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East 23rd Street backyard. (Photo by DPC reader Kloud Live / Facebook)This week in Ditmas Park, the fight for Jim Brennan’s Assembly District 44 seat heated up, [/blog/news/fight-for-jim-brennans-seat-may-hinge-on-level-of-frustration-at-dems/] the Flatbush Tenant Coalition held candidates’ feet to the fire at the annual forum [/blog/events/tenants-hold-candidates-feet-fire-flatbush-forum/], Asya on
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(Photo by reconrican)With the whole weekend ahead, now’s a great chance to catch up on what’s happening outside our neighborhood. Jump on the news train and catch the best stories from our sister sites this week. Sheepshead Bay’s skyline has changed forever. [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/
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(Photo Courtesy: Zillow [http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1305-Albemarle-Rd-Brooklyn-NY-11226/30666281_zpid/] )Another iconic Prospect Park South Historic home was listed yesterday for $2.9 million, according to Zillow, joining this summer’s $2 million club [/blog/real-estate/looking-fixer-upper-121-marlborough-road-sale/] — and almost toppling over into the $3 million dollar club. This 10,
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Photo Credit: flickr/Pete [https://www.flickr.com/photos/comedynose/14373314278/in/photolist-aqTL4i-cXiwL-e8ZT5F-vU2HV-m9ZhzM-tp3P8-32kmQ-5bXDHD-d4xDSC-e96wGo-7LBNyx-oyzDPs-7Md4q1-ZsgM5-4AMwG-n7NWt-68pAb2-i6wCF-6tKBNy-vuPhPd-k4yBrR-oyvU7v-dfy2y-2hfF1k-6KvkE2-dZvX9-nU7Zzq-ohihS9-43viRx-9YGFmn-znbAB-6VCdn-5qQ1QU-caayEA-72CxN-iJWvJ-54FGGu-aaqnAL-57tuKf-5zASQh-6qFKy-CLoSZR-3qKAKE-xc2GWp-wqQXfP-5puvWW-5nZqJ7-wLDDt1-wTXyKj-x6CnYw] At least we’re not in Washington D.C. where it will feel like 105 degre
News
(Courtesy Zillow/Henry Morel of Madison Estates [http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_rent/Kings-County-NY/house,condo,apartment_duplex,mobile,townhouse_type/2114441582_zpid/581_rid/7_days/featured_sort/40.6485,-73.950928,40.638177,-73.973351_rect/15_zm/] )If you want to stay at home, drawing pictures
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(Courtesy Zillow/Henry Morel of Madison Estates [http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_rent/Kings-County-NY/house,condo,apartment_duplex,mobile,townhouse_type/2114441582_zpid/581_rid/7_days/featured_sort/40.6485,-73.950928,40.638177,-73.973351_rect/15_zm/] )If you want to stay at home, drawing pictures
Arts & Culture
(Photo via Lefrak Center at Lakeside [https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2016/07/22/lola-stars-dreamland-roller-disco-party-roll-bounce] )The weekend is finally here, and we’d like to help you have a great one blocks from your home. Whether you’re looking to rock out outside, make therapeutic art, or drink beer for
Animals
Courtsey: Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153832724166483/?type=3&theater] Looking for a companion that can rock a tutu? Sean Casey says: > Angel Face is our 8-year-old Pittie mix. This girl quite possibly has the most fitting name of
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(Photo via Tuesdays Children / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/135510814@N08/22703947198/in/album-72157659039439324/] )Things are looking up for local non-profit champion Alison Silberman. She and her husband moved from Park Slope to East 17th Street in Ditmas Park last year, and just this month she was named Director
Police & Fire
Jason Forgetta. (Photo via Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office)A Ditmas Park man was convicted of predatory sexual assault and other charges after impersonating a cop and brutally raping a 26-year-old sex worker in a Sunset Park hotel room in 2014. Jason Forgetta, 39, was found guilty of three counts
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Jason Forgetta. (Photo via Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office)[Update 9/12: Jason Forgetta has been sentenced to up to 32 years to life in prison, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson. “This serial sex offender is a clear and present danger to all women and must not be
Business
(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Kensington is joining the ranks of Brooklyn neighborhoods that lure freelancers and remote workers, who were previously relegated to noisy coffee shops or squirreled away in apartment-hermitages. And now, Kensington freelancers don’t even have to travel as far as Prospect Lefferts Gardens [http://www.