This Week in Ditmas Park

Christmas is past and the new year is almost here. 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:

• We looked back at Ditmas Park’s 2012.

• We listened to the best music from Ditmas Park in 2012.

• Bar Chord is coming to Cortelyou.

• The Eat 16th Street mural was cleaned.

• Two kittens are up for adoption.

• Ox Cart is hosting a football brunch on New Year’s Day.

• The Times profiled Jennifer Mankins, founder of Bird.

• A calf was born in Prospect Park.

• Park Slopers are ordering from Am Thai more and more.

• Christmas came and went in Ditmas Park.

• A phone was stolen on Cortelyou Road.

Photo: The increasingly famous Chipotle omelet at Qathra by Ian L.