This Week in Ditmas Park

It’s been an eventful week with several new businesses at or preparing for a grand opening. To keep up with all this news from the neighborhood, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and subscribe to our daily newsletter. If you’ve got a story idea, a question, a complaint, anything, send us an email at ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com.

Here’s a recap of the past week:

• Coffee Mob is coming to Newkirk Avenue in 2013.

• SNL’s Kristin Wiig and Bill Hader are filming The Skeleton Twins on Rugby Road.

• Ideal Food Basket has replaced C-Town on Coney Island Avenue.

• The Brooklyn Historical Society is showcasing four centuries of Flatbush maps.

• Collyer’s Mansion opened and held its grand opening party this week.

• Who serves the best weekday brunch in Ditmas Park?

• The Long Christmas Dinner was performed on Albemarle Road.

• Did your German Shepherd run away?

• Brooklyn Industries is near opening.

• Listen to Ditmas Park’s White Rhino.

• Cortelyou Library’s volunteer story time has expanded to Monday.

• Where is the best holiday display so far? It’s on Ocean Avenue.

Photo: Ray McGaughey