Central Brooklyn
via NYPDUpdate, 12/30/2015: Friends say Lillian Morales was found safe at a church On Ocean Avenue. Cops are searching for a local woman who has been missing since Christmas day. 50-year-old Lillian Morales — who lives on Ocean Avenue near Foster Avenue — was last seen in her apartment around
631 East 18th Street
Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park CornerThe lone Victorian home at the corner of East 18th Street and Foster Avenue may be torn down and replaced with a new seven-story apartment building, according to YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2015/10/permits-filed-631-east-18th-street-ditmas-park.html] . Based on permits filed [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.
1407 Foster avenue
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerAfter being closed for months, the Key Food [http://www.yelp.com/biz/key-food-brooklyn-5] at 1407 Foster Avenue, between Rugby and Marlborough Roads, debuted its completely redone space [/blog/food/foster-avenue-key-food-to-celebrate-grand-reopening-tomorrow-friday-august-7] on Friday, August 7. The store, which shuttered last winter [/blog/business/key-food-foster-avenue-undergoing-renovations-expected-reopen-month] , is larger
Foster and Rugby
A crash left two vehicles badly damaged at the intersection of Foster Avenue and Rugby Road late last night, though witnesses told us that fortunately no one was seriously injured. According to a neighbor, one of the drivers involved in the accident fled on foot. We’ve reached out to
crossing signals
Neighbor Donald Loggins sent in the above photo of a fallen lamp post on the corner of Coney Island and Foster Avenues at the beginning of this month, that he said he first noticed down on January 31. Lo and behold, when we walked by this morning, it was still
Foster Avenue
Yaffa Pharmacy [http://www.superpages.com/bp/Brooklyn-NY/Yaffa-Pharmacy-Inc-L2452879089.htm] is now open — sort of — at 1211 Foster Avenue between Westminster and Argyle Roads. Taking over a space that was most recently a medical supplies store, the pharmacy is still receiving stock and may not be open during its regular
Foster Avenue
After months of waiting [/blog/news/new-cafe-on-foster-will-be-konstantinos-la-crepe-et-la-vie], La Crepe et la Vie [/blog/tag/konstantinos] opened quietly this past Friday at 1715 Foster Ave between E 17th and E 18th Sts. In a space that most recently held a store that sold monuments, neighbor Konstantino has done a lot to
Foster Avenue
Stores on Foster doin’ double duty, by ditmasparkcorner [http://instagram.com/p/ZaxwyLo52p/]. Share your Ditmas Park photos by email 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 post them on the
Foster Avenue
We appreciate this fruit and vegetable vendor’s set-up on Foster Avenue right near Newkirk Plaza. The baskets and the chalkboards aren’t what you see every day from a sidewalk stand in NYC. He’s only there occasionally, so keep an eye out the next time you pass by.
Fabian Cervantes
The New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/us/pews-restored-and-an-immigrant-redeemed.html] has the story of Fabian Cervantes, an illegal immigrant who found his way across the Mexican border and into our community where he worked tirelessly to improve the church that took him in, Our Lady of
Foster Avenue
This is a picture of what seems to have been a brutal fight between car and fence on the corner of Foster Avenue and Westminster Road. The accident probably took place on Friday night or Saturday morning. No one won the fight, least of all the homeowner. Did any reader
Foster Avenue
A new pizzeria is coming to the space next to the florist on Foster Ave, between Westminster and Argyle, reports a neighbor who lives in the building. The space was, at some point, your basic 99 cent shop, but we can’t remember ever seeing it open. Anyone know any