This Week In Ditmas Park

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Here’s a recap of the past week:

• Following the one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, we took a moment to remember Jessie Streich-Kest and Jacob Vogelman.

• Generous neighbors are helping us get closer and closer to bringing 500 turkeys to local families this Thanksgiving.

• Neighbors dressed up and reveled in the local spirit at Halloween parades.

• Northbound side platforms reopened at local subway stations, but overall nobody gets what took so long.

• Local Ocean Parkway intersections are getting some safety improvements.

• Two neighbors were lost in a tragic fire on E 15th Street and Avenue I.

• We picked our top 10 creepy places to visit in and around the neighborhood.

• These Ditmas Park born and bred kittens are for adoption.

• Local filmmaker Michael K. Anderson broke new ground with a web series.

• A neighbor shared his recipe that can be made with apples from the Cortelyou Greenmarket.

Photo by dumplingboy