courtesy of CoHatchery)A summer program will soon begin that gives adults their workspace and the kids their playspace. And while the deal sounds much better for the kids, their parents get the peace of mind that the youngins’ are
Arts & Culture
Cooling off in Fort Greene Park on a hot summer day. (Photo by Francisco Daum [Trilok Fusion Center for the Arts]The weather has turned warm, but the news emerging from the County of Kings is positively scintillating. Take a look and see! Following a community outcry, DOT completed changes
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A beauty salon near Newkirk Plaza has been shuttered following an illegal gambling operation. Two court orders appeared on the shuttered metal gates on Beauty Fair Unisex Salon, at 1622 Newkirk Avenue this week — one ordering the business to close, and another, a restraining order for the premises. The store
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New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman. (Photo: Eric T. Schneiderman [https://www.facebook.com/eric.schneiderman/photos/a.438189636273087.1073741826.289949387763780/631569633601752/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)The New York attorney general’s office is trying to block the sale of a Coney Island nursing home, and another facility
Arts & Culture
Photo via Claustrophobia [https://www.facebook.com/ClaustrophobiaBK/photos/a.927080010740869.1073741828.879454485503422/927079900740880/?type=3&theater] When I asked Managing Partner Regina Shafir about her new business, I wasn’t quite sure how to begin. “So it’s called Claustrophobia. Is it a game or something?” I asked.
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The Metro Storage facility at 2727 Knapp Street. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Metro Storage completed a four-story, 100,000 square-foot facility — which drew objections in 2013 [/new-self-storage-facility-headed-to-knapp-street-to-dismay-of-waterfront-activists/] when it was brought before the community board — along the waterfront on Knapp Street. The company announced the opening last week. The
Bensonhurst
Joe Asaro met his wife Heather while she worked the counter at Florence Food Center. (Photo by Bensonhurst Bean)“We’ve had seven marriages that came from this store, including me and my wife,” says Joseph Asaro, of Florence Food Center [http://www.yelp.com/biz/florence-food-center-and-bakery-brooklyn], referring to the
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360 Neptune Avenue, the site where a construction worker fell to his death in 2015. (Photo: Google Maps)The owner of a Bensonhurst construction company and his businesses have been indicted on manslaughter and other charges stemming from an incident at a Coney Island construction site in April 2015 that
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Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopWhen the Bernie Sanders campaign announced in March [/blog/politics/presidential-candidate-bernie-sanders-to-open-brooklyn-campaign-office-on-saturday-in-gowanus/] that they would set up shop in the Gowanus neighborhood, many community members came out in droves to support him during the office’s opening and rally. The Gowanus neighborhood began to “Bern,
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Photo courtesy of Alina’s Wine & LiquorAlina’s Wine & Liquor is determined to bring a new focus to the way people of Sunset Park drink. The store, which is located at 5014 4th Avenue, held its grand opening on May 21. The owners hope to ignite an appreciation
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It’s almost time for UEFA Euro 2016 [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/], and that means it’s time to find a place to watch. The tournament, which pits different national teams against each other, will run from June 10 to July 10. We’ve got you covered with a