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(All photos by Ditmas Park Corner)Who says you have to travel to the Lower East Side for a barrel cured, Eastern European-style pickle? Eight years ago, owner and pickle master Alan Kaufman opened up a second branch of his famous LES store, The Pickle Guys [http://www.pickleguys.com/
Arts & Culture
Photo courtesy of Brighton Neighborhood Association.It’s a neighborhood tradition that is now in its 40th year. The Brighton Jubilee brings everyone in this multicultural part of Brooklyn together for some end-of-summer fun. Music is the universal language, and there will be lots of it at this festival, which
Arts & Culture
(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Music and food will fill Coney Island Avenue, between Avenue H and Foster Avenue, this Saturday August 20, for the annual Brooklyn Mela [/blog/events/brooklyn-mela-draws-thousands-of-people-to-coney-island-avenue-for-festivities-celebrating-pakistans-independence-day/] , which celebrates Pakistan’s independence day. Sponsored by the Pakistani American Merchants Association, the festival will be held from
Central Brooklyn
Neighbors gather on Coney Island Avenue after two Bangladeshi Muslim men were killed in Ozone Park, Queens. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)“Today, we are all Bangladeshi,” said Pakistani activist Shahid Khan, outside the Makki Mosque on Coney Island Avenue on Monday night. Kensington and Midwood community members gathered here
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560 Coney Island Avenue at the corner of Beverley Road. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The national chain 7-Eleven is hauling two Brooklyn convenience stores to court for trademark infringement, reports the NY Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/7-eleven-sues-knock-off-stores-brooklyn-called-z-11-11-7-article-1.2726776] , claiming their signs are too-close-for-comfort to the
Central Brooklyn
Travelers on their way to Coney Island in the mid-19th century could stop at road houses like this for meals, drinks and care of their horses. Mort Tunison’s Road House, seen here in the early 1860s, was located along the Coney Island Plank Road (now Coney Island Avenue), near
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Coney Island Avenue Chandraat celebration, 2013 (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)On Tuesday, July 5, the annual Chand Raat bazaar is coming to Coney Island Avenue, between Avenue H and Glenwood Road. Chaand Raat, which means “night of the moon,” is an outdoor celebration where friends and families shop for
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Mashallah is an Arabic phrase used to express gratitude, joy, and praise, or thankfulness for an event or person — a perfect name for my favorite 24-hour Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi buffet-style restaurant on Coney Island Avenue. On the outside, it’s easy to be overwhelmed by
Central Brooklyn
During their soft opening over Memorial Day Weekend, Propellerhead [/blog/food/restaurant/propellerhead-searching-restaurant-bar-staff/], a new restaurant and bar on Coney Island Avenue, elevated the American comfort food repertoire. One diner even told co-manager Ian Strickland, mid-bite, that the pulled pork sandwich was the best he’d ever had ($15, comes
Police & Fire
A car crashed into a Chase Bank on Kings Highway. (Photo: Mike Wright / Facebook) [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208265989424627&set=pcb.10154240302009038&type=3&theater] A car rammed through the window of a Chase Bank on Kings Highway Sunday morning after colliding with another
Central Brooklyn
Our neighborhood traffic issue of the week comes from a reader: > “All day and night (especially during rush hour) Hollywood Car Wash at Coney Island and Church Avenues blocks one of the two southbound lanes [on Coney Island Avenue] with cars that are drying from their wash.” https://youtu.
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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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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.
Central Brooklyn
From left, 734 and 732 Coney Island Avenue, which are currently for sale. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)Could more housing development be coming to Coney Island Avenue? A 6,000 square foot site — with both commercial and residential zoning designations — on the western side of Coney Island Avenue, just north
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From left, 734 and 732 Coney Island Avenue, which are currently for sale. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)Could more housing development be coming to Coney Island Avenue? A 6,000 square foot site — with both commercial and residential zoning designations — on the western side of Coney Island Avenue, just north
Police & Fire
> sounded worse – oturn car CI Ave near Kings Hwy. 1 minor hurt. @FDNY [https://twitter.com/FDNY] @nypd61pct [https://twitter.com/NYPD61Pct] street closure mess @NYDailyNews [https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews] pic.twitter.com/eTnh6Me2JK [https://t.co/eTnh6Me2JK] — Todd Maisel (@ToddMaisel) March 17, 2016 [https://twitter.com/ToddMaisel/status/