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# This Week In Ditmas Park
- URL: https://bklyner.com/this-week-in-ditmas-park-120-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2014-08-03T10:30:33.000Z
- Updated: 2014-09-30T00:04:16.000Z
- Author: Anna Gustafson
- Tags: Flatbush Junction Youthmarket, helicopter in Ditmas Park, Jimmy McMillan, Met Foods in Ditmas Park, #API-Imported

![Screen Shot 2014-08-02 at 12.27.19 PM](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Screen-Shot-2014-08-02-at-12.27.19-PM.png)

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Here’s a recap of what happened last week:

• [A helicopter hovered over our neighborhood](/blog/news/helicopter-over-ditmas-developing) as police chased down a suspect in our neighborhood – though cops are still mum on what exactly transpired.  

• [Two teenagers were arrested](/blog/crime/teenager-arrested-charged-with-assaulting-and-robbing-woman-in-her-apartment-building-nypd) and charged in the [attack of an 18-year-old woman](/blog/crime/police-want-your-help-to-track-down-two-men-accused-of-assaulting-robbing-teenager) in her Midwood apartment building.

• The Q train was named the [dirtiest subway line](/blog/news/q-train-named-the-dirtiest-subway-line-in-nyc).

• [Met Foods will be expanding](/blog/business/met-foods-on-cortelyou-plans-expansion) into the two vacant shops on either side of it.

• We learned [what’s true – and what’s urban myth](/blog/history/debunking-a-legend-about-the-japanese-house-other-historical-adventures) – about the Japanese house on Buckingham.

• [Surrounded by fresh veggies, teens get a chance to learn more about the world of employment](/blog/food/at-flatbush-junction-youthmarket-an-exploration-of-produce-and-community) at the Flatbush Junction Youthmarket.

  
• The rent? [It’s too damn high](/blog/politics/the-rent-is-too-damn-high-jimmy-mcmillan-comes-to-ditmas-park).

• The 70th Precinct is handing out [way more failure to yield summonses](/blog/crime/70th-precinct-sees-greatest-growth-in-issuing-failure-to-yield-summonses) this year.

• Speaking of the 70th Precinct, you can [meet your local officers](/blog/crime/join-the-70th-precinct-for-national-night-out-against-crime-on-august-5) at this Tuesday’s National Night Out.

• [The construction on E 18th](/blog/business/construction-at-east-18th-street-near-church-ave-slated-to-finish-by-years-end-building-to-be-leased-for-commercial-space) near Church Avenue is expected to end by December – and it’ll become some kind of commercial venue.

• What would you [like to see at the Cortelyou Library](/blog/library/bring-your-ideas-to-the-cortelyou-library-friends-meeting-next-wednesday-august-6)?.

• Candidates running for Assemblywoman Rhoda Jacobs’ seat[ touted endorsements](/blog/politics/as-primary-nears-candidates-running-to-replace-assemblywoman-rhoda-jacobs-tout-endorsements).

• And, finally, [Bailey was found](/blog/animals/keep-an-eye-out-for-missing-dog-bailey)!

*Photo via [justensupertramp](http://instagram.com/p/rM9LzhvqV8/?modal=true&ref=bklyner.com).*