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Central Brooklyn

ICYMI: Errol’s Bakery Evicted, Gun Bust Near Brooklyn College, Italian Fine Dining & More This Week In Ditmas Park

“I’m melting!” at Greenwood Ballfields (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)This week in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn neighbors protested the eviction of Errol’s Bakery in Flatbush [/blog/business/brooklyn-neighbors-protest-eviction-errols-caribbean-bakery-flatbush/] , we got a taste of an NYPD firearms training [/blog/events/got-taste-nypds-firearm-training-pretty-intense/], found some hot spots to get Chinese food

Central Brooklyn

ICYMI: Subway Activism, Hair Blaze, BuzzFeed Profile, & More From Ditmas Park

(Photo by Laz Rivero [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=723562194466901&set=pcb.10154845655902774&type=3&theater] )This week in Ditmas Park, we spoke with BuzzFeed’s social expert about Kensington, Podcasting & disrupting Muslim identity [/blog/art-music/buzzfeeds-social-media-expert-on-kensington-podcasting-disrupting-muslim-identity/] , we asked librarians at the Cortelyou branch

Central Brooklyn

ICYMI: Infamous Landlord, Broomstick Robbery, ‘Stop & Frisk’ & More

Mural near 36th Street. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)This week in Ditmas Park, cops found a dead body on the Prospect Park Expressway, [/blog/crime/man-found-dead-prospect-expressway-cops-say/] a petition for a new bike lane on Flatbush Avenue gained soaring momentum [/blog/transportation/flatbush-avenue-bike-lane-petition-builds-momentum-week/], Molly Tigre returned to Bar Chord with

Central Brooklyn

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

Seen at the Avenue H train station. (Photo by Sean Egan)This week in Ditmas Park, find where to buy Christmas trees in the neighborhood [/blog/holidays/get-christmas-trees-near-ditmas-park-kensington/], two city workers were busted for drunk driving on Thanksgiving weekend [/blog/crime/nypd-fdny-employees-busted-drunk-driving-thanksgiving-weekend/], Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney turns herself in for

Central Brooklyn

ICYMI: Bangladeshi Leaders Speak Out, East 19th Street Shooting, Thanksgiving Food Drives & more

“We will continue to protect the rights of a city built on immigrants” Sarah Sayeed from the Mayor’s office at Voice of American Muslims unity event on Coney Island Avenue. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)This week in Ditmas Park, a man was shot on East 19th street, the

Central Brooklyn

MTA Worker Death, Local Ballots, Pavilion Secrets & More This Week In Ditmas Park

Spotted on Cortelyou Road this week (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)This week in Ditmas Park, we explored the Pavillion’s dark secrets one last time [/blog/events/exploring-pavilions-dark-secrets-one-last-time/], enjoyed photos and videos from a lively Halloween around the neighborhood [/blog/holidays/photos-videos-halloween-scenes-around-neighborhood/], City Council proposed a massive scaleback of

Central Brooklyn

Food Awards, Crime Recap, Halloween Fun & More This Week In Ditmas Park

(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)This week in Ditmas Park, Brad Lander announced Bengali-speaking liaison in new Kensington office [/blog/announcements/brad-lander-announces-bengali-speaking-community-liaison-kensington/] , a 66th Precinct Lt. was stripped of his badge and gun in corruption probe [/blog/news/66th-precinct-lt-stripped-badge-gun-amidst-corruption-probe/], and we enjoyed delicious curry & garlic naan at Anarkali Indian

Central Brooklyn

This Week In Ditmas Park: Water Mains, Rezoned Elementary Schools, Behind The Scenes & More

Pizza art spotted on Cortelyou Road. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)This week in Ditmas Park, neighbors got ready for the Cortelyou Library book sale [/blog/events/donate-used-books-cortelyou-library-book-sale/], the CEC voted ‘yes’ on rezoning District 22 elementary schools [/blog/events/cec-plans-vote-tonight-rezone-district-22-elementary-schools/], a local playwright performed her neighborhood-centered show [/blog/art-music/

Central Brooklyn

Flag Burning, Worst Landlords, Package Thief Arrested & More In Ditmas Park

“Little Pakistan” (Photo by Andrew B. White [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJX40-ihP1M/?taken-by=andrewbwhite] / Instagram) This week in Ditmas Park, we rounded up real estate development in Flatbush, Midwood & Borough Park [/blog/real-estate/development-roundup-flatbush-apartments-midwood-condos-borough-park-synagogue/] , Brooklyn’s first African American DA Ken Thompson dies of cancer [/blog/news/brooklyns-first-african-american-district-attorney-dies-cancer/

Central Brooklyn

House Tours, Buffalo’s Famous on Fallon, Fatal Strangling & More This Week In Ditmas Park

Photo by Ditmas Park CornerThis week in Ditmas Park, we saw Ditmas Park through the eyes of Lewis H. Pounds [/blog/history/history-eyes-lewis-h-pounds-man-built-ditmas-park/], spoke with an inspiring Kensington activist about Muslim womanhood, disability justice & growing up in ‘Little Bangladesh’ [/blog/neighbors/activist-shahana-hanif-muslim-womanhood-disability-justice-growing-kensington/] , ate delicious quiche at Pels Pie Co.

Central Brooklyn

This Week In Ditmas Park: District 22 Rezoning Heats Up, Midwood Pickles, 70th Precinct Crime & More

(Photo by Nora Whelan / Ditmas Park Corner)This week in Ditmas Park, a view from the 2016 Flatbush Frolic [/blog/events/icymi-view-2016-flatbush-frolic/], Fuhgeddaboudit was added to the Oxford English Dictionary [/blog/announcements/come-fuhgeddaboudit-dont-believe-now-oxford-english-dictionary/] , a Ditmas Park husband was arrested for fatally stabbing his wife on East 17th Street [/blog/crime/

Central Brooklyn

This Week In Ditmas Park: more housing construction, Zika spraying, historic maps, & more

Photo: Ditmas Park CornerThis week in Ditmas Park, three local public high schools made it to the NY Post’s citywide Top 40 list [/blog/news/three-local-public-high-schools-make-ny-posts-top-40-list/], a loaded gun was found in front of a Prospect Park South home [/blog/crime/loaded-gun-found-front-prospect-park-south-home-monday-morning/], and several area zip codes were sprayed