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Also on today's calendar: 1980s Murder Mystery Drag Roast : A Nasty Way To Die and 12 more events.
And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Pat P.!
Today's riddle: Why did the weatherman's cheeks turn pink? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Weather forecast:
1. Brooklyn Residents Face Flooding (patch.com) — Severe flooding in Bedford-Stuyvesant left parts of Ralph Avenue and Bainbridge Street under feet of water, with residents stranded on benches and swept along by fast-moving runoff. Brooklyn Council Member Chi Ossé is pressing the city to prioritize stormwater and catch basin upgrades in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights after pipes failed within an hour of the storm. The Department of Environmental Protection has yet to respond to questions about the ongoing manhole flooding.
2. NYC Tax Break Deal Hands Brooklyn Developer Millions (patch.com) — A revived 421a-style tax break in New York’s new state budget clears the way for the massive River Ring development on the Williamsburg waterfront, handing its Brooklyn developer substantial property tax savings. The project will bring two high-rise towers, a public waterfront park, a YMCA, and roughly 1,200 apartments, including hundreds of income-restricted units, to northern Brooklyn. Local officials and labor leaders backed the deal after securing higher construction wages and community benefits.
3. Mermaid Parade marches on as Reynoso promises annual funding ‘so long as I'm in office' • Brooklyn Paper (brooklynpaper.com) — Brooklyn’s beloved Coney Island Mermaid Parade is officially saved for June 20 after a successful GoFundMe and a $20,000 allocation from Borough President Antonio Reynoso, who pledged the same support annually while in office. Local performers and residents say the renewed funding secures a cornerstone of Brooklyn’s creative culture and expect an even bigger turnout thanks to the surge of attention and new sponsors.
4. Firefighters brave second Borough Park fire in 48 hours • Brooklyn Paper (brooklynpaper.com) — Two serious fires hit Borough Park just 48 hours apart, including a Wednesday night basement explosion in a one-story commercial building where one firefighter was briefly trapped but declined medical treatment. Earlier in the week, firefighters rescued a resident from a two-alarm blaze in a mixed-use building on 14th Avenue, as about 70 firefighters in total battled the separate incidents.
5. City Council bill would order a study on available healthcare for senior populations (brooklyneagle.com) — Brooklyn seniors could see better-targeted healthcare if a new City Council bill passes, ordering a detailed study of services in all 18 local community districts. The proposal would map where older adults live versus nearby clinics and specialists, then recommend fixes like more culturally and linguistically appropriate care and providers that accept a wider range of insurance plans.
📸 Beautiful Brooklyn! —Pat P.
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