Central Brooklyn
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Photo: Nick Solari. Courtesy: Wikimedia CommonsYour neighbors’ political views may surprise you — or maybe not! An interesting new dataset [https://www.renthop.com/study/new-york-city-ny/new-york-donors.html] has just been released by Renthop [https://www.renthop.com], which looks at contributions to presidential candidates — by zip
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THERE WAS A TIME when the world was full of beauty and wonder. When heroes split mountains and swam with dragons. When divine beings walked the earth and emperors ruled under the will of heaven. When people lived in harmony with the universe and believed in a connection between all
Central Brooklyn
Site at Avenue C and McDonald Avenue where a plaza is to be built. (Photo: Neighborhood Plaza Partnership)Our area — Kensington, Ditmas Park, Greater Flatbush — has a dearth of high-quality public space. We need more green places to relax outside with friends and family. To address this issue, some of
Arts & Culture
“Crosecitree,” mixed media artwork by Ditmas Park resident Kathy Levine.The environment where an artist creates their work can show up in unexpected ways. If you peer out the second floor window of the farmhouse in the Berkshires where Herman Melville lived while he wrote Moby Dick, you can see
Business
Journalist Adam Sternbergh works in the Quiet Room at The Ditmas Workspace. (Photo: Maya Lewis)New York Magazine journalist Adam Sternbergh makes a short walk everyday from his home to a sprawling corner-lot Victorian house in Ditmas Park. There’s always an office with a view waiting inside for him.
Arts & Culture
Whoopi Goldberg is so New York! Born and raised in Manhattan, she continues to be a hometown darling with her work as a humanitarian, writer, director, actress, comedian, talk show host and long-term juror for the Tribeca Film Festival. With her residency on The View, stints on Broadway, and recent
Announcements
Cortelyou Road. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)WNYC Studios [http://www.wnyc.org] and The Nation [http://www.thenation.com] are launching There Goes the Neighborhood, an eight-part weekly podcast series exploring the “remarkable and destabilizing phenomenon of gentrification.” The preview episode is available here [http://www.wnyc.org/story/there-goes-neighborhood-brooklyn-gentrification/
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Album cover for “3001: A Laced Odyssey” by The Flatbush Zombies. Artist: David NakayamaAre you a visual artist in Flatbush? #SAVEARTSPACE [http://www.saveartspace.org] and the Flatbush Zombies [http://thegloriousdead.com/pages/3001-a-laced-odyssey] want to help local artists display their art publicly in our area. The non-profit arts project
Central Brooklyn
Area near the Parade Grounds where a man was punched in the face yesterday. (Photo: Google Maps)A gay man who lives in our area was the victim yesterday of what he says was a bias attack. The 28-year-old man, who wishes to remain anonymous, was punched in the face
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Cover of “The Only Living Boy,” a children’s book series by David Gallaher. Author, and Ditmas Park resident, David Gallaher will be hosting a free comics-making workshop for children [https://www.facebook.com/events/255000874830990/] tomorrow evening. Gallaher, author of the children’s book series “The Only Living Boy,
Central Brooklyn
Performers and family members at Saturday’s Park Slope Food Coop Kids Variety Night Show, which was dedicated to Ikhari Hinds-Lewis.Young people throughout our area came together this weekend for a beloved 16-year-old neighbor who was very seriously injured a few weeks ago. The Park Slope Food Coop dedicated
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Prospect Park Lake. (Photo by Steve McGill)“The primary object of the park [is] as a rural resort, where the people of all classes, escaping from the glare, and glitter, and turmoil of the city, might find relief for the mind, and physical recreation … nature in its beauty and variety