This Week In Ditmas Park
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Here’s a recap of the past week:
- Neighbors mourn the loss of Will Gary, who passed on Tuesday at the age of 46.
- Here’s how you helped hundreds of local families have an incredible Thanksgiving.
- Three neighbors talk about the music festival they started in Homer, AK, and the parallels between there and Ditmas Park.
- We consider “Flatbush” vs. “Ditmas Park” vs. “NoProPaSo” and beyond.
- Prospect Park’s Lakeside announced an opening date.
- The skinniest apartment building ever is planned for Beverley Road.
- Looking for a Christmas tree? Here’s where to get one.
- Lauren Elvers Collins of the Church Avenue BID is set to manage the Flatbush BID as well.
- Another kale caper his Tracey Hohman’s yard.
- After over a decade on Foster, zoning conflicts forced Vaquita Cheese to close.
- A man was shot on Tennis Court, though it’s not clear whether the wounds were self-inflicted.
- 26-year-old Dwight Brathwaite was stabbed to death on E 26th Street.
- The neighborhood got more bike racks.
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