This Week In Ditmas Park

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Here’s a recap of what happened in our neighborhood last week:

• A teenage gunman was arrested in a shooting by the Parade Ground.

• An NYPD watchtower went up by Caton Avenue and Parade Place.

• Bashi Channel, the new Asian fusion restaurant on Cortelyou Road, celebrated its grand opening.

• Outdoor street seating won’t happen, DOT proposes bike routes for Ditmas Park & more from CB 14.

• Neighbor Gordon Rothman runs the city’s only radio service for the blind from his Stratford Road home.

• The PS 139 Chess Ninjas are some of the greatest chess players in the entire country!

• Neighbor & Farm on Adderley events maestro Stephen Sheffer stars in a new off-Broadway play.

• The Flatbush Tenant Coalition joined people from across the city to rally for stronger rent laws.

• PS 217 announced a great lineup for its weekly spring concert series.

• A track fire on the Q line made for some unhappy subway riders.

• Ever wonder what Cortelyou Road was like nearly 60 years ago?

• A UPS truck caught on fire at Caton Avenue & Stratford Road Friday morning.

• Help the city Parks Department map the trees in in Ditmas Park.