🌱 Why this Lincoln Place block keeps winning Brooklyn’s greenest honor
Crown Heights, New York Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Crown Heights! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Why this Lincoln Place block keeps winning Brooklyn’s greenest honor
- How a Jerusalem visit spotlighted the Skulener Rebbes’ Crown Heights roots
- Why Crown Heights tops the map for subsidized rentals—but not ownership
Also on today's calendar: In Conversation with Riki Rachtman and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 89, low: 69.
- Saturday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 89 and low of 68 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Lincoln Place blooms again as Brooklyn's Greenest Block winner (brooklyneagle.com) — Lincoln Place between New York and Nostrand avenues has once again been crowned Brooklyn’s Greenest Block, turning a stretch of Crown Heights into a lush, cooler oasis neighbors can stroll today. Local group P.L.A.N.T. leads the effort, using creative displays to promote climate action and mentoring other blocks across Brooklyn. Officials say greening like this also helps cool hotter neighborhoods such as Brownsville and Canarsie. 
• Chabad Delegation Visits Rachmastrivka and Skulen Rebbes (anash.org) — Local readers may appreciate that the Skulener Rebbes once lived in Crown Heights near 770, a connection recalled during a recent Chabad delegation visit to the Rachmastrivka and Skulen courts in Jerusalem. The meeting celebrated the new multi-volume Tanya HaSholeim and the upcoming Siyum of the Ninth Children’s Sefer Torah, with both Rebbes offering warm blessings to participants worldwide.
• A Billion-Dollar Blueprint (rpa.org) — Crown Heights is singled out as one of the Brooklyn neighborhoods where most new housing since 2014 has been government-subsidized rentals, even as city leaders argue New York must boost affordable homeownership. The piece lays out tax, zoning, and financing reforms aimed at helping more renters—especially in Black and Latino communities—buy homes in their own neighborhoods. It frames expanded ownership as key to closing New York’s widening wealth gap.
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In Conversation with Riki Rachtman →
City Winery New York City, 25 11th Ave, New York
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Friends and Lovers, 641 Classon Ave, Brooklyn
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Tree ID 101, Section A →
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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EMPIRE OF THE SUN →
The West Side Tennis Club, 1 Tennis Pl, Forest Hills
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Crown Heights North Association Summer, Sun & Soul Rooftop Rhythm Soirée →
Brooklyn Children's Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave, Brooklyn
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Marlboro-Milton Lions Club Coordinates “Senior Picnic at the Community Center” →
Marlborough, NY Calendar, 1520 Route 9W, Marlboro
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Ladies Night - Sip & Paint →
Heritage Food and Drink, 1379 US-9, Wappingers Falls
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Ladies Night - Paint & Sip →
Heritage Food and Drink, 1379 US-9, Wappingers Falls
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BOE Meeting
Marlboro Csd 21 Milton Turnpike, Milton, NY 12547, USA
7:00 pm
Thursday August 6
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🗞 Nearby News
Wappingers Falls
- Relay For Life of the Hudson Valley Returns to Heritage Financial Park on October 2 (midhudsonnews.com)
- Renegades Celebrating First Responders Night with Free Admission for First Responders & Families (oursportscentral.com)
Poughkeepsie
- Four area hospitals recognized by U.S. News & World Report (midhudsonnews.com)
- Decades-Long Commitment to the Hudson Valley (westfaironline.com)
- Augtober Is Real, Dunkin' and Starbucks Set 2026 Pumpkin Spice Dates (hudsonvalleypost.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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