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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerWho would have thought that there would be two ramen shops on Cortelyou Road, within a couple blocks of each other? New area restaurant, Koko Ramen, had its soft launch last night. Friends and family of owner and chef Hann Low gathered to sample the menu and
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Photo: Brainerd JamesSeven months after quietly taking over at Qathra [https://www.facebook.com/Qathra], new owner Brainerd James is ready to make some noise. This Friday (5/13), the café on Cortelyou Road will host the second in what James hopes will become a regular series of live musical
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Photo: Kyle Borut(This story was updated at 4:30pm, 5/2/16.) For some time, we’ve been watching the exterior of the coming Guacamaya Cafe [https://www.facebook.com/guacamayacafe/?hc_location=ufi] with interest. The Venezuelan eatery will be opening soon on Cortelyou Road, right near the
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Block of Cortelyou Road, just east of Flatbush Avenue, where Avon Simmons shot and killed Prinso Ulysse in broad daylight in 2014. (Photo: Google Maps)A Flatbush gang member has been sentenced for fatally shooting a rival in the head in broad daylight just east of Flatbush Avenue. Brooklyn District
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Photo by alafields [https://www.instagram.com/alafields/]It’s finally starting to feel like winter. Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag them #ditmaspark on Instagram, and we’ll post them on the
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Photo by walnutwordsalad [https://www.instagram.com/walnutwordsalad/]If you’ve walked around the neighborhood recently you may have noticed green posters in several shop windows saying, “Refugees Are Welcome Here.” The posters are part of a campaign by the organization Jews Against Islamophobia, which is a collaboration between Jewish
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Thrift Shop on Westminster Road. (Photo by Maya Lewis/Ditmas Park Corner)There is a thrift shop on the corner of Cortelyou and Westminster roads but you cannot go inside it. The gates are always down. They are old, rusted, and stuffed with things. Fake flowers, books, records, collectables, and
Arts & Culture
Catch the latest episode of Opera on Tap and if you’re interested they will performing up and down Cortelyou Road and at Sycamore from 3-5pm on Sunday!
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Photo by antonioara07 [https://www.instagram.com/antonioara07/]Classic Star Wars characters spotted on Cortelyou Road recently! Are you as ready for the new movie as we are? Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or
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Melody Houle. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)Melody Houle loves being out in nature. Her eyes light up as she talks about all of the different wildlife she sees on a typical day out among her trees. Melody and her husband, Patrick, run a tree farm [http://houlestreefarm.
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Photo by amberala [https://www.instagram.com/amberala/]If you’ve ridden the subway to or from the neighborhood in the last week, you might have noticed a new addition to the block. Stand alone maps outlining the neighborhood around the Newkirk Plaza, Cortelyou Road, and Beverley Road subway stops
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A man with a gun robbed the IQRA Pharmacy on Flatbush Avenue near Cortelyou Road around 6:30pm on Thursday night, according to the New York Post [http://nypost.com/2015/11/21/daily-blotter-703/]. He entered the pharmacy and told the worker behind the counter to empty the register. The