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Twilight Stroll on Cortelyou: Eat Your Heart Out!

Join neighbors and come out to savor the flavors and diverse offerings from local businesses on Cortelyou Road in Ditmas Park on Thursday, May 9 from 5:00 – 9:00 pm Twilight stroll on Cortelyou [https://cortelyoueats.brownpapertickets.com/] includes the following: * Cheese Tasting at the Flatbush Food Coop [http:

Business

Flatbush Frolic Was Fabulous

DITMAS PARK – The weather was perfect for Flatbush Development Corporation’s (FDC) [http://www.fdconline.org/] 42nd annual Flatbush Frolic [http://www.fdconline.org/flatbush-frolic/] yesterday. > #brooklynlife #flatbushfrolic #soundandcolor [https://www.instagram.com/p/BZKeFoYlzDl/] A post shared by Beth Orchulli (@bwonderworld) on Sep 17, 2017 at 6:16pm PDT

Central Brooklyn

Scenes From Flatbush’s Neighborhood Beautification Day

(Photo by Nathan Thompson)Notice more flowers and fresh coats of paint in the neighborhood lately? The annual get together to clean up the neighborhood from Newkirk Avenue to Prospect Park earlier this month was deemed a major success, with volunteers of all ages repainting nearly 60 mailboxes and fire

Central Brooklyn

Celebrate The Holidays Friday In Newkirk Plaza

Photo by Ditmas Park CornerUpdate: This event has been rescheduled for Friday, December 18 at 5:30pm. The Flatbush Development Corporation [http://www.fdconline.org/] and the Newkirk Plaza Merchants Association are hosting a holiday celebration in the plaza on Thursday, December 17, from 6-8pm. Activities include a tree lighting

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Learn More About Financial Literacy Tonight With Assemblymember Jim Brennan

Do you have bad credit? No, this isn’t a bad commercial. You can learn how to make better credit choices at an event tonight sponsored by Assemblymember Jim Brennan [http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/James-F-Brennan/] and the Ocean Parkway Community Development Corporation at Ditmas Junior High School [http:

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Community Leaders, Artists & Others Celebrate A New Umma Park Mural Designed And Created By Neighborhood Youth

Photo by Ditmas Park CornerStanding where there once was a sea of graffiti and trash, students and community leaders celebrated a new mural in Umma Park [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/umma-park] (Woodruff and Ocean Avenues) yesterday and said the incredible transformation of the space has done everything from empower

FDC

Help The Flatbush Development Corporation Decide Which Free Movies To Show In Our Community

Photo courtesy the Flatbush Development CorporationThe Flatbush Development Corporation [http://www.fdconline.org/] will be showing outdoors movies in our neighborhood on July 11 and July 18 — and they want your help deciding which films they should be. To cast your vote for a movie, go to the FDC’s

Cortelyou Road businesses

Beginning Today, Enter To Win Gift Baskets Filled With Free Dinners, Drinks & More From Cortelyou Road Merchants

Photo via lianetics [https://instagram.com/p/z8L7KdPInY/]As the month-long extravaganza known as “Eat And Shop Your Heart Out Cortelyou” [/blog/food/cheers-eat-shop-heart-cortelyou-kicks-off-pub-tour-march-1] wraps up, the Flatbush Development Corporation [http://fdconline.org/] let us know that they’ll be celebrating the event’s grand finale with a raffle for

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The Lights Are Back On! Flatbush Development Corporation, CB 14 & Business Leaders Work To Fix Dimly Lit Newkirk Plaza Passageway

Almac Hardware Owner Javier Saez and his employee work on replacing the lighting in Newkirk Plaza’s Marlborough passageway. Photo by Anthony Finkel, of the Flatbush Development CorporationAfter numerous neighbors voiced concerns about the dimly lit Marlborough Road passageway at Newkirk Plaza, the Flatbush Development Corporation [http://www.fdconline.org/

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Help Clean Graffiti & Beautify The Neighborhood This Saturday, May 31

This Saturday, May 31, join the Flatbush Development Corporation [http://fdconline.org] and Church Avenue BID [https://www.churchavenue.org] for a day of local cleanup and beautification! The annual event will be held from 9am-2pm, and will include painting over graffiti, picking up trash, and more. All are welcome,

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Take Cover! Shredzilla Comes To Ditmas Park June 1

If you missed the opportunity to safely discard of documents at Shred Fest [/blog/events/shred-fest-comes-to-the-flatbush-nostrand-junction-may-19] yesterday, don’t worry–as part of their neighborhood cleanup [/blog/sanitation/help-clean-up-the-neighborhood-on-june-1] on June 1, the Flatbush Development Corporation [http://fdconline.org/] and the Church Ave. BID [http://www.churchavenue.org/] present Shredzilla

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Support FDC and Possibly See Jay-Z and Jerry

The Flatbush Development Corporation [http://www.fdconline.org/] is offering two raffles, one to see Jerry Seinfeld at the Lehmen Center in the Bronx, and one to see Jay-Z at Barclays Center. Raffle tickets cost $20. You can call 718-859-3800 to purchase a ticket. The drawing for Jay-Z is tomorrow