This Week In Ditmas Park

This week in Ditmas Park, a man was shot on Church Avenue, neighbor Savath Chan built a pagoda, neighborhood women are fighting to restore literacy courses, and more.

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

• Yasser Julio, who was charged with shooting a man on Albemarle Road last year, was shot on Church Avenue.

• We had a lot of fun at the Flatbush Frolic last Sunday, check out our photo roundup of the street festival.

• Neighbor Savath Chan built a beautiful pagoda in his spare time for the Watt Samakki Cambodian Buddhist temple on Rugby Road.

• A new residential building has begun development on Coney Island Avenue across from the future site of PS/IS 338.

• Longtime neighborhood Italian joint Mamma Lucia’s is for sale.

• Police are looking for two suspects who used a stolen credit card at multiple stores in the neighborhood.

• Two suspects robbed a convenience store near Flatbush Junction at gunpoint.

• Coffee Mob’s Buck Berk is now roasting his own coffee beans.

• The best burger truck in the city is going to be a lot easier to get to, and will be serving breakfast!

• We got a first taste of Little Miss Saigon’s bubble tea and Vietnamese sandwiches.

• Neighborhood women are fighting to restore their community adult literacy courses.

• Check out local textile artist Emma Harling’s work on the walls of The Farm On Adderley.

• The B train was ranked the worst in the city. Do you agree?

• Local favorites Lea and Purple Yam received the Bib Gourmand distinction from Michelin.

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