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1. Fire Breaks Out After Body Found Inside Brooklyn Apartment (patch.com) — Emergency crews rushed to a Shore Road apartment in Brooklyn after police discovered a man who had died of natural causes, shortly before a fire broke out inside the unit. About 80 firefighters and EMS personnel responded to the early-morning blaze, which remains under investigation as authorities work to learn more about the victim and what sparked the flames.
2. BQE Construction: What Brooklyn And Queens Drivers Need To Know (patch.com) — Brooklyn drivers face a decade-long overhaul of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway starting in 2030, with temporary bypass roads planned to keep traffic off local streets and protect access to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and Brooklyn Bridge Park. The massive $4 billion project also ties into improvements in Sunset Park, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Gowanus, and Red Hook, plus future transit options to cut car dependence.
3. Bushwick housing lotto offers affordable co-ops to first-time buyers • Brooklyn Paper (brooklynpaper.com) — An affordable housing lottery in Bushwick is offering 16 co-op apartments to first-time buyers, with prices starting at $219,500 and income limits tied to area median income. Brooklyn residents can apply for units in two new buildings, learn details in a Zoom info session, and must use NYC Housing Connect before the September 3 deadline.
4. New documentary highlights role of participatory democracy in rebuilding Ground Zero (brooklyneagle.com) — A new documentary on rebuilding Ground Zero is set to premiere at Brooklyn Public Library's Central branch, tying the 9/11 anniversary to New Yorkers' role in reshaping the site. Local residents can attend a screening and panel exploring how public input and participatory democracy influenced the final World Trade Center design.
5. Tablet article chronicles experiences of 9/11 survivor who donated her shoes to the memorial museum (brooklyneagle.com) — A Bay Ridge 9/11 survivor is sharing the story of the Nine West heels she wore while escaping the North Tower, now displayed at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum. Brooklyn's diocesan newspaper, The Tablet, highlights how her faith, memories of a heroic coworker, and a priest's quick actions helped her survive that day.
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