This Week In Ditmas Park

This week in Ditmas Park, we took a look at crime trends in the area, Helen Phillips and Gabriel Cohen talk to us about writing, there was an ammonia leak in Prospect Park, and more.

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

• Learn all about Brooklyn’s role in the the Revolutionary War with this new game.

• We loved neighbor Helen Phillip’s new novel, The Beautiful Bureaucrat. Check out our interview with her.

• A local writer recently reflected on her experience after being robbed at gunpoint in Lark Cafe last year.

• Local writer Gabriel Cohen talks about how he writes about crime and what he loves about Ditmas Park.

• We love that Milk & Honey is now serving their decadent French Toast daily!

• We went to Cortelyou at Twilight on Tuesday and tasted all sorts of great treats from local businesses.

• More car windows were smashed on Dorchester Road and East 18th Street this week.

• The police recovered a pink firearm after stopping to assist with a collision on Rugby Road last week.

• One civilian and nine firefighters were hospitalized Wednesday night after an ammonia leak at the LeFrak Center in Prospect Park.

• Tribeca Pediatrics plans to open its new Cortelyou Road location in November.

• The number of homicides in the 70th Precinct is the highest since 2003, but overall felonies are at a 15 year low.

• Cops from the 61st Precinct found hundreds of packets of heroin in an apartment near Brooklyn College.

• Local designer Alexis Mera has found inspiration for her clothing line in the neighborhood.

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