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Due to the growing concern over the COVID variant and the damage Ida caused in our community FDC has made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s Sept 19 Frolic Street Festival. FDC’s office was directly impacted by Ida, and we are in full remediation mode to reopen our office in order to assist those […]

Read the New York Times article covering the live music in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn during the pandemic, including #5pmPorchConcerts, @operation_gig, @artmageddonbk and @freedomfirstjazz. 

PRESS RELEASE- For immediate release: August 5, 2021: Enterprise Community Partners Announces $2.9 Million in Grants to 10 New York State Housing Not-For-Profits through Its Call for Ideas Program The funding will support these organizations’ innovative initiatives to uproot barriers to fair, equitable, and healthy housing stemming from historic and systemic racism NEW YORK – […]

Enjoy a Car-free Newkirk Avenue from Coney Island Avenue – E. 17th Street on Sundays from 12 – 8 PM 5 SUNDAY’S LEFT! Sunday, August 1 – Play & dine on a car-free Newkirk Avenue Sunday, August 8 – Join us for an FDC & People in Need (PIN) Community Street event; Live Music, Back […]

We’re back after a very long and difficult year! COVID permitting, the Frolic is scheduled for Sunday Sept 19, 11AM-6PM. Come out to the 45th Annual Flatbush Frolic on Cortelyou. Food, games, music, vendors and more. *We will be taking all COVID-19 Safety precautions* For more information on about the event and if you are interested […]

Even amid COVID-19 and growing gentrification, Black business owners anchor their communities, even in the most difficult of times. FDC has partnered with the NYC Commission on Human Rights to honor Black merchants in a group photo exhibit at the Flatbush Food Coop this summer. You can also find the individual portaits the featured business’ […]