This Week In Ditmas Park

This week, we celebrated Brooklyn Mela, saw the new menu at Werkstatt, tried five delicious summer cocktails, and much more!

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

• Councilman Jumaane Williams’ office is collecting school supplies for needy families through Sunday, September 15.

• Thousands of people celebrated Pakistan’s Independence Day at Brooklyn Mela.

• Residents of E. 10th Street met with the Department of Environmental Conservation about their flooding problems.

• Werkstatt, the new Austrian restaurant on Coney Island Avenue, unveiled its menu.

• The City Council passed Councilmember Jumaane Williams’ legislation tackling tenant harassment.

• The DOT has started rebuilding the stanchions they accidentally tore down on Westminster Road and Foster Avenue.

• We’ve got 5 great cocktails to help you savor the rest of your summer.

• Max’s Chicken & Seafood on Coney Island Avenue has closed for renovations.

• A local man’s body was found in Prospect Park Lake by boaters on Wednesday evening.

• The police are looking for a man they say attempted to rob a bank on Flatbush Avenue on Thursday morning.

• Please welcome Shannon Geis as our new editor of the Ditmas Park Corner.

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