This Week In Ditmas Park

This week in Ditmas Park, George’s Restaurant has reopened, irreverent greeting cards, the Hour of Code, one man’s journey from Lahore to Brooklyn and more.

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

• George’s Restaurant has reopened and it is serving up delicious diner classics.

• Local writer Chuck Nwoke explores race relations in the neighborhood in a recent essay.

• Neighbors Jocelyn and Roland create entertaining greeting cards full of irreverent humor.

• A terrible hit and run crash happened last Sunday afternoon.

• Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina stopped by Ditmas IS 62 for the Hour of Code.

• There was a robbery at Fabco Shoes on Flatbush and a robbery at a bodega on Coney Island Avenue this week.

• Developers agree to rent stabilize apartment buildings throughout city after State AG investigation.

• Nominate the Cortelyou Library for an award and help it win $20,000!

• Pakistani community leader Shahid Khan has had a long road from Lahore to Brooklyn.

• Neighbors bake sweet treats for homeless kids this holiday season.

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