This Week In Ditmas Park

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

• After 25-year-old Adetunji Ajakaye was shot and killed on Newkirk Avenue & E. 17th Street …

• … and 22-year-old Harold Abodia was fatally shot on E. 21st Street ….

• … and two men were hospitalized after being shot on Coney Island Avenue …

• … community leaders discussed what can be done to make our neighborhood safer.

• The NYPD and federal officials dismantled a subset of the Crips street gang that was operating out of East Flatbush.

• What does that gang takedown mean for Ditmas Park — and do we have a gang problem here?

• “Brooklyn has a gang problem,” Borough President Eric Adams told us this week.

• The NYPD released this video of the suspect in this week’s Newkirk Avenue shooting.

• A man was caught on camera stealing a mother’s purse as she walked with her 5-year-old son.

• A bicyclist was struck at Newkirk Avenue and Argyle Road.

• Two dogs were rescued from horrendous living conditions, thanks to neighbor Ann Simkins.

• Thousands of people packed Coney Island Avenue to celebrate the last night of Ramadan.

• The pulled pork poutine at Hunger Pang? It’s epic.

• Q Gardens launched a fundraiser for its gorgeous community-driven mosaic.