This Week In Ditmas Park

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Here’s a recap of what happened last week:

• We went to the polls and backed Governor Andrew Cuomo and Rodneyse Bichotte for the 42nd Assembly District.

• After learning that John’s Bakery would be closed for good, we paid our tributes.

• The NYPD launched a crackdown on drivers illegally passing school buses.

• An NYPD deputy commissioner promised to look into the tickets being doled out at the Parade Grounds.

• Keep an eye out for this bike, which was stolen on a busy stretch of Cortelyou.

• The Flatbush art trees project needs your help.

• The Blacklist filmed in our neighborhood.

• We looked for a home for Mau…

• …and found a temporary home for Kingpin, the cat abandoned on the sidewalk.

• The new chili chicken dish at Madina? Yes please!

• Lea started delivering food – an announcement met by many a happy neighbor.

• Lit at Lark’s Amy Shearn talked to us about the reading series’ kickoff – which is today!

• Never tried Azerbaijani food? You can change that.

Photo via theletterkale.