This Week In Ditmas Park

This week, students graduated from an Urdu language program, the awning is up at Cafe Madeline owner’s new venture, an 8-year-old girl was struck and killed by an SUV driver and more.

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

• A shooting on Bedford Avenue Sunday evening left one dead and one in stable condition.

• 65 students graduated from an Urdu language program at Brooklyn Dreams Charter School on Friday.

• Borough President Eric Adams invested more than $8 million into cultural institutions across the borough.

• The New York Public Library published a list of books set in every neighborhood in the city and we’re wondering what your favorite Ditmas Park reads are.

• There’s a new house going up on Stratford Road between Cortelyou and Dorchester roads.

• The awning is up at 1616 Cortelyou Road for Cafe Madeline owner’s new venture.

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

• Dos Locos, the Mexican restaurant that opened on Church Avenue in June, hasn’t been open lately. Is it closed for good?

• An 8-year-old girl was hit and killed by an SUV driver on Wednesday evening, which has left the E. 22nd Street community reeling.

• After urging from the community, Tribeca Pediatrics has promised not to tear down the mosaic mural on Cortelyou Road.

• La Nueva Union wins a Best of Brooklyn award for bakeries and we love their Tres Leches Cake.

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