Central Brooklyn
Ditmas IS 62 mural (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)This week in Ditmas Park, students enrich the neighborhood with vibrant murals [/blog/art-music/students-enrich-neighborhood-vibrant-public-art-projects/]; the owners of Madina open Kohinoor restaurant on Cortelyou Road [/blog/food/attention-food-lovers-kohinoor-restaurant-now-open-cortelyou-road/]; neighborhood parents petition to make the new proposed PS/IS on Coney Island
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites. The Mac is back: The Mac Shack’s innovation
Animals
Photo via Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153712524606483/?type=3&theater] Looking for a new companion that already lives locally? Kiarra is sugary sweet. > Sean Casey says [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153712524606483/?type=
Central Brooklyn
This list is ongoing. If you have an event you’d like featured in our calendar, or if there’s anything we’ve left off, please let us know! Post your events in our community calendar [/blog/events/got-an-event-coming-up-share-it-on-our-new-calendar/] or email us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com. Youth Theater at Celebrate
Central Brooklyn
This is a bustling intersection! (Courtesy Wendy Nadler)A great apartment can provide its own kind of Love and Friendship. Fortunately for you, we’ve got them and they were chosen with all our Sense and Sensibility. 6 Newkirk Plaza [SPONSORED] Available: Immediately Price: $6,000/month Size: 1,200
Business
A beauty salon near Newkirk Plaza has been shuttered following an illegal gambling operation. Two court orders appeared on the shuttered metal gates on Beauty Fair Unisex Salon, at 1622 Newkirk Avenue this week — one ordering the business to close, and another, a restraining order for the premises. The store
Announcements
Council Member selfie (Photo via Jumaane Williams/Twitter [https://twitter.com/JumaaneWilliams])Yesterday, local City Council Members celebrated a handshake deal for the city’s budget for fiscal year 2017, which includes 60,000 slots for the Youth Summer Employment Program. City Council and Mayor Bill DeBlasio announced the $82.
Central Brooklyn
Security Officer and recent college graduate Hubert Evans (Photo via Medgar Evers News [http://www.mec.cuny.edu])While spending his days watching Brooklyn College students earn their degrees, Campus Safety Officer Hubert Evans spent his off-hours chasing his own. And now, after only 2 years and 9 months, Evans
Central Brooklyn
This week in collaboration with Brooklyn Mama’s Kitchen and your local Greenmarket, we bring you a lovely recipe that’s perfect for weekend brunch with friends. The recipe below will feed 4-6, in the video we adjusted it to make enough for two. So pick up some spinach and
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerThis summer, Brooklyn Public Library wants to prevent “summer slide” by getting kids excited about summer reading. Brooklyn Public Library is kicking of its 2016 Summer Reading program with events all over Brooklyn, including a game-themed party with a giant chess board, puzzles, games, prizes, musical
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)On June 7, the day after neighbor Abiel Harry, father of four, died from smoke inhalation at 106 Marlborough Road [/blog/news/37-year-old-man-dies-in-blaze-at-106-marlborough-road/], the street was eerily quiet. A breeze ruffling through the enormous trees was the only sound on the residential street between Albermarle
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(Photo via Buffalo’s Famous)Buffalo’s Famous, a restaurant specializing in emotionally nostalgic favorites from Western New York, is now open at 1111 Church Avenue between Stratford and Westminster Roads [/blog/food/taste-of-western-new-york-comes-to-church-avenue-buffalos-famous/] (the old Nine Chains Bakery and Cafe). We sat down with co-owner John Marren this morning