This Week In Ditmas Park

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

• After two fatal shootings, neighborhood teens call for an end to the violence.

• We remembered neighbor Ian Jose Caicedo-Boza, a father whose life was cut short earlier this month.

• The former PS 139 Parents Association president pleaded guilty to stealing almost $25,000 from the PA.

• Help our neighborhood baseball players get to the World Series.

• Explore Ditmas Park’s architecture, food, history, and more.

• Five places to cool off & get drool-worthy ice cream this summer.

• Want to go swimming this summer? Here’s our guide to Brooklyn’s public pools.

• Mumford & Sons released the video for “Ditmas,” a song inspired by our neighborhood.

• Go to a beer & tacos party at Sycamore today!

• Save the date: the 70th Precinct’s National Night Out is Tuesday, August 4.

• Watch free movies under the stars in Prospect Park.

• Check out the new free fitness classes at Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church.

• Neighbors Scott & Samantha Anderson on building a life together in Ditmas Park.

• Moths are way more awesome than you ever knew.

• Come celebrate Q Gardens at a community barbecue!