This Week in Ditmas Park

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In case you missed anything this week, here’s a recap:

• Happy Father’s Day! Hope you’re enjoying it!

• The story of Antonio saving a kitten from an car’s engine has gone viral.

• Neighbor Juan Spencer is opening Ditmas Fitness on Beverley next month.

• A house was broken into this week, plus more crime updates.

• You want more bike lanes? Ask for them. (And be careful out there.)

• The Ocean Ave entrance to Prospect Park closes to cars on Monday.

• Bronze rocking chairs, flashlight advice, cyber safety, and more from the CB14 meeting.

• Time-travelling on East 18th Street with Boardwalk Empire.

• Parts of the Junction are getting a makeover.

• Chef David of Ox Cart shares some BBQ secrets.

• 12 weeks, no changes to Coney Island Ave traffic problems.

• Police seek the public’s help in locating Ethel Durant.

• A look at stop and frisk stats in our area.

• Emma Assin didn’t like the apps available for kids, so she made one.

• Can you be gentrifying a place if you grew up there?

• That loud noise may have been a dry ice bomb.

• Local photographer Beja B has two favorite spots in the neighborhood.

• Neighbors are enjoying their first week of the Ditmas Park CSA.

• Who was the woman who jumped onto the train tracks at Cortelyou?

• A new mural is coming to Newkirk Plaza, and you can help paint it.

• Finally, Lolita Lens asks what you think should never change in the neighborhood.