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# This Week In Ditmas Park
- URL: https://bklyner.com/this-week-in-ditmas-park-117-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2014-07-13T12:00:38.000Z
- Updated: 2014-09-30T00:29:39.000Z
- Author: Anna Gustafson
- Tags: Flatbush Tenants Coalition, Lola Star, Michael Powell, #API-Imported

![Ditmas Park summer street](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Screenshot-2014-07-12-at-3.18.21-PM.png)

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Here’s a recap of what happened last week:

- We mourned the death of [2-year-old Ruhshona Kurbonova](/blog/crime/community-mourns-death-of-2-year-old-who-drowned-in-prospect-park-lake).
- City lawmakers and neighborhood leaders gathered at CAMBA to kick off a program aiming to [battle youth unemployment](/blog/politics/at-camba-food-pantry-council-members-kick-off-program-to-battle-youth-unemployment).
- [The Flatbush Tenant Coalition ](/blog/politics/flatbush-tenant-coalition-to-host-candidates-forum-this-saturday)hosted an important candidates’ forum.
- [Robert De Niro was spotted](/blog/art-music/de-niro-spotted-in-ditmas-park) filming “The Intern” in our neighborhood.
- We wished [neighbor Michael Powell](/blog/neighbors/neighbors-in-the-news-michael-powell-reflects-on-a-lifetime-in-gotham) good luck as he left the New York Times’ Gotham column for its sports department.
- Parents started gearing up for a meeting about the [future of our neighborhood schools](/blog/education/next-tuesday-a-chance-to-give-input-on-the-future-of-ps-130-and-psis-437).
- [A new farmers market](/blog/greenmarket/parkside-farmers-market-opens-today-flatbush-youthmarket-starts-saturday) at the Q at Parkside opened, as did the Flatbush youthmarket.
- Neighbor Lola Star revived her [Dreamland Roller Rink](/blog/events/neighbor-lola-stars-dreamland-roller-rink-coming-to-prospect-park-tomorrow) in Prospect Park.
- [An accident involving a car and a bicycle](/blog/crime/car-and-bicycle-collide-at-ocean-parkway-and-cortelyou-road) on Ocean Parkway got us talking about the need for safer streets.
- The Flatbush Nostrand-Junction BID is holding its [first ever Weekend Walks Streetfest](/blog/events/flatbush-nostrand-junction-bid-to-hold-first-weekend-walks-streetfest-this-sunday) today, July 13.

*Photo via [jennykvb](http://instagram.com/p/qU6vBjA5PN/?modal=true&ref=bklyner.com).*