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Photo by gentilekelly [https://www.instagram.com/gentilekelly/]We can’t help but love the beautiful weather we’ve had recently! 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’
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Photo via Lakeside BKLYN [https://www.facebook.com/LakesideBKLYN/photos_stream] Looking for something fun to do this weekend? There’s plenty of great music at Bar Chord, art workshops, comedy, carolling, skating with Santa, and more! If you have an upcoming event you’d like featured in our calendar,
Business
Photo courtesy Little Mo WineNeighbor Mark Schwartz recently opened up a wine shop, called Little Mo Wine [http://www.littlemowine.com/], over on Nostrand Avenue in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, after learning all there was to know about wine while working in T. B. Ackerson WIne Merchants, formerly located on Cortelyou Road.
Announcements
Does this hard knock life have you feeling blue? Well, you can bet your bottom dollar that the sun will come out tomorrow, because we’re giving away 4 tickets to the December 19 performance of Annie [http://www.kingstheatre.com/shows/annie] – currently in production at Brooklyn’s majestic
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CO Deputy Inspector di Blasio at the 70th Precinct Community Council meeting and Holiday Party. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)The 70th Precinct Community Council [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_070.shtml]meeting was a lively event Wednesday evening. Elected officials from both city
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Photo by Ditmas Park CornerHard to believe, but we’re coming up on yet another free and clear weekend — according to the MTA [http://web.mta.info/weekender/lineview.html?r=q], our often-irritating Q train will be operating without any changes along the line Friday night through Monday morning.
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Photo courtesy Shahid KhanAt the 25th anniversary of the Pakistan Christian Association, neighbor Shahid Khan presented the Lady Angel from Cardinal Dolan Fr. Illyas Gill, a Pakistani Pastor in Brooklyn. Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/
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Photo via Local Roots CSAEven though we’ve had some unseasonably warm weather recently, it can still be difficult to get fresh local vegetables during the winter. Local Roots NYC, a CSA that started delivering in the neighborhood this fall [/blog/greenmarket/local-roots-nyc-is-starting-a-new-low-cost-csa-in-the-neighborhood/] , runs throughout the winter, serving up microgreens
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A new map, released this week by the Daily News [http://interactive.nydailynews.com/2015/12/gangs-of-new-york-city-interactive-map/index.html] , shows the turf different local gangs throughout the city and is based on information gathered from the NYPD. Officials told the Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/gangs-represent-shootings-new-york-city-article-1.2464740]
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Photo via parkservice [https://www.instagram.com/p/xof8_tqE3W/?tagged=mulchfest2015]Since the holidays are in full swing, Christmas trees have taken over the neighborhood. And while the thought of taking them down seems far away, recycling those trees will begin soon enough. But the Prospect Park Alliance [https:
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A full bottle of sparkling wine and a glass of orange juice for $20. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)There are quite a few great places to fill your cravings for mimosas and eggs in Ditmas Park nowadays, so how do you decide where to go? With Where
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Police stand guard outside the McDonald’s at 943 Flatbush Avenue after brawl. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The leader of a group of teenage girls who viciously beat up another teen girl in the McDonalds at 943 Flatbush Avenue in March [/blog/crime/video-shows-four-girls-attacking-teen-adults-nothing-flatbush-avenue-mcdonalds/] will be committed to a