Central Brooklyn
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
Business
Former location of the Hair Pleasure Unisex Salon at 110 Beverley Road. Photo: Sarah CreanA Kensington storefront that has housed haircutting establishments for over 80 years will soon be a Dunkin Donuts. The Hair Pleasure Unisex Salon at 110 Beverley Road has been shuttered, and the Massachusetts-based Dunkin Donuts will
Central Brooklyn
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Photo: Nick Solari. Courtesy: Wikimedia CommonsYour neighbors’ political views may surprise you — or maybe not! An interesting new dataset [https://www.renthop.com/study/new-york-city-ny/new-york-donors.html] has just been released by Renthop [https://www.renthop.com], which looks at contributions to presidential candidates — by zip
Central Brooklyn
Site at Avenue C and McDonald Avenue where a plaza is to be built. (Photo: Neighborhood Plaza Partnership)Our area — Kensington, Ditmas Park, Greater Flatbush — has a dearth of high-quality public space. We need more green places to relax outside with friends and family. To address this issue, some of
Central Brooklyn
Madina Restaurant on Coney Island Avenue. Photo: Ditmas Park CornerOne of Coney Island Avenue’s most well known Indian / Pakistani restaurants is launching delicious satellites. The owners of Madina are about to open two new restaurants, one in Kensington, and the other in Borough Park, right next to Maimonides Hospital,
Announcements
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerFree legal counseling is available to area homeowners who are in danger of losing their homes or have encountered changes in their financial circumstances. Councilmember David Greenfield [http://council.nyc.gov/d44/html/members/home.shtml] is partnering with Brooklyn Housing and Family Services [http://brooklynhousing.
Central Brooklyn
Demonstration for housing reform organized by the Flatbush Tenant Coalition. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)As rents continue to rise, so too does crowding in apartments. A recent analysis by StreetEasy [http://streeteasy.com/blog/doubled-up-crowding-in-nyc/] found that rates of overcrowding — defined as more than one person per room, including living
Central Brooklyn
Photo: www.streetsblog.org.Kensington’s shelter for homeless families is asking its neighbors for assistance. The Kensington Family Shelter on McDonald Avenue, which is now nearly full [/blog/neighbors/kensington-shelter-homeless-families-nearly-full/], is requesting donations of specific items for babies, said Catherine Barufaldi and Tracy Connor, local residents who are coordinating
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Ditmas Park CornerWe received an interesting email from a reader late last night. Something was keeping this resident awake. The reader reported that the City recently replaced the streetlights on East 17th Street (between Newkirk and Ditmas Avenue) with new LED lights. According to Community Board 14, new LED
Announcements
Captain Kenneth Quick of the 66th Precinct. (Photo: Jole Carliner)The 66 Precinct Community Council will NOT be meeting this Thursday. The next Community Council meeting for the 66th Precinct will be: Thursday, February 25, at 7:30pm Royal Community Care Center 818 Coney Island Avenue (and Dorchester Road) The
Central Brooklyn
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in searching for suspects in two recent, unrelated cases involving battery of local residents. /wp-content/uploads/2016/02/460-16-HCTF-70-Pct-02-5-16.mp4The NYPD has released this video of the black man who allegedly punched a 44-year-old white man in the face and yelled
Central Brooklyn
A man was assaulted in the vicinity of 1522 38th Street on Monday night. (Photo: Google Maps)A 49-year old man was assaulted and robbed by three men on the border between Kensington and Borough Park last night, police said. The assailants put the victim in a chokehold and threw