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# This Week In Ditmas Park
- URL: https://bklyner.com/this-week-in-ditmas-park-94-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2014-01-19T19:00:12.000Z
- Updated: 2014-09-30T04:50:13.000Z
- Author: Nora Whelan
- Tags: #API-Imported

![bodega by mbakija](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Screen-Shot-2014-01-19-at-11.20.30-AM-600x600.png)

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Here’s a recap of the past week:

• [Nine Chains](/blog/business/at-first-bite-nine-chains) is finally serving brownies and more on Church Avenue…

• … while [New York Brick Oven Pizza is closed](/blog/business/new-york-brick-oven-pizza-closed-for-now), at least temporarily.

• A building on the corner of Cortelyou and Stratford [sold for $2 million](/blog/real-estate/building-on-corner-of-stratford-cortelyou-sells-for-2-million) in an all-cash bidding war.

• [This Rugby Road house](/blog/real-estate/the-next-huge-flatbush-sale-2-275-million-for-100-rugby-road) could set a new Flatbush sale record.

• Local philosopher Ian Olasov told us about [his new lecture series at the Brooklyn Public Library](/blog/neighbors/neighbor-ian-olasov-talks-his-favorite-local-haunts-his-beginnings-in-philosophy-a-new-lecture-series-at-bpl).

• Gerard Grant was killed and another man critically injured [in a shooting ](/blog/crime/one-man-killed-another-injured-after-e-16th-street-shooting)on E 16th Street and Avenue I.

• Do you stand with DA Ken Thompson or Governor Cuomo on [legalizing small amounts of weed in public view](/blog/crime/should-small-amounts-of-marijuana-in-public-view-be-decriminalized)?

• [Neighbors responded to Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero plans.](/blog/crime/whats-the-best-way-to-reduce-traffic-violence-on-our-streets)

• [How many locations can you identify in these vintage photos of our area?](/blog/history/get-through-the-rainy-workday-by-guessing-the-locations-of-these-old-timey-flatbush-photos)

• Turns out, [we share a lot of street names with Cedarhurst, NY](/blog/history/the-great-prospect-park-south-cedarhurst-street-name-mystery).

• [CAMBA was recognized](/blog/real-estate/and-on-the-other-end-of-the-spectrum-an-affordable-housing-victory-for-camba) for their work in green, affordable, and supportive housing.

• Police are looking for a suspect in [two armed robberies in our area](/blog/crime/police-seek-suspect-in-multiple-armed-robberies).

*Photo by [mbakija](http://instagram.com/p/jUYSKcIwkS/?ref=bklyner.com)*