Central Brooklyn
Cortelyou Road and Westminster Road. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)This week, two streets are facing water service interruption because the Department of Environmental Protection is replacing cast-iron water mains running underneath the sidewalk. Water service will be interrupted on Cortelyou Road (between Coney Island Avenue and Argyle Road) and
Announcements
Sign on Westminster Road. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Now you don’t have to sneak around to catch ‘The Affair’, Showtime’s Golden Globe-winning drama, filming on Westminster and Argyle Roads today, tomorrow and next week. The tryst will sprawl between Albermarle Road and Church Avenue, and also along
Central Brooklyn
Intersection at Beverley and Westminster Roads where a car break-in occurred late Tuesday night. (Photo: Google Maps)A car parked near the corner of Beverley and Westminster Roads (south side of Beverley) had its driver’s-side window bashed in late Tuesday night, police said. Curiously, nothing was removed from the
Central Brooklyn
The intersection at Beverley Road and Westminster Road. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)With the news that the DOT plans to install a traffic signal at the intersection of Caton Avenue and East 8th Street [/blog/transportation/dot-to-install-traffic-light-at-caton-avenue-and-east-8th-street/] , we’ve been thinking about other intersections in the area
Business
Thrift Shop on Westminster Road. (Photo by Maya Lewis/Ditmas Park Corner)There is a thrift shop on the corner of Cortelyou and Westminster roads but you cannot go inside it. The gates are always down. They are old, rusted, and stuffed with things. Fake flowers, books, records, collectables, and
Flashback
Photo via Al Ponte’s Time Machine [https://www.facebook.com/519902318143809/photos/a.561884643945576.1073741834.519902318143809/741931802607525/?type=3&permPage=1] We love this flashback photo of Church Avenue and Westminster Road from the 1950s! It’s great to see what the neighborhood looked like way back when.
automobile accident
Photo courtesy neighbor TomAt least two vehicles were involved in a crash at Newkirk Avenue and Westminster Road around 8:30pm Monday evening, though fortunately no one was hurt, neighbors told us. Photo courtesy Amber CeffalioAccording to a neighbor, the car that caused the crash didn’t heed the stop
Charcoal Films
We spotted another sign today for the commercial shoot [/blog/art-music/move-your-cars-by-wednesday-for-film-shoot-on-church-avenue] that will be happening Thursday in the neighborhood, this time on Westminster Road between Albemarle Road and Church Avenue. If you’re parked on that block, you’ll need to move your car today. Also, a reminder, if
sewer repair
Remember that sewer work last week [/blog/transportation/no-parking-on-westminster-during-sewer-repair-this-week] that kept you from parking on Westminster Road between Cortelyou and Dorchester? Turns out it’s still going on. We noticed signs posted on Westminster this morning extending from Cortelyou halfway down to Ditmas Avenue–but a lot of cars were
311
If you’ve travelled down Westminster Road between Cortelyou and Dorchester recently, you may have asked yourself if the whole stretch of street is about to sink. That’s what we’ve been wondering anyway, as there are three growing cave-ins along that one block. Each one is located next
Department of Environmental Protection
Seems like it’s that time of year again, when streets start experiencing sinkholes, aka cave-ins — some smaller than others, but all a nuisance. There’s a nasty one in the road next to the TD Bank just at the point where Prospect Park Southwest joins Park Circle, right before
elementary
Elementary [http://www.cbs.com/shows/elementary], the CBS television show that’s the newest take on Sherlock Holmes, will be filming on Westminster Road between Dorchester and Ditmas on Monday, March 11. A head’s up if you usually park over there — you’ll need to move your car