This Week In Ditmas Park

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Here’s a recap of the past week:

• Neighbors Morgan Chan and Yates and Ellis Wong are also helping to bring 500 turkeys to needy families this Thanksgiving via CAMBA’s Beyond Hunger Emergency Food Pantry.

• Bill de Blasio became the new Mayor of New York City.

• Local teenager Paul Ceffalio is raising chickens in his backyard!

• Neighbors Jesse Levine and Dan Parkes launched a Kickstarter for Brooklyn-inspired cat homes.

• El Paso Mexican Grill is now serving burritos for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

• The Prospect Park Zoo showed off their baby red pandas.

• Two people were taken to SUNY Downstate after a fire on E 18th Street.

• Local man Isaac Theil gave a fellow straphanger a shoulder to lean on, and neighbors have differing views on how friendly the world is these days.

• We took a look at 390 Ocean Parkway in 1917.

• The Kings Theatre is coming along.

• Cortelyou and Argyle got its sidewalk back.

• Here’s where to eat gluten-free in the neighborhood.

• We had some killer brunch at Ox Cart.

Photo by thesaxophonewarrior