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# This Week In Ditmas Park
- URL: https://bklyner.com/this-week-in-ditmas-park-125-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2014-09-07T11:30:23.000Z
- Updated: 2014-09-29T22:54:22.000Z
- Author: Anna Gustafson
- Tags: #API-Imported

![week in review photo](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Screen-Shot-2014-09-05-at-7.44.07-PM.png)

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Here’s a recap of what happened last week:

• After decades in the neighborhood, we said [goodbye to John’s](/blog/business/after-decades-in-the-neighborhood-johns-bakery-closes-its-doors).

• We also [bid adieu to The Dogwood](/blog/photos/saying-goodbye-to-the-dogwood), but said [hello to Hunger Pang](/blog/food/new-american-asian-hunger-pang-restaurant-to-open-at-1021-church-avenue).

• Speaking of Hunger Pang, the [owner told us about their food, drinks, and the importance of giving back to his community](/blog/business/hunger-pangs-owner-talks-food-drinks-the-importance-of-giving-back-to-his-home-neighborhood).

• Neighbors have noticed what seems like [more tickets being handed out for people walking, or biking, through the Parade Grounds at night](/blog/crime/neighbor-ticketed-for-walking-home-through-prospect-parks-parade-grounds-at-night).

• A judge dismissed a 42nd Assembly District candidate’s lawsuit to [boot another candidate from the primary ballot](/blog/politics/judge-dimisses-michele-adolphes-lawsuit-to-boot-rodneyse-bichotte-from-primary-ballot).  

• In more campaign news, [candidates faced off in a debate](/blog/politics/candidates-running-for-the-42nd-assembly-district-face-off-in-debate-before-next-weeks-primary).

• We searched for a home for a [cat abandoned on the sidewalk](/blog/animals/help-find-a-home-for-this-abandoned-cat).  

• [A shooting was reported](/blog/crime/shooting-reported-at-st-pauls-court-and-caton-avenue-around-midnight) near Caton Avenue and St. Pauls Court.

• A 23-year-old man was charged with attempted murder after allegedly [shooting a neighbor in the head](/blog/crime/neighbor-charged-with-shooting-man-in-the-head-at-2149-cortelyou-road).

• Erv’s on Beekman, which will be a café by day and bar by night, [celebrated its soft opening](/blog/food/ervs-on-beekman-celebrates-soft-opening-will-become-a-cafe-and-bar).

• [Free music, a harvest festival, volunteering and more to do](/blog/events/things-to-do-in-prospect-park-in-september) at Prospect Park this month.

• And, finally, we ushered in the [new school year](/blog/photos/happy-first-day-of-school-2)!

*Photo via [juliakconley](http://instagram.com/p/skSKetsRQ1/?modal=true&ref=bklyner.com).*