This Week In Ditmas Park

This week we experienced the longest heat wave in 18 years! The longest one on record (anyone remember it?) was in 1953, with 12 blistering days in a row. Here’s hoping this is the longest one we see for at least another decade or two.

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Here’s a recap of the past week:

• The state will vote on a liquor license next week for a bar that wants to open on Cortelyou.

• A lovely remembrance of neighbor Patricia Ngozi Agbim by her brother-in-law.

• Billy and Barbara DeQuaglio talk about living in a house on Rugby for 41 years.

• Local reflections on the death of Trayvon Martin following the Zimmerman verdict.

• The Dorchester mural is done, and it’s got a plaque to tell you a little about it.

• How is the trash outside of PS 139 looking this weekend?

• Nine tasty drinks around Ditmas Park that will quench your thirst.

• If you use Bedford Ave near Brooklyn College, note the upcoming construction.

• Bill de Blasio campaigned at the Church Ave subway station.

• Neighbors had a lot of great car window repair shop recommendations.

• Is this the summer of vermin?

• A neighbor has started a flower subscription service.

• Stymied by all the squash you got at the Greenmarket or CSA? Try this recipe!

• A look at when Foster Avenue had a butcher.

• Apartments have been listed in the new building at 480 Stratford.

• Finally, how is your garden growing?