This Week In Ditmas Park

This week in Ditmas Park, the NYPD reported that both homicides and shootings in the 70th Precinct have dropped relative to 2015; Chris Rock, Adam Sandler & David Spade were among the comedians who played Kings Theatre Wednesday night; and we pondered the time when Flatbush Avenue had a toll gate.

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

• Q train riders could be traveling the Second Avenue subway line as early as December.
• Cops searched for two suspects who tried to rape a woman near Prospect Park.
• A local cooking class feels like spending a day in Grandma’s kitchen.
• Renters are submitting their testimony in anticipation of upcoming Rent Stabilization increases.
• Little Miss Saigon closed its doors Friday.
• There were two separate one-alarm fires on East 18th Street between Church Avenue and Beverley Road.
• Prospect Park announced it will build two new Flatbush Avenue entrances, and the Borough President is urging traffic calming.
• Dining Review: a heapin’, drippin’, lip-smackin’ fixin’ of soul at Butterfunk Kitchen.
• A long-time detective from the 66th Precinct, who was questioned in an ongoing federal corruption probe, has been fired.
• Borough President Adams and Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia unveiled a new snow and ice “haulster,” which will help to clear smaller streets in Flatbush, Kensington and Midwood next winter.
• The March fire at 474 Stratford Road is now under investigation as “suspicious,” the FDNY says.
• Three busy intersections in our area have been targeted as part of pedestrian safety upgrades.
• Area residents have at least three great reasons to sign up for a free rain barrel.
• And residents now have a way to get their money back if they were wrongfully ticketed at a pedestrian ramp.