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Image of skateboarding package thief taken from surveillance footage on April 8th.As we have been covering [/blog/crime/package-thievery-area-skateboard-buckingham-road/], a thief, who travels by skateboard, has been stealing packages from front porches across the neighborhood. If you have seen this skateboarding thief, or have surveillance video of the suspect,
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Buffalo’s Famous, soon to open on Church Avenue. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner) Hearty food from our neighbors to the north will be here very soon. Buffalo’s Famous [https://www.facebook.com/buffalosfamous/?fref=ts], a “Quick Service” restaurant, specializing in food imported from and inspired by Buffalo and
Business
Mid-April is usually when the last frost date passes for our area, and it’s finally a good time to plant. Here are our favorite spots to purchase seeds and plants in Brooklyn. Most larger garden centers will deliver your plants as well — just ask. Please add your favorites in
Arts & Culture
Saxophonist Roy Nathonson. (Photo courtesy of Charna Meyers)The first place saxophonist and Ditmas Park native Roy Nathanson heard the song “Nearness of You” was at the house on East 19th Street his father bought in 1957 for $5,000. “Nearness of You,” written by Hoagy Carmichael in 1938, became
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Photo via Participatory Budgeting ProjectThe people have spoken — at least when it comes to participatory budgeting [/blog/news/get-ready-to-vote-in-participatory-budgeting/]. Tens of thousands of New Yorkers voted this Spring on how to spend public dollars via Participatory Budgeting — the highest turnout yet in five years. This year, 28 City Council districts
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70th Precinct Community Council Vice-President Mary MCrea and NYPD Officer Batson at a Church Avenue street fair in 2014.Big changes are happening at the 70th Precinct. Last year’s announcement of 1,300 new New York City police officers, most of whom will be deployed in the new Neighborhood
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A television ad for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, which was filmed at Brooklyn College on April 1st [/blog/politics/bernie/] and directed by Spike Lee, is now getting airtime. The Sanders ad — which is airing now on major television affiliates in New York City — features Harry Belafonte, Erica Garner, Shaun
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GOP presidential candidate John Kasich visiting Shema Kolainu yesterday. Pictured from left to right — Joseph B. Stamm, Governor Kasich, Ezra Friedlander, and Dr. Joshua Weinstein. (Photo: Dov & Shmuel Lenchevsky)Ohio governor and GOP presidential contender John Kasich visited the Orthodox Jewish community of Borough Park yesterday afternoon. Governor Kasich’
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Still from video showing package thief on Buckingham Road last Friday.UPDATE (4/23/16, 1pm): A suspect has been arrested in this case — who has confessed to several thefts — as confirmed by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the 70th Precinct. More details to come. ****************************************************************** (This story was
Arts & Culture
Photo: Scott Teplin / teplin.com.The path from Lascivious Biddy to PTA Mom is not immediately apparent, but Deidre Rodman Struck connects the dots with far fewer than six degrees of separation, ending up at the Second Annual Music Festival to benefit PS 130 [https://www.facebook.com/Ps130Pta/photos/
Announcements
Photo: Ditmas Park CornerAll area residents are invited to this month’s meeting of the 66th Precinct Community Council. The Community Council is “the critical interface between citizens and the police,” says the NYPD. Boundaries of the 66th Precinct. Screenshot from NYPD website.The 66th Precinct Community Council meeting is
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerIn two separate incidents, women were robbed of their phones yesterday along the B/Q subway line. One of the robberies led to a situation in which the thief was locked in a subway car with bewildered passengers. A 65-year-old woman’s phone was snatched while she