Ditmas Park
April 16, 2008
House of the Day: 1907 Ditmas Avenue
This monster of a home (5,500 square feet) at 1907 Ditmas Avenue in Ditmas Park looks pretty sweet to us: Lots of well-preserved detail, large rooms, big corner lot. Whether it's worth the $1,700,000 remains to be seen. One thing's for sure, though—Even if it doesn't go for the asking price, the folks who bought it for $848,500 in 2003 stand to make a pretty penny!
1907 Ditmas Avenue [Mary Kay Gallagher] GMAP P*Shark
April 9, 2008
New CSA Action in Fort Greene, Ditmas Park
Cool beans. There are Community Supported Agriculture programs in the works for both Fort Greene and Ditmas Park. In Fort Greene, the Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project, Families United for Racial and Economic Equality, and Just Food have partnered to bring the neighborhood a CSA beginning this summer. According to an article in Crain's (sub req'd), the idea to begin the CSA grew in part out of the fact that the closing of the Myrtle Ave. Associated last year has left many area residents without easy access to fresh produce. The CSA will run for 22 weeks from June through November, and full shares will cost $400 for the season (half shares will be available for $200, and there will also be subsidized shares for low-income residents that cost $300 full/$150 half). Jen Datka, the CSA coordinator, says that she has a list with 136 names of people who've expressed interest in joining the program. Datka says the Fort Greene CSA will offer around 50 shares this summer, though they hope to expand the program next year if it's successful this summer. Over in Ditmas Park, the person who organized last year's Cortelyou Rd. farmers’ market is also working to set up a CSA, according to Ditmas Park Blog. The CSA will involve a partnership with a Pennsylvania farm and cost around $400 for around 20 deliveries of produce from May through November.
Fort Greene CSA
A Ditmas Park CSA! [Ditmas Park Blog]
Photo by winyang.