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Brooklyn Pols Call on Mayor to Assign Responsibility for Newkirk Plaza

Newkirk Plaza sits above a popular subway station, seeing 1000s of visitors per day. Katie Herchenroeder/BklynerBrooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, with the support of other elected officials and Flatbush Development Corporation, is calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to solidify who is responsible for Newkirk Plaza, the oldest outdoor

Central Brooklyn

Help Cops Find Man Who Forcibly Touched A Woman

NEWKIRK PLAZA – Cops need assistance searching for a man that forcibly touched a woman inside the Newkirk Avenue Subway Station. On Sunday, April 7th at around 6:50 a.m., a man grabbed a woman’s butt as she was stepping inside a Q Train heading north. The 36-year-old woman

Announcements

Swastika Drawn At Newkirk Plaza Subway Station

DITMAS PARK – A swastika was drawn on– and then painted over– a pole at the Newkirk Plaza Subway Station this morning. Jess Goldsmith, a neighbor, posted a photo of the swastika that her friend sent her on Facebook, saying, “I don’t even know what to say about this. How

Central Brooklyn

24-Hour Bagel Cafe & Grill To Open Soon On Foster Avenue

1501 Foster Avenue at Marlborough Road. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)After months of construction [/three-new-restaurants-opening-foster-avenue-victorian-flatbush-counter-progress/] , Sunset Bagels cafe and grill could open in two weeks at 1501 Foster Avenue and Marlborough Road. The cafe, which has two other locations [https://www.facebook.com/sunsetbagels/] in Sunset Park and Bay

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UPDATE: Potential Electrical Issue Halts Q & B Service At Newkirk Plaza

UPDATE [2:00pm]: Normal Service Returns As of this morning, B and Q trains are bypassing Ditmas Park’s Newkirk Plaza station in both directions due to a ConEd issue, confirmed MTA officials. This is all we know at this time but we’ll continue to update this story. Meanwhile,

Central Brooklyn

A Fantastical Stroll Through Ditmas Park With Namesake Jan Jansz van Ditmarsen

Cortelyou road circa 1916, still two full centuries after Ditmarsen’s day. (Photo courtesy Brooklyn Historical Society [http://www.brooklynhistory.org/blog/2014/10/01/photo-of-the-week-transformation-discovery/] )You wait for him at the corner of Cortelyou and 16th Street— a timeless, local rendezvous spot to meet anyone. But this isn’t

Arts & Culture

Ditmas Park Musician Brings Jazz To Flatbush Lobbies & Burrito Joints

Albert Marques on keyboards, joined by Israeli bass player Ran Livneh. (All photos by Chris Farrell)Ditmas Park musician Albert Marquès doesn’t boldly go where no artist has gone before, but he is on a mission to seek out — well, not new life and new civilizations, but new venues

Central Brooklyn

Police Release Video Of Newkirk Plaza Bank Robber

/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/683-16-MCS-70-Pct-Bank-Rob-video.mp4The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in identifying the man in the video above who robbed a Newkirk Plaza bank branch on March 5th [/blog/crime/newkirk-plaza-chase-branch/]. The man entered the Chase Bank at Newkirk Plaza around 11am on Saturday, March 5th

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NYPD Searching For Man Who Robbed Newkirk Plaza Chase Branch Today

Individual suspected of robbing the Chase branch at Newkirk Plaza today. Photo: NYPDThe NYPD is asking for the public’s help in identifying the man in the photos above who is believed to be connected to a bank robbery that occurred today — Saturday — at Newkirk Plaza. Police say that they

Central Brooklyn

Bite Of The Day: Lox Sandwich At Coffee Z

Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park CornerWe love a good bagel and lox and recently Coffee Z, the newish coffee shop in Newkirk Plaza [/blog/food/newkirk-plazas-coffee-z-celebrates-opening-with-fresh-fruit-smoothies-cold-brews-pastries-more/] , has started serving up Lox Sandwiches, as well as adding other breakfast and lunch options to their menu. We stopped by this week

Central Brooklyn

Celebrate The Holidays Friday In Newkirk Plaza

Photo by Ditmas Park CornerUpdate: This event has been rescheduled for Friday, December 18 at 5:30pm. The Flatbush Development Corporation [http://www.fdconline.org/] and the Newkirk Plaza Merchants Association are hosting a holiday celebration in the plaza on Thursday, December 17, from 6-8pm. Activities include a tree lighting

Central Brooklyn

New Neighborhood Maps Have Popped Up Near Subway Stations

Photo by amberala [https://www.instagram.com/amberala/]If you’ve ridden the subway to or from the neighborhood in the last week, you might have noticed a new addition to the block. Stand alone maps outlining the neighborhood around the Newkirk Plaza, Cortelyou Road, and Beverley Road subway stops

Beverley Road

Watch Out For Film Shoots Next Week

Photo by Ditmas Park CornerThere are several film shoots happening next week in our area– if the weather doesn’t postpone them — so make sure to move your cars and keep a lookout for stars! On Tuesday, the CBS show Blue Bloods [http://www.cbs.com/shows/blue_bloods/] is

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After 20 Years In Newkirk Plaza, Alex’s Shoe Repair Will Permanently Close On Monday, August 31

Alex Belanchuk in his work space. Photo by Ditmas Park CornerFor 20 years, Alex Belanchuk has taken the shoes that have become the victims of our lives — the athletes’ sneakers that have seen one too many laps around the field, the construction workers’ boots trampled by sun and dust and

10 Newkirk Plaza

Breaking News: Dunkin’ Donuts In Newkirk Plaza Robbed Late Friday Afternoon

Photo courtesy Anthony FinkelA man claiming to have a gun, but not actually showing it, robbed the Dunkin’ Donuts in Newkirk Plaza [http://www.yelp.com/biz/dunkin-donuts-brooklyn-98] just before 5pm Friday, making off with about $100, a spokesman from the 70th Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/

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Illumination

Yeah, we know you’re probably all tired of the snow, but we can’t help but ooh and ahh at how pretty it looks falling in our neighborhood, especially illuminated by the lights at Newkirk Plaza, as photographed by copper.and.stars [http://instagram.com/p/yd3KmHEpVh/?modal=true]

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A Glimpse Of Newkirk Plaza’s Past

We noticed the awning revamp at 6 Newkirk has finished, giving us a chance to see the neat old sign for the Newkirk Plaza Bootery at the space that’s now the Plaza Hair Salon [http://newkirkplaza.net/mall_store_list.html]. Besides being the Bootery, 6 Newkirk Plaza has

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Glass Bottle Thrown At Neighbor’s Head At Newkirk Plaza Last Night

Not long after one of our neighbors was followed from the Newkirk Plaza subway station [/blog/crime/man-accused-of-grabbing-womens-ankles-feet-charged-with-attacking-neighbor-after-following-her-from-newkirk-plaza] , and then allegedly attacked after getting off in Manhattan, another neighbor encountered a troubling incident at Newkirk last night. Neighbor Kathryn Rohe told us she “wanted to inform people in the neighborhood

Bobby's Department Store

What $1 Will Buy You In Ditmas Park

How recession proof is Ditmas Park? I sent my tweenage boys out with a fistful of one-dollar bills to find out. Their only instructions were to spend $1 or less per item and stay between Church Avenue and Newkirk Plaza. What they found surprised me. The boys came up with

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Missed Connection: Passion On The Plaza

If you have impeccable taste in shoes and glasses and rode the Q south past Ocean Parkway today, one fellow commuter thinks more than just your coffee was hot. Via CraigsList [http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/mis/4391069655.html]: > I passed you this morning (Tuesday, March 25) on the Newkirk

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You Are Definitely NOT Here

Feel like you’ve been waiting for that B train a while? Neighbor and DPC contributor Amber Ceffalio [http://instagram.com/p/gvOdq-TSgr/] spotted this little discrepancy last week while waiting for the train at Newkirk Plaza, which gives us the feeling it might be headed along another track entirely.

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So, How Are Those Newkirk Plaza MetroCard Machines Working Out For You?

The other day, a neighbor drew our attention to some Newkirk nonsense when he posted this passionate tweet: > @MTA [https://twitter.com/MTA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] FIX THE MACHINES at #newkirk [https://twitter.com/hashtag/newkirk?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] @DPCornerblog [https://twitter.com/DPCornerblog?ref_src=

Almac Hardware

Paul Goldman Plaque Dedication & Memorial Ceremony

On Saturday, August 24 at 1pm, neighbors are invited to join the Goldman family, Almac Hardware [http://www.almachardware.com/], and FDC [http://fdconline.org/] as they host a plaque dedication and memorial ceremony in honor honor of Paul Goldman, the longtime owner of Almac [/blog/business/meet-the-handymen-at-almac-hardware] who passed

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Taking The Newkirk Way Home

A darkening plaza and platform, as seen by robviolajr [http://instagram.com/p/ZHGe4Rujcw/]. 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

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Heads Together

On Newkirk Plaza. 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 blog. To keep up with all the neighborhood news, like