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(Photo by Jole Carliner)Do you yearn for a lush window-sill herb garden, but lack a green thumb? Now you can boost your plant fertility skills at Dome Playground’s free gardening workshop this Wednesday, June 29, at 3:30pm — just in time for summer growing season Dome Playground’s
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An Ideal opportunity. (Courtesy Christopher Forbes of Ideal Properties Group)Do you already live in Ditmas Park? You can still opt to remain [http://www.strongerin.co.uk/]. Looking to move here? We want you! [http://www.vox.com/2016/6/24/12024602/sadiq-khan-london-brexit-immigrants] 316 East 9th Street [https://ipg.
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An Ideal opportunity. (Courtesy Christopher Forbes of Ideal Properties Group)Do you already live in Ditmas Park? You can still opt to remain [http://www.strongerin.co.uk/]. Looking to move here? We want you! [http://www.vox.com/2016/6/24/12024602/sadiq-khan-london-brexit-immigrants] 316 East 9th Street [https://ipg.
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)La Loba Cantina, Kensington’s Oaxaca-style Mexican eatery, is not just a great dinner and brunch stopover — it’s a serious contender for the best new neighborhood bar. The restaurant, located at 709 Church Avenue between East 7th and East 8th streets [/blog/food/kensington-welcomes-la-loba-cantina/
Arts & Culture
Mohammad Mahab and Moinul Alam (aka Bappy), co-founders of the Bangladeshi American Center Of North America (BACONA) and Bound for Success Tutoring Center. From the outside, the four-story brick monolith on Beverley road at East 5th street looks like every other apartment complex on the block. But venturing inside the
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Photo: Vanessa Cuccurullo via The Gilded Grape [https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=the%20gilded%20grape]There is much activity afoot on Church Avenue, between East 7th and 8th Streets. New wine and spirits shop, The Gilded Grape [https://www.facebook.com/GildedGrape], will be officially open for business
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The Dome Playground. (Photo: Google Maps)Come on out and celebrate a greatly improved public space in our community today. NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver, Borough President Eric Adams, and Council Member Brad Lander will be on hand for a celebratory ribbon cutting today at noon at the newly renovated
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Photo: Scott Teplin / teplin.com.The path from Lascivious Biddy to PTA Mom is not immediately apparent, but Deidre Rodman Struck connects the dots with far fewer than six degrees of separation, ending up at the Second Annual Music Festival to benefit PS 130 [https://www.facebook.com/Ps130Pta/photos/
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http://parkslopestoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/667-16-BRS-03-02-16-updated-video.mp4 New surveillance video attained from the March 26 incident (Video via NYPD) Police have released new video of the suspect wanted for at least five incidents which have targeted elderly women — some with brutal outcomes. The video footage above is from
Central Brooklyn
The elderly woman who was assaulted in her home this weekend [/blog/crime/assault-elderly-women/] spoke publicly about the attack today with Eyewitness News. Erin Van Schendel, who is now reported as being 84-years-old, was assaulted on Saturday afternoon by a man who followed her into her building, located at Ocean
Central Brooklyn
Three generations of the Imburgia family, beneath the photos of Mr. and Mrs. Imburgia, who emigrated to New York City from Sicily in the 1960s. (Photo: Imburgia family)Last Sunday, Korner Pizza celebrated fifty years of serving up delicious pizza and warm welcomes to the residents of Kensington. The neighborhood
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Corcoran thinks you do already. A local real estate broker just sent out a mass direct mailing, labeling us all as living in WiViKen. The map mash-up seems to indicate that it might stand for Windsor Terrace — Victorian Flatbush — Kensington, though Flatbush has assumed a bit of an odd location