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Sculpture of a dying soldier, part of the “Prospect Park Memorial,” the monument listing the names of 2,800 Brooklyn residents who perished while serving in World War I. The memorial was sculpted by Augustus Lukeman and dedicated in Prospect Park in 1921. (Copyright 2007 Jeffrey O. Gustafson, released to
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Ditmas Park resident Don Loggins makes friends with a young member of Prospect Park’s new clean-up crew.This week in Ditmas Park, news that the long-sought-after F express train would be returning to Brooklyn almost immediately caused a row among lawmakers representing different parts of the borough [/blog/politics/
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Church Avenue street fair, 2015 (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)This week in Ditmas Park, final participatory budgeting vote counts were released by Council Member Greenfield’s office [/blog/news/final-pb-vote-counts-released-council-member-greenfields-office/], we traveled back in time to when Dutch was spoken on the roads of Flatbush [/blog/history/dutch-spoken-flatbush/], and we
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Photo: Johnny RebecchiThis week in Ditmas Park, progressive reform candidate Robert Carroll, who is vying for a Democratic State Committee post, was endorsed by Council Member Brad Lander [/blog/politics/reform-candidate-local-democratic-party-post-secures-endorsement-cm-lander/] ; neighborhood favorite George’s won a Community Business Award [/blog/business/just-announced-georges-wins-community-cornerstone-business-award/] ; and 10 Westminster Road — with 21 apartments
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LIRR freight tracks in Midwood. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)This week in Ditmas Park, a bathroom ceiling collapsed at 2010 Newkirk Avenue [/blog/news/ceiling-collapses-last-night-2010-newkirk-avenue-moshe-piller/] and the tenant has been unable to reach the owner of the troubled building; Kensington’s Mamnunul Haq was honored [/blog/announcements/kensington-mamnunal-haq-honored-central-brooklyn-independent-democrats/] by the
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Mural honoring musical icon Prince, painted this week at a construction site at East 2nd Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway. (Photo: Cindy VandenBosch)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
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerThis week in Ditmas Park, we looked at the changing face of the Community Police Officer [/blog/crime/cpop-nco-changing-face-community-police-officer/], a Bernie Sanders ad filmed at Brooklyn College [/blog/news/sanders-ad-filmed-brooklyn-college-hits-airwaves/] hit the TV airwaves, and the taste of western New York [/blog/food/taste-of-western-new-york-comes-to-church-avenue-buffalos-famous/] is coming soon
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerThis week in Ditmas Park, the battle for the Democratic Party presidential nomination came to the streets of Flatbush — the Sanders campaign opened an office here, [/blog/news/sanders-campaign-to-open-office-in-flatbush-tonight/] and Sanders also spoke at a rally in Midwood [/blog/events/bernie-sanders-to-speak-at-rally-in-flatbush-today/] Friday. In other major news, both
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The aftermath of Saturday night’s wind storm. (Photo: Miles Harris)This week in Ditmas Park, we prayed that presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will have their Brooklyn debate at the Kings Theatre [/blog/news/sanders-clinton-debate/], Magnolias, Forsythias, and Cherry Trees came into bloom [/blog/garden/in-bloom-this-week-magnolias-forsythias-cherry-trees-and-much-more/] , and
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerThis week in Ditmas Park, residents began to choose which capital projects — like a new dog run in the Parade Ground [/blog/news/starting-saturday-residents-to-vote-on-new-dog-run-at-parade-ground/] — deserve City Council funding, we explored the plants and flowers coming into bloom [/blog/garden/in-bloom-this-week/] in our area, and we learned we
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Snowy subway tracks via jesicakesny, Instagram.This week in Ditmas Park, a man sought for a brutal slashing on Beverley Road was arrested [/blog/news/man-sought-for-brutal-slashing-on-beverley-road-arrested-today/], volunteers are needed [/blog/neighbors/volunteers-needed-for-kensington-family-shelters-easter-celebration/] at our local family homeless shelter, and neighborhood resident and gifted musician Marika Hughes talked about her love
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“Prospect Park Tree — After Sandy,” mixed media artwork by Kathy Levine.This week in Ditmas Park, our community reeled from several violent assaults. A 53-year-old woman was slashed Thursday morning on Beverley Road [/blog/crime/woman-slashed-this-morning/]; her attacker was caught on surveillance video fleeing the scene. [/blog/crime/video-released-of-suspect-in-todays-beverley-road-slashing/]The
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Waiting for the Q train this week at the Beverley Road station. Photo by DPC reader Jon Taylor. http://www.jontaylornyc.com/This week in Ditmas Park, readers weighed in [/blog/news/ditmas-park-has-disappeared-from-flatbush/] on the complicated — and historic — relationship between Flatbush and Ditmas Park, local elected officials pushed City Hall
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Shopping for flowers at Newkirk Plaza. Photo: Ditmas Park CornerThis week in Ditmas Park, we got to know our community’s very own homegrown music production company [/blog/neighbors/love-science-music/], we traveled through time on Church Avenue [/blog/history/head-east-on-church-avenue-with-forgotten-ny/], we saw the first signs of spring [/blog/events/see-the-first-signs-of-spring-at-brooklyn-botanical-garden-flowers/
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Photo via Lefrak Center at LakesideThis week in Ditmas Park, readers emerged from an Arctic freeze, we lost a neighbor [/blog/news/jay-small-community-organizer-strong-ties-flatbush-dies-71/] who had devoted his life to fighting for tenants rights, we grappled with issues like gentrification and displacement [/blog/politics/turmoil-at-community-board-9-reflects-intensity-of-change-in-brooklyn/] , explored our area’s links [/blog/
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Photo: Kate FermoileThis week in Ditmas Park, readers discussed race and gentrification, we sampled yet another great Mexican eatery and saw amazing shows at Flatbush Avenue’s Kings Theatre, we traveled back to the time when all of Flatbush was farmland [/blog/history/the-farms-of-flatbush/], and more. Here’s a recap