🌱 Black Homeowners Fight Deed Fraud + Anti-Vaxx Ad At Bus Stop

Morning, neighbors! It's me again, Anna Quinn, your host of the Bed-Stuy Daily.

First, today's weather:

Not as cool with a shower. High: 59 Low: 42.

Here are the top stories today in Bed-Stuy:

1. Aloe Blacc To Perform At Bed-Stuy Toy, Coat Drive Celebration (Bed-Stuy Patch)
2. Meet the Woman Keeping Brooklyn's Sneakers Looking Brand New (Brooklyn Reader)
3. Anti-Vaxx Ad Appears In Crown Heights Bus Stop (Patch)
4. The Pandemic Of Deed Frauds And African America Victims In Brooklyn (Black Star News)

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Today in Bed-Stuy:

• Library Lanes (Virtual Bowling) - Brooklyn Public Library (10:30 AM)
• McKinley Park Branch Virtual First 5 Years Storytime (11:00 AM)
• Building Your Own Business Website | NYC SBS (11:00 AM)
• Virtual Bushwick and Brownsville Brainy Babies (11:00 AM)
• Creative Aging; Accessible Yoga - Brooklyn Public Library (12:00 PM)
• Cooking matters Virtual Workshops - Brooklyn Public Library (1:30 PM)
• Creative Aging: Life Story's Create a Memory Book (2:00 PM)
• Grab-and-Go: Library Lab - Brooklyn Public Library (3:00 PM)
• Teens: Cooking with the CookMobile! (3:30 PM)
• Afterschool Ready Set Kindergarten Series (3:30 PM)
• City Harvest Fall "Cooking Matters" Workshop (5:00 PM)
• We Speak Art: For English Language Learners (6:00 PM)
• Cross Cultural Conversations - Brooklyn Public Library (6:00 PM)
• CBH TALK - Black Protest, Black Art: Written Word (6:30 PM)
• Knit, Crochet & Sew Together - Brooklyn Public Library (7:00 PM)

Bed-Stuy Patch Notebook

• Brooklyn Museum: "Stop by our Holiday Market on Sundays, December 5, 12, and 19 from 12–6pm to shop one-of-a-kind, handmade items from local artisans and vendors. This special indoor holiday market features more than twenty vendors offering artwork, jewel..." (Instagram)
• Save Our Streets Brooklyn: "As we reflect on this past Thanksgiving, we'd like to thank our community, our partners and all of our supporters for a great turnout!" (Facebook)
• Pratt Institute: "Looking to share a moment of care this holiday season? Check out this round-up of recent work from Pratt Institute Alumni." (Facebook)
• FAB Fulton: "Only a few days left to sign up for NYC Restaurant Week® Winter 2022, slated for January 18 – February 13, 2022. Represent Brooklyn with lunch and dinner deals for diners! Read more details and sign up now: https://docs.google.com/forms/..." (Facebook)

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— Anna Quinn

About me: Hello readers! My name is Anna Quinn and I cover all things Park Slope, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights and Prospect Heights for Patch. I've also covered the west side of Manhattan and 14 other Brooklyn neighborhoods during my time as a Patch reporter. I'm a former Hearst Connecticut reporter, a Loyola Maryland grad and a general news junkie. Tell me your stories at anna.quinn@patch.com and follow @AnnaQuinnPatch on Twitter to read mine.

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