🌱 NYPD In E. Flatbush + Flatbush Entrepreneur Opens New Venture

Dashiell Allen
Updated ·3 min read

Good morning, Ditmas Park-Flatbush! Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. These are the most important things going on today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and colder. High: 26 Low: 15.

Here are the top four stories in Ditmas Park-Flatbush today:

  1. Johanne Brierre, the entrepreneur behind the Flatbush-based co-working space BKLYN Commons, cut the ribbon on her latest venture, a co-working space for hair stylists, massage therapists, and nail technicians –everything beauty. Those are the jobs that can't be done via Zoom, Brierre says. (Brooklyn Reader)

  2. East Flatbush may be one of the neighborhoods receiving plainclothes police units, in an initiative announced by Mayor Eric Adams to target gun violence in “30 precincts where 80 percent of violence occurs.” (Brooklyn Paper)

  3. Brooklyn's Community Board 14 approved a plan to build a 150-student Yeshiva school for children with autism. The plan was scaled back from 700 students, after the community expressed concerns over the strain the project would have on traffic. (Brooklyn Reader)

  4. Kaegan Mays-Williams, a progressive Democrat, is running against moderate State Senator Simcha Felder, who's represented parts of Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Kensington, Borough Park, and Sunset Park, for over two decades. A lawyer living in Ditmas Park, Mays-Williams works for the anti-gun organization Everytown for Gun Safety. (http://hamodia.com)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

  • Assembly District 58 Tenant and Homeowner Assistance Townhall with Nick Perry, online (6 p.m.)

  • NYPD 70th precinct community council meeting, online via Zoom (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • There will be Hot Meals on Friday from 1-3p.m. at Fulton & Nostrand Ave. Thank you Equality For Flatbush for sharing. (Instagram)

  • Councilwoman Farah Louis mourned the loss of a close friend who died right before COVID hit in 2020, and cited his memory for her support of a bill "requiring the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report on the mental health of New Yorkers during the COVID-19 public health crisis." (Twitter)

  • Here's a Pilates class from the Flatbush YMCA! (Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Wednesday off right! I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow with another update.

— Dashiell Allen

This article originally appeared on the Ditmas Park-Flatbush Patch