Police & Fire
Photo by BKLYNERThe body of a 19-year-old male was found floating in Prospect Park Lake on Monday night, police say. Exactly two months ago, another 19-year-old male was found dead floating in a different section of the lake. On Monday, January 2, 2017, at approximately 6:50pm, police arrived at
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Dear friends and neighbors, As we welcome 2017, we will be starting a new phase of local news by merging Ditmas Park Corner and our other neighborhood news sites into one, large, Brooklyn wide site — BKLYNER.com [http://bklyner.com] — under the stewardship of Donny Levit on the editorial and
Business
(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)As we think about our year in Ditmas Park, we think about food. Our favorite coffee shops, lunch spots, dinners out with friends, and late night drinks. It has been quite the year for restaurants opening and closing in the neighborhood, from Propellerhead’s long-awaited
Arts & Culture
Self-portrait. (Photo by C. Stephen Hurst)Renowned photographer C. Stephen Hurst [http://www.hurstarts.com/?detectflash=false]provided the “something extra” at this year’s holiday party for tenants at 50 East 19 Street. The property management company hired Hurst, who lives in the building, to take professional, take-home holiday
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)There are plenty of events this week to help you a) recover from the Christmas rush or b) rev up for New Year’s Eve madness. Whether you’re looking to brush up on your tennis game, see a Flamenco show, or party Chanukah-style — this
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Photo via NYPDCops are looking for a suspect who reportedly stole a package in broad daylight near the Parade Grounds earlier this month. On Tuesday, December 6, a UPS worker saw a man jumping out of a UPS truck parked in front of 75 East 21 Street between Caton Avenue
Announcements
While many out-of-towners choose to crowd themselves into Times Square, real New Yorkers know that Brooklyn is hottest place to spend the coolest night of the year. Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. AdamsFor the third consecutive year, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams is partnering with the Alliance for Coney
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“I’m melting!” at Greenwood Ballfields (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)This week in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn neighbors protested the eviction of Errol’s Bakery in Flatbush [/blog/business/brooklyn-neighbors-protest-eviction-errols-caribbean-bakery-flatbush/] , we got a taste of an NYPD firearms training [/blog/events/got-taste-nypds-firearm-training-pretty-intense/], found some hot spots to get Chinese food
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Riding’ the Prospect Park loop. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The holidays are no excuse to miss a good story. Catch up on this week’s best Brooklyn news with highlights from our sister sites: “Pure Bensonhurst”: Local writes unofficial biography of The Backwards Wheelchair Lady [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/
Announcements
(Photo via catthewilson / instagram)One of Flatbush’s oldest iconic buildings is slated for restoration with a half-million dollar grant from the State. To celebrate, we thought it would be fun to restore tidbits and photos from the landmark’s storied past. The Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church is one of
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Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte speaks in support of tenants, 2015. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)Yesterday, Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte of District 42 (representing Flatbush and Ditmas Park) sent an urgent letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson, asking the department to stop deporting Haitians