Central Brooklyn

Your 2016 Holiday Toy Drive Guide for Ditmas Park

(Photo via 3bulldogges)Holiday donation drives are in full swing, but there’s still time to contribute to these five local toy drives to brighten the holidays for kids — and families — right in our neighborhood. Council Member Jumaane Williams’ Holiday Toy Drive [http://myemail.constantcontact.com/WILLIAMS-INVITES-COMMUNITY-TO-PARTICIPATE-IN--DISTRICT-45-s--HOLIDAY-TOY-DRIVE.html?soid=1102557709761&

Central Brooklyn

Upside Craft Burgers Draws An Eclectic Kosher Crowd

Upside burger on 18th Avenue at East 4th Street. (Photo by Dina Rabiner)Upside Craft Burgers, offering “fast-casual” quality kosher dining, opened only three weeks ago but judging by the crowd (fifty plus people on a recent Sunday evening), you’d think the joint was already an established neighborhood hangout.

Health

Church Avenue Welcomes New State of the Art Health Care Center

A newly constructed, modern medical facility has come to our community. The Brooklyn Hospital [http://www.tbh.org] Center [http://www.tbh.org] (TBHC) has opened an ambulatory care facility at 2244 Church Avenue, between Bedford and Flatbush Avenues. The hospital’s new, spacious Flatbush location offers primary care, dental

Central Brooklyn

Late-Night Robbery With Broomstick At Nostrand Avenue Fried Chicken Joint [Video]

Surveillance video via NYPD Help cops find a man who threatened a fast-food worker and stole his phone near Brooklyn College on Tuesday. The suspect cajoled an employee to open the door at Popeye’s, 2158 Nostrand Avenue between Flatbush Avenue and Avenue H, at 1:15am on November 8,

Central Brooklyn

Down-Low: F Train Islamophobic Graffiti, Errol’s Facing Eviction, Public Housing Future & Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

(Photo via valsdisturbed [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNibf_UhyXo/?taken-at=251412631])The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. – Islamophobic graffiti scrawled in subway station near Kensington [Brooklyn Paper [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/39/50/

Central Brooklyn

[Updated] Flatbush Avenue Bike Lane Petition Builds Momentum This Week

(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition [https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/two-way-protected-bike-path-flatbush]) [Updates 12/7 & 12/8: We spoke to the petition’s founders and added in their story throughout] Local Council Members take note: A petition for a 2-way protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue

Central Brooklyn

“Respect Goes Both Ways” Stop & Frisk Forum In East Flatbush Helps Neighbors & NYPD Relate

Stop & Frisk forum at the Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Judges, NYPD, pols, and activists landed in East Flatbush last week to learn how residents feel about the NYPD’s use of ‘stop & frisk’ and how to improve police-community relationships in a predominantly

Arts & Culture

Molly Tigre Returns To Bar Chord On A High Note (Or Two)

(Photo credit: Cari Ann Shim Sham)On the cusp of releasing a new album, Afro-jazz fusion band Molly Tigre [http://mitchmarcusmusic.com/molly-tigre/] is returning to Bar Chord, where they’ve locked-in many of the improvisations that shaped the songs they’ve recorded. The quintet, which features the compositions of

Central Brooklyn

No More ‘No Turns!’ Brooklynites Rally Against Ocean Parkway Changes

Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.It was a brisk morning on Sunday when a crowd of outraged Brooklynites rallied on the corner of Avenue J against the new prohibition of right turns at certain key intersections on Ocean Parkway. The “Save Ocean Parkway” protest was organized by State Assemblymember

Central Brooklyn

Felting, Cemetery Storytelling, Philosophy Talk & More This Week In Ditmas Park

Felted creatures at the Brooklyn Brainery. (Photo via BK Brainery [https://www.facebook.com/brooklynbrainery/photos/a.150010301688252.20394.111153138907302/1273353926020545/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Whether you’re looking to get crafty, attend a zoning forum, hear ghost stories or live music — this is your spot for the best

Central Brooklyn

As Vote On Tax Break For Developers Approaches, Some Tenants Call Foul

Opponents to the renewal of the 421-a tax credit for developers, including members of the Flatbush Tenant Coalition, rallied outside of City Hall Thursday. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)Tenants groups and some local officials are asking the state and city to think twice before they renew a long-standing tax credit

Central Brooklyn

Motorcyclist Injured After Early Morning Collision In Borough Park

(Screenshot via Google Maps)A 30-year-old man was thrown from his motorcycle after crashing into a car near 12th Avenue early Sunday morning, cops said. The biker was riding his Kawasaki motorcycle east on 40th Street in Borough Park when he collided with a Toyota Camry at the intersection of