Ditmas Park
By Jessica Dailey
You may not know where to find Ditmas Park on a map, but we assure you that the small neighborhood in Flatbush is an ideal place to spend a summer Saturday in Brooklyn.
You may not know where to find Ditmas Park on a map, but we assure you that the small neighborhood in Flatbush is an ideal place to spend a summer Saturday in Brooklyn.
At Brooklyn’s celebration of Michael Jackson’s 51st birthday in Prospect Park today, Borough President Marty Markowitz stood with director Spike Lee to proclaim August 29 Michael ‘King of Pop’ Jackson Memorial Day in the borough.
Dollar Van Demos, a YouTube upstart founded by Brooklynite Joe Revitte, seeks out and promotes local singers by filming them in the most local form of transportation: the dollar van. Brooklyn’s next generation of talent could be belting it out next to you on your way to work.
“It’s not like libraries are over-funded!” said Soledad O’Brien, master of ceremonies for the 12th annual fundraising gala for the Brooklyn Public Library on Thursday. “It’s not like, ‘Trim the fat off those libraries!’ Those are cuts that are going to be very much felt.”
