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# This Week in Ditmas Park
- URL: https://bklyner.com/this-week-in-ditmas-park-90-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2013-12-22T17:41:13.000Z
- Updated: 2014-09-30T05:16:34.000Z
- Author: Nora Whelan
- Tags: #API-Imported

![graffiti via worksbymac](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Screen-Shot-2013-12-22-at-12.08.06-PM.png)

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Here’s a recap of the past week:

- 16-year-old neighbor Jasmine Guillaume was killed and her two sisters left in critical condition after a [tragic house fire](/blog/crime/woman-killed-sisters-critical-after-early-am-fire-on-e-8th-street) on E 8th Street.
- Local film shoots [are a problem for several neighbors](/blog/transportation/how-far-in-advance-should-film-shoots-post-no-parking-signs).
- [Here’s how Ditmas Parkers can go swimming in a snowstorm.](/blog/kids/stay-warm-secret-swimming-at-the-east-midwood-jewish-center)
- After a nerve wracking morning, a local student [recanted her claim](/blog/crime/alleged-attempted-ps-139-abduction-this-morning-turns-out-to-be-misunderstanding) about an abduction attempt near PS 139.
- [Three local men were arrested](/blog/crime/three-local-men-arrested-yesterday-for-unlawful-firearm-drug-possession-moving-violations-stolen-property) and guns, marijuana and stolen property recovered after a traffic stop.
- We previewed [Prospect Park’s Lakeside](/blog/news/first-skaters-take-to-the-lefrak-center-at-prospect-parks-lakeside-opens-to-public-on-friday) before its December 20 opening.
- [How much should you tip this holiday?](/blog/holidays/lets-discuss-holiday-tipping-etiquette)
- [Eddie Larios of Salud](/blog/food/saluds-eddie-larios-talks-family-time-other-lessons-in-five-years-in-ditmas-park) talked to us about his five years in business so far.
- We spoke to [local animal trainer and YouTube sensation](/blog/animals/neighbor-alex-garcia-conquers-cockatoos-dishes-on-dogs-spills-the-secret-to-silly-tricks) Alex Garcia.
- Neighbors weighed in on the [new Whole Foods in Gowanus](/blog/business/will-you-be-shopping-at-brooklyns-first-whole-foods).
- The Prospect Park Zoo [hatched some cuties with a sort of insulting name](/blog/animals/prospect-park-zoo-successfully-hatched-five-baby-turtles).
- That Jamie Foxx-directed short that shot in town over the summer [is now online](/blog/art-music/project-imaginat10n-releases-jamie-foxxs-and-she-was-my-eve-filmed-in-ditmas-park).
- The Brooklyn Public Library [banned the streaming of adult videos](/blog/library/brooklyn-public-library-implements-new-software-to-block-graphic-content) throughout their branches.
- Local health experts gave [holiday tips on taking care](/blog/health/savor-balance-drink-lots-of-water-healthy-holiday-eating-tips-from-a-local-dietician).
- Two [commercial spaces](/blog/business/1621-church-avenue-for-rent) on Church Avenue [went up for rent](/blog/real-estate/907-a-church-avenue-storefront-for-rent).

*Photo via [worksbymac](http://instagram.com/p/iOvOWComgT/?ref=bklyner.com)*