This Week In Ditmas Park

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Here’s a recap of the past week:

• Cops are looking for 15-year-old Natavia Whitaker, 12-year-old Naomi Williams, and 15-year-old Rachel Johnson.

• Three suspects in a citywide string of robberies are at it again.

• One person was injured in a fire on Caton Avenue.

• We learned more about “Uncle” George Glean of Children’s Corner on Church Avenue.

• Just in time for Father’s Day, we caught up with The Dad Beats!

• Row, row, row your boat, gently ’round for free (at Prospect Park this summer).

• The southbound Cortelyou Road Q platform reopened, and a date was announced for Parkside too.

• Artist Matt Kenny gave the Church Avenue DNA Lab Center sign its due recognition.

• For Ocean Parkway and Church Avenue, one of the most dangerous intersections for pedestrians in NYC, enforcement is being recommended with a surprisingly loose deadline.

• New York Brick Oven Pizza and Di Fara are each taking a short summer break.

• Million Trees NYC added some much needed greenery to Marlborough between Newkirk and Foster.

• In possibly one of the most unified comment threads ever, we learned that neighbors love the sound of speeding cars hitting bumps.

• One neighbor caught “The Great Gilly Hopkins” stars Glenn Close and Bill Cobbs on set.

• Sycamore’s first star sign party is tonight. Cancers, you’re next!