This Week In Ditmas Park

This week in Ditmas Park, a man sought for a brutal slashing on Beverley Road was arrested, volunteers are needed at our local family homeless shelter, and neighborhood resident and gifted musician Marika Hughes talked about her love for our ever-changing community.

Here’s a recap of what’s been happening in our neighborhood:

• The 70th Precinct has a new commanding officer.
• Residents are preparing to vote for capital projects proposed by their neighbors as part of participatory budgeting sponsored by the City Council.
• Over 1,300 single family and small residential buildings in our area are on the City’s tax lien sale list.
• Borough President Eric Adams is taking on Brooklyn’s housing crisis, and convening a tenants rights clinic in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens this week.
• The Shirley Chisholm Democratic Club, named for the pioneering presidential candidate and Congresswoman, announced its endorsement of Hillary Rodham Clinon for president.
• The Gilded Grape, a wine shop opening soon on Church Avenue at East 7th Street, says it plans to focus heavily on New York State wines.
• Actress Michelle Williams is planning a series of interesting renovations — interior and exterior — for her impressive Albemarle Road home.
• A Community Supported Fishery, which connects Ditmas Park consumers directly to East Coast fishermen, now has 50 participants in our area.
• We explored the history of the Irish of Flatbush, who, among many accomplishments, built Flatbush’s first Catholic church.
• After fleeing with $2,000, a stylish bank robber remains at large.

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