This Week in Ditmas Park

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In case you missed anything this week, here’s a recap:

• Greenest commercial blocks in Brooklyn: Cortelyou Road and Newkirk Plaza!

• A cyclist was badly injured in a car accident–no updates since then.

• A new restaurant for Newkirk, and a new auto parts shop for Cortelyou.

• Meet comic book writer David Gallaher this week at Lark for a book signing.

• The Brooklyn ARTery craft market starts on Sundays in September.

• Neighbor Crissa-Jean Chappell talks about her new book, Narc.

• A lottery commercial and a Kevin Bacon series filmed in the area this week.

• Ellen Moncure Wong discusses the Flatbush Family Network listserv.

• Kids can use Prospect Park as a classroom at the Brooklyn Forest School.

• One last reminder not to park near the new bus shelter on Cortelyou.

• Traffic violations continue on CIA, but at least the DOT might add a turn signal at Cortelyou.

• A Pooh bear staring down a Rastafarian banana.

• Mimi’s was named best hummus in a taste test.

• The food you can get for $1 on Coney Island Ave.

• Finally, meet artist Erica Levine, then see her work in person during the GO open studios in September.