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Central Brooklyn

Meet Your Candidate: Pia Raymond For Flatbush’s District 40

Photo: Raymond Campaign The 40th District has three candidates running against the incumbent Mathieu Eugene: Pia Raymond, Jennifer Berkley [/meet-your-candidate-jennifer-berkley-for-flatbushs-district-40/] and Brian Cunningham [/meet-candidate-brian-cunningham-flatbushs-district-40/]. These candidates are vying to represent Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Prospect Park, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Read our discussion with Pia Raymond below.

Arts & Culture

How To Get Your PussyHat in Brooklyn

via Kettle & Thread FacebookThis Saturday, there will be women marching in Washington and women marching in New York City, and many of them will be wearing pink PussyHats [https://www.pussyhatproject.com/]. “Wearing pink together is a powerful statement that we are unapologetically feminine and we unapologetically stand for

Central Brooklyn

Cops Search For Q Train Sexual Assault Suspect [Video]

Help cops find a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman on the Q train at Church Avenue. A 55-year-old woman dozing off on a southbound Q train awoke near Church Avenue to find a man rubbing her knee on Sunday, October 16 at 1:20am. Then, the man began

Business

‘Der Pioneer’ European Bakery & Cafe Opening Soon On Church Avenue

Owners and chefs Bjorn Böttcher (L) and Greg Barbiero (R). (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Der Pioneer, a new European pastry shop and cafe, is set to open on Church Avenue in time for Christmas shopping, said owners and chefs Bjorn Böttcher and Greg Barbiero. This seasoned, pastry-and-savory chef duo

Central Brooklyn

Bite Of The Day: Curry & Garlic Naan Feast At Anarkali

I don’t understand why Anarkali Indian Restaurant, my favorite sit-down Indian spot, is always empty. The waiters are friendly, the menu is extensive, and everything I order comes out with fresh ingredients that retain their color and crunch. Plus, the lunch special until 2:30pm every day, is an

Announcements

‘The Affair’ Is Back, Filming On Church Avenue This Friday

Argyle Road at Church Avenue. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)‘The Affair’, Showtime’s Golden Globe-winning drama, returns for more filming in Ditmas Park [/blog/art-music/affair-filming-today-tomorrow-next-week-ditmas-park/]on Friday, after a summer fling on Westminster Road earlier this year. We spotted ‘No Parking’ signs listing Friday, October 7, along Church

Central Brooklyn

Jimmy Fallon & Mario Batali Praise Buffalo’s Famous Sandwich, Says Owner

> Jimmy and @MarioBatali [https://twitter.com/Mariobatali] share a sandwich from Jimmy’s neck of the woods! https://t.co/8CM7H51bSI pic.twitter.com/3rrYPZQHOh [https://t.co/3rrYPZQHOh] — Fallon Tonight (@FallonTonight) October 4, 2016 [https://twitter.com/FallonTonight/status/783354867146432520] What’s a NYC-filmed show to do when

Announcements

‘Rock That Body’ Filming In The Neighborhood This Week

(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Rock That Body, a 2017 comedy about a male stripper, starring Scarlett Johansson, Zoë Kravitz, Kate McKinnon, Demi Moore and Ilana Glazer, is filming now on Church Avenue, Marlborough Road and Beverley Road. The shoot is scheduled for Wednesday, September 28 and Thursday, September 29

Central Brooklyn

Jug Bands, Festivals, 5K Runs & More This Weekend In Ditmas Park

(Photo courtesy Friends of Greenwood Playground / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/223014854379847/photos/a.224896474191685.73559.223014854379847/1401616413186346/?type=3&theater] )The weekend is finally here, and we’d like to help you have a great one blocks from your home. Whether you’re looking to roller-skate to Prince

Central Brooklyn

Browse Through A Century Of Flatbush History On This Interactive Photo Map

Flatbush Avenue at Snyder Avenue, 1932.Just a glimpse of the past can lift us out of our own tiny universes and plunk us right into another century, while never leaving our own street corner. At the end of a busy week, we had a lot of fun sifting through

Central Brooklyn

Bite Of The Day: A Surprisingly Satisfying Salad Bar Lunch

Feeling like we’ve been overindulging in the many (stellar) Thai [/blog/food/happy-second-anniversary-am-thai-bistro/], Indian/Pakistani [/blog/food/bite-of-the-day-mashallah-indian/], Caribbean [/blog/food/bite-day-roti-oxtail-suzys-roti-parlour/], Italian [/blog/food/six-feet-food-cooked-675-square-feet-brancaccios-food-shop-celebrates-five-years-fort-hamilton-parkway/] , and Mexican [/blog/food/taqueria-maria-ricardo-dishes-delightful-mexican-fare/] cuisine lunches the neighborhood has to of

Central Brooklyn

Local Youth Baseball Team Needs Your Help To Compete In 2016 Championships

The Bonnie Seals with their 2015 Borough Cup Championship (Photo courtesy Bonnie Youth Club)Two Bonnie Youth Club [http://bonnieyouth.org/] champion baseball teams have earned themselves spots in the coveted 2016 AABC World Series tournaments [http://www.aabcworldseries.com]— but in order to attend, our neighborhood players need your

Central Brooklyn

Congrats to Korner Pizza On Their ‘Golden Slice Award’

Korner Pizza on Church Avenue and East 3rd StreetThere are few topics that can drag otherwise amicable neighbors into fisticuffs, throwdowns [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/food/which-slope-slice-should-represent-in-upcoming-pizza-throwdown-with-fort-greene/] , and sometimes — all out war. And pizza is definitely at the top of that list. Food experts love to wedge their way into

Business

Kensington’s New ‘Non-Hip’ Family-Friendly Coworking Space

(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Kensington is joining the ranks of Brooklyn neighborhoods that lure freelancers and remote workers, who were previously relegated to noisy coffee shops or squirreled away in apartment-hermitages. And now, Kensington freelancers don’t even have to travel as far as Prospect Lefferts Gardens [http://www.

Central Brooklyn

Bite Of The Day: Roti & Oxtail At Suzy’s Roti Parlour

(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)As a creature of habit, I am stubbornly resistant to change, especially when it comes to my favorite restaurants. If I find a spot with reliable and affordable food, I tend to eat there until I’m swallowing my pride along with eat bite, smiling

Central Brooklyn

[UPDATED] 1,000 Activists March In Flatbush For Racial Justice

Anti police violence activists on Flatbush Avenue, June 13, 2016 (Photo by Erik McGregor [https://www.flickr.com/photos/erikcito/albums])On the one year anniversary of Sandra Bland, a Texas woman killed in police custody, nearly 1,000 activists took to the streets of Flatbush Wednesday night to demand