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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Our neighborhood gardens are really digging deep roots, thanks to all the rain and sun we’ve been getting lately [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/photos/photo-day-seeing-double/]. This one caught our attention, on East 4th street between Avenue C and Beverley. This garbage can rose bush
Arts & Culture
(Students Angelina, Maria, Alexis, Melanie, and Jayson prepare for the spring recital. Teacher Judy Brandwein and Ahyaan)The first spring recital of P.S. 217’s Afro Latin Jazz Alliance’s Academy of Music (ALJAM) ended on a high note. But perhaps the most impressive part of that May 31
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Photo: NYPDThe NYPD is asking for the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old teen reported missing in Midwood last week. Antoine Williams was last seen leaving his home on Coney Island Avenue, near Avenue K, around 9:30pm on Friday, June 3, according to police. Williams is described as
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(Photo via Bric Arts Media [http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events-performances/bric-celebrate-brooklyn-festival#calendar] )This list is ongoing. 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/
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(Photo by Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)If you live in southern Brooklyn, you will most likely encounter someone observing Ramadan this month. Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, is the holiest time for Muslims. Ramadan commemorates the first time the Quran (Islam’s sacred text) was revealed
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A group of concerns parents in Ditmas Park and Flatbush have launched a petition [http://www.thepetitionsite.com/161/761/448/petition-to-make-ps-is-338-exclusively/] to limit enrollment for the upcoming PS/IS 338 at 510 Coney Island Avenue [/blog/education/todays-mud-tomorrows-school-councilman-eugene-community-leaders-break-ground-psis-338/] to middle school grades only. The petition is addressed to NYC
Animals
Dumpling the catMeet Dumpling, a 5-year-old neighborhood cat searching for a new home. Dumpling is a true local, in fact she used to live in the basement of John’s Bakery. She starts out timid and then falls deeply in love, according to neighbor Phoebe, who rescued Dumpling from the
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(Co-owners Farrukh & Srini and Staff: Nargis, Zahid & Suban)Back in February, we wrote about a pair of new Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi restaurants “opening soon.” [/blog/news/madinas-owners-will-open-two-new-restaurants-area/] Now, we’re happy to announce that Kohinoor [/business-overview/kohinoor-brooklyn-ny-11218/f7f1d39e-99ce-4a67-a474-69a1e58fb3cc/] , a new Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi restaurant at 413 Cortelyou Road,
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Upcoming mural at Midwood HS connects Midwood’s past and present. (Photo via Groundswell)What is it really like to be a middle school student in Ditmas Park? This week, two neighborhood schools will unveil vibrant student murals that express their answers to that very question. Throughout the school year,
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)A fire tore through a Marborough Road home early this morning, leaving a 37-year-old man dead, say cops. Abiel Harry was found unconscious and unresponsive in the kitchen at 106 Marlborough Road at approximately 5:30am, according to a police report. (Photo via Facebook)The
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Photo by Designsquish [http://www.blog.designsquish.com/images/uploads/ditmas_park_old_house.jpg]This week in Ditmas Park, Assemblymember Jim Brennan announced that he will not seek re-election after 32 years of service [/blog/news/assemblymember-jim-brennan-will-not-seek-re-election/]; Brian-Christopher Antonio Cunningham will challenge long-time Council Member Mathieu Eugene in the
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(Image by lostinbrooklyn/Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/lostinbrooklyn/8754437947/in/photolist-ekAMpi-djWpnB-96sJwt-9c7YXh-7GPusm-juktux-cyM3dd-4AZWuV-8BBoAG-ehQw1Z-9ZaRzz-ekAPBi-ekAP3t-96sMVH-aVxenF-aELHw9-h2Xew8-hNYDJq-h2WtV1-fjKSNR-ckM2K1-9YtDvN-dEqhgt-a9FwFr-g7zgFn-f5FrUU-hNYdcA-dpbMZF-arxt9u-agzpb4-9qxmX3-dpvpwE-q2Eg1u-ox3Vbt-fjKZVn-ehQxrc-ekALU4-ncucPm-ekGyyQ-ekGxD9-ekGoMQ-9Xxvyn-s9mUEQ-eduGVC-eduJm9-c8Wjs-6d4hmB-edp7Ea-5kZb4M-8fSBpb] )After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up