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Chris Lindsay-Abaire

Scenes From Saturday’s Halloween Parades

Chris Lindsay-Abaire leading the Prospect Park South Halloween Parade. (Photo by Holly Dutton / Ditmas Park Corner)The annual Prospect Park South Halloween Parade [/blog/events/have-some-spooky-fun-at-upcoming-neighborhood-halloween-parades] took Saturday night, and drew a crowd nearly double the size of last year’s event, according to event organizers. Paradegoers decked out in

Japanese House

The Japanese House

Oh, Japanese house, we love you any time of the year — but especially in the summer! Photo via olivermarshall [https://instagram.com/p/4Rz3WLrkGl/?taken-by=olivermarshall]. If you’re like us and can’t get enough of this house on Buckingham Road, by Albemarle Road, check out a bunch more

785 coney island avenue

Find Out About Kensington & Windsor Terrace Businesses And Network With Neighbors This Thursday, March 12

Melanie Severo. Photo via Karuna Acupuncture [https://www.facebook.com/karunaacupunctureny/photos/a.407376179335662.96842.401438273262786/655197894553488/?type=1&theater] .A little more than a year ago, the Prospect Park South Networking Group [http://www.meetup.com/Prospect-Park-South-Networking-Group/] held its first meeting, bringing together local entrepreneurs with the hope

Halloween parades

Photos: Halloween Scenes From Around Our Neighborhood

[http://instagram.com/p/u3MXxwGJ6m/?modal=true]Photo via sharobust [http://instagram.com/p/u3MXxwGJ6m/?modal=true] From the Oompa Loompas to families of colorful sea creatures and many a super hero and heroine, we flooded our neighborhood streets with our funniest, most creative and elaborate costumes to celebrate Halloween

East 18 Street

After Ceiling Collapses, Mold, Rodents, Roaches, And More, Tenants At 125 East 18 Street Raise Their Voices To Say: We Are Fighting Back

The tenants of 125 East 18th Street have, for years, lived in a nightmare. They have raised families under ceilings that have collapsed; they have paid hundreds of dollars out of their own pockets to get rid of the black mold giving them health problems; they have pleaded, time and

1216 Albemarle Road

1216 Albemarle Road House Was The Work Of A Local Flipper, Now Asking Nearly $3M

Anyone who’s passed by 1216 Albermarle Road [/blog/real-estate/construction-underway-at-long-empty-albemarle-road-house] (between Westminster and Argyle Roads) over the past several months can attest to how much better it’s looking now than it looked for a good number of years there–but did you know the house was being built

1306 albemarle road

A Closer Look At 1306 Albemarle Road, One Of The Coolest Houses In Prospect Park South

Recently, Brownstoner [http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2014/01/building-of-the-day-1306-albemarle-road/] did a nice little piece on the history of one of our favorite houses in the whole of Victorian Flatbush — 1306 Albemarle Road. The eight bedroom home [http://www.corcoran.com/nyc/Listings/Display/1515986] on the corner of Argyle

Beverley Road

Beverley's Bright Green House Gets Muted

Have you noticed the bright green house on Beverley Road between Westminster and Argyle has been getting a new paint job? While it’s certainly a lovely shade of green, we’ll miss the electric hue of what’s become one of the more iconic, brightly-colored houses in the neighborhood

george r. lawrence

So, This Is What Prospect Park South Used To Look Like

Have you ever seen this before? Turn of the (20th) century photographer George R. Lawrence captured this view of Prospect Park South with his Captive Airship [http://robroy.dyndns.info/lawrence/kitelines97.html] camera, a precursor to modern-day drones, in 1907. The innovation was made by Lawrence, a seasoned aerial

Prospect Park South

The Wall Street Journal On Prospect Park South

Late last week, the Wall Street Journal ran a piece [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323826804578467062135079392.html] on the ‘rural beauty’ of Prospect Park South. The article includes interviews with Mary Kay Gallagher [http://marykayg.com/] and Jan Rosenberg of Brooklyn Hearth [http://www.brooklynhearth.com], and gives shout-outs to

gloria fischer

Take a Tour of Prospect Park South

Fresh off walking Church Avenue [/blog/neighbors/how-to-walk-church-avenue-and-fall-in-love-with-new-york-again] , it’s time to play the tourist once more. This time, Louise Hawson explores Prospect Park South [http://52suburbs.com/2012/12/28/prospect-park-south/]. > It’s so weird. You exit the subway at Church Avenue, which is kind of down at

Prospect Park South

Go Bargain Hunting at Prospect Park South’s Yard Sale

The Prospect Park South Biennial Yard Sale is this Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 4pm. There are over 40 houses participating from Coney Island Avenue to Buckingham Road between Church Avenue and Beverly Road. If you go, let us know what you bought and send some pictures to ditmasparkcorner@

eBay

A Postcard-Worthy Destination

While many of us head for vacation getaways (or dream of doing so), fun to recall that Prospect Park South was once a postcard-worthy destination of its own. My favorite postcards (this one’s still for sale on eBay [http://www.ebay.com/itm/NY-BROOKLYN-PROSPECT-PARK-SOUTH-MAILED-1906-T73731-/150603717890?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&