This Week In Ditmas Park
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Here’s a recap of what happened in our neighborhood last week:
• Three men robbed Ox Cart Tavern at gunpoint.
• After 773 Lounge was destroyed in a fire, the owners vowed to rebuild the bar that has been serving brews since 1969.
• There was an armed robbery at a deli on Church Avenue by Stratford Road, after which police released this photo of the suspect.
• The citywide 25mph speed limit went into effect, drawing mixed opinions from neighbors.
• Many of us want to see a more pedestrian-friendly intersection at Cortelyou Road and Coney Island Avenue.
• Want to see a dog run in Prospect Park? FIDO is holding a meeting about that soon.
• Help us bring Thanksgiving meals to 500 local families in need.
• Learning we want to live in miso butter and other lessons from our first meal at Hunger Pang.
• Local Democrats easily defeated their challengers in Tuesday’s election, including Rodneyse Bichotte in the 42nd Assembly District.
• Remembering the Loew’s Kings Theatre as it was decades ago.
• Can you give this energetic fella a home?