This Week In Ditmas Park

This week in Ditmas Park, final participatory budgeting vote counts were released by Council Member Greenfield’s office, we traveled back in time to when Dutch was spoken on the roads of Flatbush, and we learned the joys of Indian cooking at Mukti’s Kitchen in Kensington.

Here’s a recap of what’s been happening this week:

• Construction is starting on a Flatbush building that will provide 123 units of permanent, affordable housing for low-income seniors, families, and persons with disabilities.
• A teenage boy was arrested for the stabbing of a fellow teen on a Ditmas Park sidewalk Tuesday morning, which left the victim in critical condition.
• The legal right to hundreds of single family and small residential buildings in our area were sold at the City’s tax lien sale on Thursday.
• Two area novelists have major accomplishments to share — illustrator and cartoonist Marguerite Dabaie is preparing to publish her next graphic novel, and Helen Phillips is releasing a new short story collection.
• The 70th Precinct led the city in wrongful curbside ramp ticketing, an analysis by a Pratt Institute urban planning professor showed.
• Qathra Cafe has launched a live music series — and is creating a new venue for local artists.
• Coney Island Avenue’s much-anticipated Propellerhead is searching for restaurant and bar staff.
• We explored solar energy potential in our area in DPC’s Map Of The Week.
• The plastic bag bill became law but debate continues over how best to reduce the city’s waste output.
• To create a little more breathing room for parents this summer — we featured four Brooklyn camps with different themes that all have extended day options.