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5 Things: Screenwriters Workshop and NCAA Eligibility Info Session
Plus the granddaddy of gangster films and a milestone for Am Thai.

Former Patch Staff. Bio: Amy Sara Clark was born in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, and attended P.S. 139, Ditmas J.H.S. and Midwood High School before earning a B.A. and M.A. in history at the University of Michigan.
Plus the granddaddy of gangster films and a milestone for Am Thai.

Al Di La's third venture, at Lincoln and Washington, opens this week for coffee and pastries. Full menu, beer and wine to come soon.
Prospect Heights-area information and events you won't want to miss.
Prospect Heights-area information and events you won't want to miss.
Plus a a Vanderbilt break-in, Dean Street double car thefts and more.
Gunman and two accomplices mug woman at corner of Dean Street in broad daylight.
Our daily look at Prospect Heights though our lens—and yours.
A look at Ditmas Park through our lens—and yours.
Prospect Heights-area information and events you won't want to miss.
Ditmas Park-area information and events you won't want to miss.
Archdiocese to shutter 25 schools in the New York metro area.
Archdiocese closing 25 schools in the New York metro area.
Flames broke out in a seven-story apartment building between Classon and Franklin avenues Wednesday afternoon.
Brooklyn information and events you won't want to miss.
Ditmas Park-area information and events you won't want to miss.
What you need to know, pre-coffee.
Opponents of the on-street bike racks say the decision will further polarize the community.
Local information and events you won't want to miss.
A real-time account of Community Board 8's transportation committee's discussion of a petition to get rid of the on-street bike racks on Franklin Avenue.
Prospect Heights-area information and events you won't want to miss.