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Where To Eat & Drink Outside In (& Around) Ditmas Park

Qathra backyard on a sunny afternoon. (Photo by Carly Miller)It’s just too gorgeous out to do anything indoors today. To kick off summer weather 2017 (especially before the summer heat waves start), we’ve compiled a list of the definitive places in our neighborhood (and immediately outside its

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Ode To Fancy(ish) Sandwiches Under $10

Chicken/Bacon & Chicken Cashew Sandwiches at Cafe Madeline. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)I could eat a sandwich for every meal and never get bored. They can be the perfect, cheap comfort food or a splurge of culinary art. You can munch them while running for a train, or slowly

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The 2016 Ultimate Guide To Drinking And Dining Outside In Ditmas Park

(Photo by barchordbrooklyn / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BEHa1r9sZ8y/?taken-by=barchordbrooklyn])We were appalled at Renthop’s newest “study” [https://www.renthop.com/study/new-york-city-ny/summerscore-article.html]which ranked the best summer neighborhoods on factors like outdoor cafes and nearby parks, but completely ignored the outdoor dining and bar

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New “All Day Hangout” Cafe Coming To Cortelyou Road

(Photo via Michael Odmark)We have the latest scoop on the new restaurant and bar opening at 1616 Cortelyou Road. Now called Victorian Flatbush Counter, the “all day hangout” is the latest venture from the owner of Café Madeline Adell, who has made some tweaks to the plan since we

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Best Neighborhood Coffee Shops To Work In

Photo by Ditmas Park CornerWorking from home can be tough sometimes for even the most determined. There are just so many distractions: dishes need to be washed, the TV is right there, or how about a quick afternoon nap? To avoid procrastinating, we often have to pack up our laptop

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Local Author Naomi Jackson Connects Brooklyn And The Caribbean In Her Writing

Photo by Lola FlashIn local Naomi Jackson [http://www.naomi-jackson.com/]‘s new novel, The Star Side of Bird Hill, two girls spend the summer of 1989 with their grandmother in Barbados, and it’s Jackson’s deft descriptions of both people and places that earned her the accolade “a

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Brooklyn Staycation: A Day In Ditmas Park

Rugby Road. Photo by Ditmas Park CornerLooking for a way to get away without the hassle of taking a trip? Brooklyn Staycation [/?s=staycation] is your guide to taking a breather without ever leaving the borough. Each week, we will zoom in on different Brooklyn neighborhood. Today, we will take

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Where To Drink & Dine Outdoors In Ditmas Park

Photo via Bar Chord [https://www.facebook.com/BarChord/photos/a.343670689123771.1073741829.142374215920087/343670669123773/?type=1&theater] Now that spring has finally arrived and summer is just around the corner, we can’t stop thinking about eating outside! So, where can we go when we feel like kicking back

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Where To Get Your Hands On Sandwich Specials Along Cortelyou Road This Week

Cafe Madeline will be offering a number of different sandwiches during Flatbush Development Corporation’s foodstravaganza this week. Photo by Austin ChanOh man – we cannot wait to get our hands on these sandwiches! Thanks to the Flatbush Development Corporation [http://fdconline.org/], we’ve learned what specials will be happening

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Help Wanted Around Ditmas Park

If you’re looking for a better commute (being able to walk to work is pretty darn sweet), or maybe your current job just isn’t cutting it, there are a bunch of available positions in and around our neighborhood. We’ve rounded up some available gigs, and leave a

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Help Wanted Around Ditmas Park

If you’re looking for a better commute (being able to walk to work is pretty darn sweet), or maybe your current job just isn’t cutting it, there are a bunch of available positions in and around our neighborhood. We’ve rounded up some available gigs, and leave a

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Subway Map For Caffeine Addicts Says Cafe Madeline’s The Best Off Cortelyou Road, Then Stops

You may have seen the recent maps [http://imgur.com/X5CjBYV] made by artist Nirmal Banerjee [http://bangalorebanerjee.blogspot.com/] that match up every subway stop with the best coffee shop nearby–at least, for all of Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn and Queens. A few of our local shops

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The Best Ditmas Park Grub We Ate In 2013

From sweets to soup, aged cheese to eggs, we spent a great year eating our way across the neighborhood–and we’re wildly excited about continuing to do so in 2014. Here’s what we were lucky enough to chow on in 2013: Lunch The momos and soup at Cafe

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View From The Back

The view from inside Cafe Madeline [http://cafemadelineditmaspark.tumblr.com/], by crissachappell [http://instagram.com/p/c_yAuTt3S_/]. Share the photos you took in the neighborhood this weekend with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag it

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WFMU's Airborne Event Returns Tonight At Cafe Madeline

Looking for some music and poetry in the ‘hood tonight? Cafe Madeline [http://cafemadelineditmaspark.tumblr.com/] is holding WFMU’s Airborne Event [http://wfmu.org/playlists/AE], hosted by Dan Bodah [https://www.facebook.com/airborneevent/posts/416944731746763], from 9pm-12am. Two-piece The Bell Cycle [http://thebellcycle.com/] will be playing,

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Is This the Cheapest ATM on Cortelyou Road?

We all know that though it’s a central street in our area, Cortelyou Road doesn’t have a bank. That means that unless you use Chase, which has an ATM in the Duane Reade [http://www.walgreens.com/locator/duane-reade-1517-cortelyou-rd-brooklyn-ny-11226/id=14277] on the corner of East 16th (and

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Latte Art at Cafe Madeline

Sarah Jenny looked deep into her cup at Cafe Madeline [http://www.cafemadeline.com/] and saw this. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Send it to ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com or add it to the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner] and we’ll post

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Soup in Summer

When the weather is hot and muggy, how many of you feel like eating a bowl of soup? Plenty, apparently, as we’ve noticed some instances of soup on the brain lately: • Neighbor @KikiCharles [https://twitter.com/KikiCharles/], who snapped the photo above [https://foursquare.com/kikicharles/checkin/501aa157e4b0738ef5f2a1ae?s=

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The Cat in the Coffee at Cafe Madeline

There are cats in the coffee at Cafe Madeline [http://www.yelp.com/biz/cafe-madeline-brooklyn]! Noticed two photos by neighbors last week, above by Kris Walhderr [http://www.kriswaldherr.com/], and below by Kiki Charles [https://twitter.com/#!/KikiCharles/status/202843854922186753]. Update: Check out more of Marni’s latte art