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Blue Bloods Filming On Ditmas Avenue Thursday
The CBS cop procedural Blue Bloods, featuring Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlberg, was supposed to be filming in the area earlier this week but has rescheduled its shoot and is now filming all day on...
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Photo Of The Day: Colors
The view above the Newkirk Plaza platform is particularly colorful right now! Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group, or tag them #ditmaspark on...
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Last Day To Propose Ideas For Participatory Budgeting
Do you have an idea for the community that you want funded through Participatory Budgeting? Today is the last day to submit it on the participatory budgeting (PBNYC) map. The map is the second stage of...
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New Neighborhood Maps Have Popped Up Near Subway Stations
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,...
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Celebrate The Holidays Friday In Newkirk Plaza
Update: This event has been rescheduled for Friday, December 18 at 5:30pm. The Flatbush Development Corporation and the Newkirk Plaza Merchants Association are hosting a holiday celebration in the...
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Bite Of The Day: Lox Sandwich At Coffee Z
We love a good bagel and lox and recently Coffee Z, the newish coffee shop in Newkirk Plaza, has started serving up Lox Sandwiches, as well as adding other breakfast and lunch options to their menu. We...
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NYPD Searching For Man Who Robbed Newkirk Plaza Chase Branch Today
The 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...
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Police Release Video Of Newkirk Plaza Bank Robber
The 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. The man entered the Chase Bank at Newkirk Plaza around 11am on...
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Ditmas Park Musician Brings Jazz To Flatbush Lobbies & Burrito Joints
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 for improvisational...
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A Fantastical Stroll Through Ditmas Park With Namesake Jan Jansz van Ditmarsen
You wait for him at the corner of Cortelyou and 16th Street— a timeless, local rendezvous spot to meet anyone. But this isn’t just anyone. You’re waiting for Jan Jansz van Ditmarsen, the namesake of...
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