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Photo: Liena ZagareThe cuisine of Uzbekistan — and the romance of the Silk Road — have a new home on Coney Island Avenue. Uzbeki restaurant Samir, which is on Coney Island Avenue near Avenue C, has recently opened. The restaurant is finalizing its menu but owner Danny Azizov showed us a preliminary
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerThe Borough Park business man at the center of a massive NYPD bribery investigation — which has taken down several top cops who patrolled our area — allegedly used his police connections to quash assault charges against his nephew and his entourage of Yiddish-speaking teen gangsters, reports the New
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Photo via New York Restoration ProjectYou can help make our community greener! Tree Giveaway events are starting this week. Register at one of six New York City events this month — including two in our area — to take home your free tree! Registration is now live on the New York Restoration
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The block of Coney Island Avenue, near Glenwood Road, on which Pearl Travel was located. (Photo: Google Maps)A local travel agent has been indicted for defrauding area taxi cab drivers, home health aides, postal workers and Uber drivers who paid for travel packages and plane tickets that never materialized.
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerThis week in Ditmas Park, the battle for the Democratic Party presidential nomination came to the streets of Flatbush — the Sanders campaign opened an office here, [/blog/news/sanders-campaign-to-open-office-in-flatbush-tonight/] and Sanders also spoke at a rally in Midwood [/blog/events/bernie-sanders-to-speak-at-rally-in-flatbush-today/] Friday. In other major news, both
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Photo via Brownstone Detectives [https://twitter.com/BrownstoneDetec/status/658687411493425152/photo/1]After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites. Madiba Restaurant
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Looking for a new place to live can be a headache, but don’t fret, we’ve rounded up some cool and interesting places that may come in handy the next time your roommate eats your ice cream! 699 Ocean Avenue [http://www.trulia.com/rental/3159999457-699-Ocean-Ave-Brooklyn-NY-11226#photo-8] Available: Immediately
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NYPD probe into Brooklyn South cops makes headlines. (Photo: Liena Zagare) Several high-ranking NYPD officers past and present from Patrol Borough Brooklyn South are facing consequences as the latest corruption probe [/blog/news/66th-precinct-detective-named-in-federal-corruption-probe-says-new-york-daily-news/] to hit the police department continues its course. Among them — the former commanding officer of the
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Photo via JahbrewMore joy for caffeine connoisseurs across our neighborhood! Jahbrew Jamaican Coffee and Tea [https://www.facebook.com/Jahbrew-Coffee-and-Tea-938648139588807/] will be opening at 1491 Flatbush Avenue (and Glenwood Road) this Saturday. The new cafe will be having a ribbon cutting ceremony this Saturday at noon, with special guest, City
Arts & Culture
Dion. (Photo: the artist)Dion plays the Kings Theater on Saturday [http://www.kingstheatre.com/shows/dion-with-special-guest-ronnie-spector] on the heels of his umpteenth album, which was released in February. He’s had more than a dozen Top 40 singles since he started performing with Dion and the Belmonts in 1958,
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Photo via 773 Lounge.This list is in formation. If you have an event you’d like featured in our calendar, or if there’s anything we’ve left off, please let us know! Post your events in our community calendar [/blog/events/got-an-event-coming-up-share-it-on-our-new-calendar/] or email us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.
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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Photo: Nick Solari. Courtesy: Wikimedia CommonsPresidential candidate Bernie Sanders will be speaking in Midwood today [https://www.facebook.com/events/943938072370375/]. Sanders will address fans at 3pm, on “Bernie’s Block,” near James Madison High School (Avenue P and East 26th Street). Doors open at 1pm.