This Week in Ditmas Park

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In case you missed anything this week, here’s a recap:

• Local photographer Eli Koppel is documenting Flatbush Avenue from end to end.

• Our deepest condolences to the friends and family of Adrien Zamora.

• A car accident on Cortelyou, and one on Beverley.

• Missing: Esperanza Salas, Darryl Washington, and Ramon Molina.

• The PS 139 Chess Ninjas had an excellent time at Nationals.

• Neighbor Patti Hoff is building community at the Junction BID.

• In 1901, houses in Beverley Square West started at $6,500.

• Gabriel Kahane, Tim Thomas, Amy Besa, and other neighbors in the news.

• Eight weeks. Please help us change Coney Island Avenue.

• We know it’s only May, but it’s time to sign the kids up for fall sports.

• The Sears building on Beverley was landmarked.

• Budgets, youth programs, library closures, and more from the CB14 meeting.

• Did you see Clive Owen?

• Meet Arturo Garcia, who’s on the Flatbush Artists Studio Tour–going on till 6pm today.

• Carry a cell phone when you’re exercising–and one reader has an accessory suggestion.

• Three people were injured in a fire on Newkirk Ave.

• Local artist seeks donations to install the Cortelyou Library mural.

• Head’s up for falling tree limbs.

• Finally, can you guess the meaning of Kasia Nikhamina’s Open Corner piece?