Summer on Cortelyou highlights: Weekend Walks activities and Free Outdoor Movies on Cortelyou Road
Free outdoor movies start at 8:30pm! The movies will be on the corner of Cortelyou Road and E17th Street. This event is BYOC (bring your own chair or blanket). Free Pop Corn, Popsicle’s, and a CORMA Raffle. (As part of DOT’s Weekend Walks Cortelyou Road will be closed to traffic from E17th Street to Coney Island Ave.) Special Events Include: – Outdoor dining at various Cortelyou eateries – yoga, live music, dancing and so much more – A bounce house for children, an outdoor art studio, and other family fun leading up to the start of the movies – Cortelyou merchants will set up displays and merchandise outside on the sidewalk Share your photos with us at #MyCortelyou and #FDConline AUGUST 18, 2018 ACTIVITIES: FDC Arts & Crafts for Kids CORMA Adopt-a-Tree Raffle to your favorite Cortelyou spots Community Bike Ride to Prospect Park 5:30PM meet in Cortelyou Library Plaza Midwood Pop-Up Museum Bouncy Castles Brooklyn ARTery—ChalkART Pilates on Cortelyou Kids Rock Painting by HoneySuckle Hill Flowers Greenfield Pharmacy Health Awareness Party 3PM-6PM Latin Fever – Children’s Performance 6PM & Senior Dance 6:30PM Third Root Community Health Center & New York Health Act—5:30PM yoga and Chinese medicine pulse/tongue readings Knockout Performance fitness demos Borough President Eric L. Adams Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Back to School Drive Cortelyou Road Radio fun music for everyone! Flatbush Food Coop free popcorn and lemonade tasting MOVIE: Beat Street, 1984 OUTDOOR DRINKS & DINING: Barchord Lea Farm on Adderley—Summer on Cortelyou specialty cocktail Sycamore –Puppies ~n~ Pints Mimi’s Hummus Cortelyou Beer Craft Castello Plan Corthaiyou La Puerta Roja AND SO MUCH MORE! Please check back for a list of activities for...
Flatbush Frolic
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2018 Flatbush Development Corporation’s Annual Flatbush Frolic Street fair is fast approaching! For the last 40 plus years, the Frolic has grown into one of New York City’s premiere street fairs, attracting over 20,000 visitors and over 150 vendors from all over Brooklyn. This year the Flatbush Frolic will feature food, dance, live music, a pizza eating contest, craft fair, children’s area, main stage, beer garden, a non-for-profit area, local businesses and more! This year we plan on taking the Frolic to the next level. We are putting a call out for local vendors and local musicians that would like to get involved. FDC has been, and remains committed to supporting and highlighting the diversity of merchants and artists from our local community. We are looking for general vendors, artists, food vendors and corporate vendors/sponsors. Check out our fun recap video of the Frolic: Vendor Categories: If you are a general vendor, food vendor or corporate vendor for more information and to apply for 2018 please click here. If you are a Cortelyou Road merchant ONLY please click here for an application and registration information. If you are an interested musician you can apply by emailing samples of your music and a link to your website to Massiel Felix at Mfelix@fdconline.org. Interested vendors and musicians should submit their applications quickly as slots fill up very quickly! You will be notified on whether your application has been accepted. If you are accepted and we allocate a space, your participation is nonrefundable. Please see application for more details. If you wish to apply at our office location – Please stop by FDC at...Eat & Shop Your Heart Out Cortelyou
FDC welcomes you to join our local merchants on Cortelyou Road for Eat & Shop Your Heart Out Cortelyou! This week-long event celebrates the amazing businesses of Cortelyou, while offering discounts and savings to our loyal community. Merchants are offering specific discounts and specials: Pub Tour, Prix Fixe Dinners, Sandwich Savings Spectacular, and Shop & Save. If you’re feeling thirsty and adventurous hit Cortelyou’s Pub Tour. Bring old friends or meet new ones while discovering Cortelyou’s varied watering holes and enjoy the week’s specialty priced beers and cocktails. Our top rated restaurants will be offering Prix Fixe dinners nightly that will surprise taste buds and please wallets. Our tasty Cafés and Delis are offering sandwich specials all week. The Cortelyou Sandwich Spectacular will get you out of your sandwich rut as you try house favorites and new creations at discounted prices. Shop & Save throughout Cortelyou’s boutique row, our retail and service businesses will have special promotions all week long so you can shop till you drop. Flatbush Development Corporation (FDC), Small Business Services (SBS), and participating Cortelyou Merchants are pleased to host Eat & Shop Your Heart Out Cortelyou event, and are thrilled to offer many wonderful specials all week long. Show up on Cortelyou and enjoy! 2018 Eat & Shop Specials March 24-31, 2018 Participating Merchants: PUB TOUR 773 Lounge – BOGO (Buy One Get One Free) All Week & Free pint or well drink with any menu item purchase from Buffalo Famous. La Puerta Roja Latin Bistro – BOGO on select drinks all night The Castello Plan – “Ditmas Park Cocktail Special” $8.00 all night Lea – Negroni...
