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# This Week In Ditmas Park
- URL: https://bklyner.com/this-week-in-ditmas-park-84-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2013-11-10T20:00:16.000Z
- Updated: 2014-09-30T05:33:04.000Z
- Author: Nora Whelan
- Tags: #API-Imported

![duck ride by thesaxophonewarrior](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-09-at-8.32.21-PM.png)

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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](/blog/holidays/young-neighbors-get-in-on-cambas-500-turkeys-for-500-families-thanksgiving-food-drive) this Thanksgiving via CAMBA’s Beyond Hunger Emergency Food Pantry.
- Bill de Blasio [became the new Mayor of New York City](/blog/politics/bill-de-blasio-is-our-new-mayor-and-other-election-night-results).
- Local teenager Paul Ceffalio [is raising chickens in his backyard](/blog/animals/selling-ditmas-park-eggs-one-teens-struggles-making-a-profit-with-backyard-chickens)!
- Neighbors Jesse Levine and Dan Parkes launched a Kickstarter for [Brooklyn-inspired cat homes](/blog/animals/neighbors-launch-kickstarter-for-big-city-cats-townhouses).
- [El Paso Mexican Grill](/blog/business/el-paso-is-open-on-newkirk-avenue-for-all-your-burrito-taco-needs) is now serving burritos for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- The Prospect Park Zoo [showed off their baby red pandas](/blog/animals/red-panda-babies-practically-live-in-ditmas-park-now-okay-theyre-at-the-prospect-park-zoo).
- Two people were taken to SUNY Downstate after a [fire on E 18th Street](/blog/crime/weekend-fire-on-albemarle-sends-two-people-to-hospital).
- Local man Isaac Theil [gave a fellow straphanger a shoulder to lean on](/blog/neighbors/do-neighborly-gestures-have-a-place-in-2013), and neighbors have differing views on how friendly the world is these days.
- We took a look at [390 Ocean Parkway in 1917](/blog/photos/ditmas-history-aging-away).
- [The Kings Theatre](/blog/history/the-new-york-times-covers-kings-fresh-coat-of-paint) is coming along.
- [Cortelyou and Argyle](/blog/transportation/clear-crosswalk-replaced-at-cortelyou-argyle-roads) got its sidewalk back.
- Here’s [where to eat gluten-free](/blog/food/question-of-the-week-what-where-to-eat-gluten-free-in-ditmas-park) in the neighborhood.
- We had some [killer brunch](/blog/food/bite-of-the-day-brunch-time-at-ox-cart-tavern) at Ox Cart.

*Photo by [thesaxophonewarrior](http://instagram.com/p/ggsR1-PJHf/?ref=bklyner.com)*