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.