Central Brooklyn
A Fantastical Stroll Through Ditmas Park With Namesake Jan Jansz van Ditmarsen
Cortelyou road circa 1916, still two full centuries after Ditmarsen’s day. (Photo courtesy Brooklyn Historical Society [http://www.brooklynhistory.org/blog/2014/10/01/photo-of-the-week-transformation-discovery/] )You wait for him at the corner of Cortelyou and 16th Street— a timeless, local rendezvous spot to meet anyone. But this isn’t