Announcements
PS 130 in Kensington will host a flea market and book sale this Sunday. (Photo: Corner Media)If you have an event you’d like featured in our calendar, or if there’s anything we’ve left off, please let us know! Post your events in our community calendar [/blog/
Central Brooklyn
Photo: House Of JuiceIf you have an event you’d like featured in our calendar, or if there’s anything we’ve left off, please let us know! Post your events in our community calendar [/blog/events/got-an-event-coming-up-share-it-on-our-new-calendar/] or email us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com. “Be More” Mocktail Mixer &
Ditmas Park Camp Crawl
This Sunday, May 17, bring all your questions about summer camp in our neighborhood to the free Ditmas Park Camp Crawl, which will include games for the kiddos, refreshments, arts and crafts, a family concert performance and a whole lot more. Here’s when and where you can find the
965 Coney Island Avenue
Many congratulations to Serge and Carmen Sognonvi and the whole team at Urban Martial Arts [http://www.urbandojo.com/] (965 Coney Island Avenue) for being featured in a new report about successful small businesses in the city [https://nycfuture.org/research/publications/small-business-success]! Urban Martial Arts was one of 21
Sports camps
The vast number of available summer camps can be overwhelming. One way to narrow the pool is to focus on an interest be it art, religion or sports.We caught up with Carmen Sognonvi, Owner and General Manager of Urban Martial Arts [http://urbandojo.com/], to discuss the benefits of
City Kid Corner
Are you looking for easy-to-get-to summer camps? Here are a list of summer camps in and around Ditmas Park. AYSO Soccer Camp [http://www.brooklynayso.org/camp-clinics.php] Parade Ground, Ditmas Park, 917-847-8719 For children entering grades K-12 AYSO hasn’t posted summer camp and clinic information yet. Barking Cat
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Looking to keep school-less kids busy this Columbus Day? If you’re planning to stick around town, here are some cool local options for children and families this coming Monday, October 14: * Kick some butt at Urban Martial Arts [http://urbandojo.com/2013/10/01/columbus-day-camp-brooklyn-ny-11230/]. Although main activities are
Urban Martial Arts
One of the coolest family activity programs in the area, Urban Martial Arts [http://urbandojo.com/] (965 Coney Island Ave), is currently looking to hire a dynamic Operations Manager. The “hybrid position” covers administrative duties, as well as working with students in UMA’s after school program. The listing [http:
Sports
Adorable alert: we just found this video of Board Breaking Parents’ Night Out at Urban Martial Arts [http://urbandojo.com/], and it is simultaneously terrifying and the best ever. Unwind after work today with these awesome bruisers-in-training: Amazing! Wouldn’t want to run into one of these guys in a
Carmen Sognonvi
Living in Ditmas Park and commuting to a corporate job in Manhattan, life took a turn one night for Serge Sognonvi [http://urbandojo.com/about/] when he got into a bad car accident. “The car was a complete wreck, totaled, and I got out without a scratch,” he said. “The
Urban Martial Arts
Congratulations to Urban Martial Arts [http://urbandojo.com/], which is planning to expand its Coney Island Avenue school to include the former medical office next door. They’ll begin construction at the end of the month to knock down the wall between the spaces. From their blog [http://urbandojo.com/
Chappo
February House [http://www.longwharf.org/node/41], photo by T. Charles Erickson Lots of great buzz about several neighbors and local businesses recently: • The Times calls Gabriel Kahane [http://gabrielkahane.com/] a “gifted young composer” [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/theater/february-house-evokes-brooklyns-bohemian-past.html?_r=4&adxnnl=