Arts & Culture
Self-portrait. (Photo by C. Stephen Hurst)Renowned photographer C. Stephen Hurst [http://www.hurstarts.com/?detectflash=false]provided the “something extra” at this year’s holiday party for tenants at 50 East 19 Street. The property management company hired Hurst, who lives in the building, to take professional, take-home holiday
Business
Protest outside Errol’s Caribbean Bakery, Saturday, December 17. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)‘Errol’s bakery has to stay! Errol’s bakery has to stay!’ chanted 20 longtime and new neighbors, who trudged through the slush to protest the eviction of a beloved, 15-year-old Caribbean Bakery on Flatbush Avenue.
Events
Stop & Frisk forum at the Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Judges, NYPD, pols, and activists landed in East Flatbush last week to learn how residents feel about the NYPD’s use of ‘stop & frisk’ and how to improve police-community relationships in a predominantly
Neighbors
Nick Klein, CAMBA attorney delivering a ‘Know Your Rights’ training at the Flatbush Library. (Photo by DPC)With deportations of Haitian refugees resuming at full speed and the future of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the hands of a president-elect touting anti-immigrant rhetoric, many Haitian immigrants in Flatbush are worried
News
(Rendering via IMC Architecture)Earlier this week, a Midwood-based LLC filed applications to build a four-story apartment building on an empty lot at 62 Martense Street, between Bedford and Flatbush Avenues, reports YIMBY. [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/11/revealed-62-martense-street-flatbush.html] The building would hold 10 apartments at an average
Central Brooklyn
(Rendering via IMC Architecture)Earlier this week, a Midwood-based LLC filed applications to build a four-story apartment building on an empty lot at 62 Martense Street, between Bedford and Flatbush Avenues, reports YIMBY. [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/11/revealed-62-martense-street-flatbush.html] The building would hold 10 apartments at an average
Central Brooklyn
This week, a 37-year-old Flatbush resident was arrested on terror charges for allegedly trying to support a foreign terrorist organization and expressing interest in plotting an attack on Times Square. Mohamed Rafik Naji, an Uber driver living on Clarendon Road, was charged with attempting to provide material support to the
News
1357 Flatbush Avenue. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)With a tentative deal struck on the controversial 421-a tax credit for developers [/blog/news/deal-reached-controversial-tax-credit-affordable-housing-construction/] , construction is projected to continue at a rapid pace with many new buildings in our area. Here’s a quick roundup of what we’ve spotted,
News
625 East 18th Street, rendering by Infinity PropertiesWe don’t mean to sound like a broken record, but another 7-story apartment complex is replacing a single-family home in Flatbush, reports YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/10/revealed-625-east-18th-street-ditmas-park.html] . Plans for the 12-unit building, currently under construction at 625 East
Central Brooklyn
625 East 18th Street, rendering by Infinity PropertiesWe don’t mean to sound like a broken record, but another 7-story apartment complex is replacing a single-family home in Flatbush, reports YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/10/revealed-625-east-18th-street-ditmas-park.html] . Plans for the 12-unit building, currently under construction at 625 East
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News
Photo via Facebook/You’re Probably From Marine Park,… [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154040581420888&set=p.10154040581420888&type=3&theater] The suspect in a string of robberies that have plagued the Flatbush area was apprehended by police from the 106th Precinct in Queens last
Police & Fire
> Jacques Dorsainvil holds a portrait of his godson Anthony Nazaire, who was fatally stabbed at Cornell U #Brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/FNoyQ1mtfU [https://t.co/FNoyQ1mtfU] — Andy Mai (@MaiAndy) August 29, 2016 [https://twitter.com/MaiAndy/status/770064449764024320] Anthony Nazaire, 19, is