This Week In Ditmas Park

This week in Ditmas Park, the fight for Jim Brennan’s Assembly District 44 seat heated up, the Flatbush Tenant Coalition held candidates’ feet to the fire at the annual forum, Asya on Cortelyou Road closed its doors, and we welcomed the new owners of Shayna’s Restaurant (now Suzy’s).

More highlights from the neighborhood:

• City Council Introduces Right To Record Act [Corrected]

• Bullets Fired on East 23rd Street Not Aimed At NYPD, Cops Say

• Windsor Terrace Musician Brings Free Jazz Shanties To Waterfront Concert

• Bite of the Day: Oxtail and Roti at Suzy’s Roti Parlour

• Trees and Branches Down After Monday’s Brief Storm

• An Un-Hip Coworking Space Opens In Kensington

• Ditmas Park Man Convicted In Brutal Rape Case, Faces 86 Years To Life In Prison