Ditmas Park West
Neighborhood Associationest. 1969
A note from the board · June 2026

Hello, neighbor.

We're 291-ish trees, fifteen blocks, and fifty-seven years of neighbors who plant things, sweep things, and look out for each other. The next thing on the calendar is the dpwna neighborhood tag sale Sat, Jun 6. Neighbors selling across the fifteen blocks. Add your sale to the map!

A front yeard full of items for sale during the DPWNA tag sale
Tag sale — sales on every block.
291
Trees we’ve planted since 1978

Every one of them planted by a neighbor.

That’s a bit over a third of every tree on these fifteen blocks — the rest were already here when we started counting, and we keep an eye on those too. Argyle has the longest run of mature canopy; Straford has a few pits sitting empty. If there’s one in front of your house, write us. We’ll bring the sapling, the soil, and someone who’s done it before.

On the calendar.

Most events are open to anyone in the neighborhood. Bring a chair, bring kids.

Mon, Jun 15
7 p.m.–8:30 p.m.

DPWNA Annual Meeting

Bad Therapy 1008 Cortelyou Rd New York NY 11218

Add → calendar
Who do I call about…

The civic cheat sheet.

We get a lot of calls. Most of them aren’t really ours to answer. They’re a 311, a precinct, or a CB14 thing. So we wrote down who actually handles what.

Pothole, sidewalk311
Adopt a tree pitEmail the board
Garbage missed311 · DSNY
Noise after 10311 → 70th Pct
Landmark questionLPC
Filming inquiryEmail the board
Non-emergency police70th Precinct
David Ford, a long-time DPWNA neighbor, beside a Red Maple on Rugby Road
Neighbor Spotlight · Nº 014

“I planted the first one in 1978, on a lunch break.”

David Ford on the Red Maple at Rugby & Dorchester, the cat that lived in it, and what changed when the M trains stopped running underneath.

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Annual Membership

$15.

One household, one year, no fuss.

Your fifteen dollars goes to saplings, block-party permits, the printer, and a little tucked aside for when something needs paying for fast. Owners, renters, sublets — everyone who lives here is welcome. We’re not an HOA. We can’t fine you, and we wouldn’t if we could.