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# This Week in Ditmas Park
- URL: https://bklyner.com/this-week-in-ditmas-park-96-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2014-02-02T21:15:37.000Z
- Updated: 2014-09-30T04:44:35.000Z
- Author: Nora Whelan
- Tags: #API-Imported

![cafe tibet via bluegoats](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Screen-Shot-2014-02-02-at-4.11.24-PM-600x602.png)

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Here’s a recap of the past week:

• Parents have mixed feelings on SOAR and mini-schools [being eliminated from PS 139](/blog/news/breaking-ps-139-ending-soar-mini-schools-next-school-year).

• The Valentine’s City of New York Guide gave us a look at [1920s Flatbush](/blog/photos/a-look-at-1920s-flatbush-via-the-valentines-city-of-new-york-guide-book).

• [Am Thai Bistro turned two!](/blog/business/attend-am-thai-bistros-2-year-anniversary-blessing-ceremony-tomorrow)

• Should the MTA [get rid of subway platform trash cans](/blog/transportation/should-the-mta-nix-trash-cans-on-subway-platforms)?

• Shovel your snow (multiple times a day) or [face fines](/blog/sanitation/brooklyn-leads-the-way-in-tickets-for-neglecting-to-shovel), Brooklynites!

• What to do with the [mute swans at Prospect Park](/blog/animals/should-new-yorks-mute-swan-population-be-eliminated) (and the rest of NY)?

• Are local home prices [falling](/blog/real-estate/conflicting-ideas-on-the-2012-2013-housing-market-in-kensington-ditmas-park)–or [rising out of control](/blog/real-estate/this-weekends-open-house-picks-43)?

• Fx drama The Americans [is on its way back](/blog/art-music/the-americans-films-over-several-beverley-westminster-blocks-on-monday) to Ditmas Park.

• We tried some delicious [chicken, ribs, and more](/blog/food/bite-of-the-day-lunch-buffet-from-mannas-soul-food) from Manna’s Soul Food on Flatbush.

• Updates on shootings, an added impact zone, and more from [this month’s 70th Precinct Community Council meeting](/blog/crime/notes-from-januarys-70th-precinct-community-council-meeting).

• Here’s [how to keep animals safe and sound](/blog/animals/doing-the-right-thing-by-local-animals-on-the-new-nypd-aspca-partnership) in Ditmas Park.

• Local fitness standby Namaste Yoga [is up for sale](/blog/business/namaste-yoga-is-for-sale).

• Urban Martial Arts is offering a [New Year’s special](/blog/health/fitness-kickboxing-new-years-special-at-urban-martial-arts-partner-post) for curious potential kick boxers.

*Photo by* [*bluegoats*](http://instagram.com/p/j5PG3GnnJr/?ref=bklyner.com)