This Week in Ditmas Park
Today is the first birthday of Ditmas Park Corner! A huge thank you to all who read, comment, send tips, and are just generally terrific people to live in a community with. We hope you’ll join us to celebrate this Thursday night at Sycamore!
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Here’s a recap of the past week:
• The passing of neighbor Ric Menello leaves a big hole in the heart of Ditmas Park.
• A vacant lot behind the Church Ave station could become a community garden.
• The Cargo Bike Collective wonders who needs cars?
• Dominguez Flower Shop on Cortelyou will now be a spot for “ladies’ stuff.”
• The pre-K acceptance rates at local schools are a little depressing.
• But Bill de Blasio is hopeful that’ll get better, as will after-school programs.
• A fire in a Dorchester Road home left a woman seriously injured.
• Got a business idea? The BPL has a terrific program, and 1st place is $15,000.
• Meet the South Brooklyn Queers, a new LGBTQ group in the area.
• An argument for wheel locks.
• Thanks for your curtain maker recommendations!
• Did everyone buy your tickets for Spandex the musical?
• What Animal House and Temple Beth Emeth have in common.
• Where to get the Dine in Brooklyn deals in our area…
• …though you may want to save room for jerk chicken.
• Expect extra sanitation collection just before Passover.
• Hawks, and [o]possums, and pigeons, oh my!
• Is it hard to have business on Cortelyou east of Flatbush, or just hard to be a dry cleaner?
• March 8: snow.