Central Brooklyn
1027-1035 Cortelyou Road. A new 5 story building is proposed for the corner of Stratford and Cortelyou Roads. Full demolition permits have been issued to the owners, so we can say bye bye to the one-story storefronts. 1027-1035 Cortelyou RoadWhile we have no renderings of the new building, from the
Business
Kensington neighbors Pedro and Lauren are opening a ceramic studio at 1012 Beverley Road (just east of Coney Island Avenue) on October 1st (fingers crossed). Mouse Ceramic Studio will offer adult and kids hand-building and wheel classes, mommy (or daddy) and me paint your own and hand-building, membership, date nights,
Business
Gym membership is a pretty personal thing. Everyone is looking for something different. But like being a member of anything, when you find “your people” you’re there for the long haul. Crunch Flatbush [https://www.crunch.com/locations/flatbush] is quickly establishing itself as not just another fitness option
Announcements
70 Precinct. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)DITMAS PARK – People from the Midwood, Fiske Terrace, Ditmas Park, and Prospect Park South communities gathered at the Pakistani American Youth Society (PAYS) office on Newkirk Avenue for the monthly “Build the Block” meeting with Sector C of the 70 Precinct. “Build the Block”
Central Brooklyn
Archbishop Brown and Lady Scarlett-Brown / family photoDITMAS PARK – Pilgrim Baptist Church [https://www.pilgrimchurchnyc.org/index.php] posted a 10-day eviction notice on the door of the widow of the late Archbishop Roy E. Brown in Ditmas Park last week. Archbishop Brown, the founder of the church [https://www.pilgrimchurchnyc.
Central Brooklyn
Ditmas Park – A four-alarm fire consumed the tire shop at 453 Coney Island Avenue, next to Prospect Powersports just north of Church Ave. The fire was brought under control by 7:15 am, but the rush hour on Coney was disrupted, as the northbound lanes were still closed at lunchtime.
Animals
DITMAS PARK – Shortly after relocating Twig Terrariums [https://twigterrariums.com] from Gowanus [/years-construction-3rd-avenue-impacts-gowanus-small-businesses/]to 642 Coney Island Avenue in Ditmas Park, owners Michelle Inciarrano and Katy Maslow adopted a Russian Dwarf hamster who has been greeting visitors at their new shop since. Princess Ophelia (courtesy of Twig Terrariums)Princess Ophelia
Central Brooklyn
Coney Island Avenue and Cortelyou via DOTDITMAS PARK/KENSINGTON – After more than a decade of saying nothing could be done, [/dot-to-conduct-a-left-turn-study-at-notoriously-dangerous-cortelyou-road-coney-island-avenue-intersection-ditmas-park/] NYC DOT revealed last week it has a plan to drastically change the intersection that has been frustrating neighbors for years. Work is expected to start in September. The
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerDITMAS PARK – Get ready, Ditmas Park, because Carvel is making its way to the neighborhood! There aren’t many ice cream shops in the neighborhood. In fact, the Baskin Robbins on Coney Island Avenue and 18th Avenue is pretty much the only spot to find a sundae.
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerDITMAS PARK – Wirdah Khan, an 18-year-old soon-to-be freshman at Brooklyn College, won the Joseph E. Mohbat Prize for Writing for an essay on what the #MeToo movement means to her. [https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/3a71d654-5d3f-438a-ad3d-c6c6282cb3b5] “Can you hear that? She’s fairly loud — you can
Big Story
Park Manor Home for Adults, 570 Coney Island Avenue. (Photo by Liena Zagare/Bklyner)DITMAS PARK -When the front door of the run-down building that had been home to Park Manor Home for Adults since at least 1983 was suddenly padlocked last April [https://bklyner.com/park-manor-adult-home-closed-good/], it took the
Bed Stuy
Whoever came up with the saying “Nothing is certain except death and taxes” left out one of life’s major inevitabilities: moving. Whether prompted by a new job, a change in circumstances, a birth or a death – moving gets harder each time, as you leave a community and place you