cortelyou road
For this year’s 40th annual Flatbush Frolic [/blog/photos/scenes-from-the-2014-flatbush-frolic], the street fair that brings thousands of people to Cortelyou Road in September, the Flatbush Development Corporation [http://fdconline.org] is planning big things — and they’re now looking for local vendors and area musicians to get involved in
FDC
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
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
1022 cortelyou road
If you’re looking for a better commute (being able to walk to work is pretty darn sweet), or maybe your current job just isn’t cutting it, there are a bunch of available positions in and around our neighborhood. We’ve rounded up some available gigs, and leave a
Christmas
It’s starting to look festive on Cortelyou Road! As photographed by fdconline [http://instagram.com/p/vUdxDwGEXH/?modal=true]. 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’ll
Flatbush Development Corporation
Calling neighborhood musicians! The Flatbush Development Corporation [http://www.fdconline.org/] is now accepting submissions from area artists who would like to play at the Flatbush Frolic [http://flatbushfrolic.org/], a free open air street event in September that celebrates the vibrant community with thousands of people reveling in music,
sanitation
A big thank you to all the neighbors who took part in various local cleanup and beautification events [/blog/events/reminder-come-meet-your-neighbors-tomorrow-during-graffiti-cleanup-beautification-day] this weekend, and to those who sent in photos! We received some great snaps from William Bredbeck (who captured the scene above), Donald Loggins, Nathan Thompson, and Lauren Elvers
bands
Calling all local musicians and bands: if you want to bring your art back to the neighborhood this year, Make Music New York [http://makemusicny.org] needs you! The annual five borough celebration of sound, in conjunction with our own Flatbush Development Corporation [http://www.fdconline.org], is now looking
Cortelyou at Twilight
Thanks to neighbors like you, the Flatbush Development Corporation [http://fdconline.org/], Brooklyn Hearth [http://www.brooklynhearth.com/], the NYC Department of Small Business Services [http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/html/home/home.shtml], and not least of all generous Cortelyou businesses, October 10’s Cortelyou at Twilight [/blog/
Cortelyou at Twilight
On Thursday, October 10, from 5-9pm, check out Cortelyou Road from Coney Island Avenue to East 17th Street, where you’ll be able to enjoy special access to the library and the fire house, get a free lesson in salsa dancing, see art on display, and taste some of the
CAMBA
This morning in the PS 139 schoolyard, campers from FDC and CAMBA took part in a Street Arts Fest featuring song, dance, and poetry. The celebration was well attended by campers, their parents, and siblings alike. FDC counselors got campers ready to show off their skills, challenging them to beatbox,
Church Avenue Business Improvement District
An enormous thank you to everyone who came out to pick up trash, paint over graffiti, plant flowers in tree beds, and generally help the neighborhood look a whole lot nicer during the annual beautification event [/blog/sanitation/help-clean-up-the-neighborhood-on-june-1] led by the Flatbush Development Corporation [http://fdconline.org/] and the