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# This Week In Ditmas Park
- URL: https://bklyner.com/this-week-in-ditmas-park-95-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2014-01-26T20:00:04.000Z
- Updated: 2014-09-30T04:46:56.000Z
- Author: Nora Whelan
- Tags: #API-Imported

![subway platform by chrisjohnbowman](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Screen-Shot-2014-01-26-at-2.57.34-PM-600x600.png)

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Here’s a recap of the past week:

• Following a [shooting in the Church Avenue B/Q station](/blog/crime/man-shot-near-church-avenue-subway-station), Councilmember Eugene and others discussed the [recent violent incidents near Church Avenue and E 18th Street](/blog/crime/addressing-the-ongoing-violence-at-church-avenue-e-18th-street).

• The FDC’s Robin Redmond [caught some of dancing crossing guard Esther Hines’ best moves](/blog/photos/esther-at-her-best).

• We tried tongue, Huitlacocha, and more at the newly-opened [Tacos El Catrin](/blog/business/at-first-bite-tacos-el-catrin).

• [Donuts! Donuts! Donuts!](/blog/food/homemade-donuts-coming-back-to-qathra-making-their-milk-honey-debut)

• We chatted with neighbor [Ansel Francis of Hartwell Vegetarian](/blog/food/hartwell-vegetarians-ansel-francis-on-an-opening-date-sibling-love-more) about an opening date, menu, and more…

• …and with local musician and artist Loalu Senbanjo [talked with us before his first neighborhood gig](/blog/art-music/laolu-senbanjo-talks-juice-local-inspiration-the-meaning-of-afromysterics).

• A look at the past and present of [1306 Albemarle Road](/blog/neighbors/a-closer-look-at-1306-albemarle-road-one-of-the-coolest-houses-in-prospect-park-south).

• Why [Newkirk Plaza](/blog/history/a-glimpse-of-history-on-newkirk-plaza) is such a great place to get all nostalgic.

• Thanks to Solarize Brooklyn, [23 Brooklyn homes are converting to solar energy](/blog/home/23-borough-homes-are-going-solar-thanks-to-solarize-brooklyn).

• [We’re getting a local Checker’s.](/blog/business/checkers-to-open-as-early-as-next-week-on-church-avenue)

• BuzzFeed named the Q [the best subway line in NYC](/blog/transportation/is-the-q-still-the-best-subway-line-in-all-of-nyc).

• [Our area is surprisingly devoid of swings.](/blog/kids/question-of-the-week-wheres-a-kid-supposed-to-swing-around-here)

• Neighbors weighed in on how they’d handle [dogs tied up in the freezing cold](/blog/animals/what-would-you-do-sub-zero-dogs).

*Photo by [chrisjohnbowman](http://instagram.com/p/jjZXS0QiIV/?ref=bklyner.com)*