This Week in Ditmas Park

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Here’s a recap of the past week:

• Neighbor Suzanna Cameron is the sweet new owner of Stems, the flower shop in Sycamore.

• Congratulations to the incredible PS 139 Chess Ninjas!

• Church Avenue is about to get a new Indian restaurant…

• …but it’s losing a Mexican restaurant.

• Ocean Parkway is the most deadly street for pedestrians in Brooklyn.

• Word is a pharmacy (with beer maybe?) will open in the old Solo space.

• Super cool old photos from the neighborhood.

• Neighbor Peggy Horwitz just opened a psychotherapy practice in the area.

• Supermarket news for those with cars.

• Two neighborhood photographers want to help you Switch to Manual.

• What Ditmas Park and Notre Dame have in common.

• Coffee Mob’s opening has been delayed to April 1.

• Seems pretty easy and inconsequential to abandon a car on our local streets.

• According to our unscientific poll, de Blasio is indeed the mayoral frontrunner here.

• Talking trash on Cortelyou…again.

• Two people were stabbed in separate incidents on the same day.

• All you need to know about the new MetroCard fare increases.

• Finally, a reminder to help us document a day in the life of the neighborhood!