This Week In Ditmas Park

Nora Whelan

May 11, 2014 — 1 min read

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Here’s a recap of the past week:

Now that the house at 1216 Albemarle Road is completed, it’s asking $3M. But that’s not all…

… because a major real estate group bought six area buildings for a total of $42.5M.

Here’s some of the best Trinidadian food our area has to offer.

In the continuing saga of Coney Island Avenue traffic, a car crashed into our local 7-Eleven.

Would you pay $35 to have a picnic in Prospect Park?

We spoke to neighbors Andrew Van Dusen and Michael Sladek about Below the Belt, their play now on at the Westbeth Home for the Arts.

Do you have a million dollar lottery ticket on your hands?

We learned B train delays increased by 90% from 2011 to 2013.

Police are seeking 80-year-old neighbor Angela Morales, missing since Friday.

When it comes to making sure local kids are safe on bikes, how far will you go?

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Bklyner Endorses Brannan for Council District 47

Bklyner Endorses Brannan for Council District 47

If you want your district to have the best possible representation in the city council right away, you should look beyond politics and pick Justin Brannan, a moderate Democrat.

Should Kagan or Brannan Represent Bay Ridge and Coney Island in City Council?

Ahead of the November 7 local elections, when we get to pick our city council members again, NY1 held a debate Tuesday night (you can watch it here) between the two incumbents in what will be the new District 47 – Ari Kagan, a recent Republican representing current Council District 47,

We’re Not Under a Rock, Mayor Adams, We’re on a Shrinking One

We’re Not Under a Rock, Mayor Adams, We’re on a Shrinking One

After seven inches of rain punished New York City on Friday, Mayor Eric Adams took almost a whole day to make his first comments about a storm that effectively ground his city, the country’s largest, to a halt. After having seven separate public events without acknowledging the storm, Adams

Streets, Migrants, And More

Streets, Migrants, And More

The weather has turned pleasant and just about every neighborhood in Brooklyn wants you to come out and enjoy all it has to offer — from Atlantic Antic Downtown, 3rd Avenue Fair in Bay Ridge, art crawls in Ditmas Park and Prospect Lefferts Gardens, to lots of literary events to go