ICYMI: Car Crashes, New Foster Ave Eateries, Council Member Arrest & More This Week

This week in Ditmas Park, find where to buy Christmas trees in the neighborhood, two city workers were busted for drunk driving on Thanksgiving weekend, Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney turns herself in for wiretapping NYPD officer and Council Member Brad Lander was among dozens arrested during the ‘fight for $15’ rally.

Here’s more news from around this neighborhood,

• Two car crashes in three days at Albemarle Road intersection.

• Three new restaurants opening on Foster Avenue; Victorian Flatbush Counter still in progress.

• ‘Know your rights’ training in Flatbush reveals deeper fears for Haitian immigrants.

• Bite of the day: Far east meets north & south of the border at Grill 7-Seoul.

• Met Foods closing on 18th Avenue in Kensington this week.

• A shoulder to lean on for caregivers of persons with dementia & Alzheimer’s.