This Week In Ditmas Park

This week in Ditmas Park, while Bernie Sanders was able to win majorities in Kensington, sections of greater Ditmas Park, and Midwood, Hillary Clinton decisively won the New York State Democratic presidential primary in our area; at the same time, voters raised questions about the fact that over 125,000 Brooklynites were recently purged from the voting rolls; and local officials pushed for voting reforms.

Here’s a recap of what’s been happening this week:

• The Flatbush Tenant Coalition held a town hall on “predatory equity landlords” in our area.
• Readers debated our Traffic Issue of the Week — the car wash at Coney Island Avenue and its use of public space.
• There was yet another package theft — this time, on Marlborough Road.
• After a review of funds available via participatory budgeting in Councilmember Mathieu Eugene’s district, the Kensington Dog Run and PS 92 sidewalk extension will be able to move ahead.
• The commander of the 66th precinct says that the Borough Park businessman named in the NYPD bribery scandal had no authority “in our community.”
• LARK and ELK Cafes are looking for new owners.
• A woman foiled a rape attempt in Prospect Park.
• The landmark Kings Theatre has new management.
• A member of the Borough Park Shomrim has been accused of bribing cops for gun permits; and, in response, the City has frozen grants earmarked for the neighborhood security patrol.
• Music News: Grammy winner Arturo O’Farrill visited the Afro Latin Jazz program at PS 217, and local band DeCoster held a release party for its latest CD.
• We spoke with volunteers at the Bernie Sanders Flatbush campaign office about why they joined the effort to get him elected.
• An elderly woman is safe and her home is structurally sound after Monday’s Kermit Place fire.
• Compostable Waste — food and yard scraps, and paper — is now being accepted at Q Gardens.