Grant For Mental Health Treatment + More People Of Color On Bikes

Happy Thursday, Bed-Stuy! Here's what's going on today in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and warm. High: 77 Low: 61.

Here are the top stories today in Bed-Stuy:

1. Grant Will Fund Mental Health Treatment For Bed-Stuy Seniors (Bed-Stuy Patch)
2. Bed-Stuy organization works to get more people of color on bikes (Yale Climate Connections)
3. Eric Adams Embraces Big Real Estate. What's In It for the Rest of Us? (The Indypendent)
4. NYC Announces Flood Insurance Pilot After Lessons of Hurricane Ida (Brooklyn Reader)
5. Eric Adams: Expand opportunities for gifted learners, not cut them (New York Post)

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Today in Bed-Stuy:

• 8th Grade Picture Day — Lyons Community School (12:00 AM)

Bed-Stuy Patch Notebook

• Brooklyn Museum: "Get spooky with us on Thursday, October 28 as we celebrate the launch of @ellomelissa's Dreaming of You, a macabre new book following a young Latinx poet who decides to bring Tejana pop star Selena Quintanilla back to life through a séance..." (Instagram)
• The Campaign Against Hunger: "Smiles all around with @bkborohall at our Eastern Parkway Farm today. #queens #brooklyn #nyc #harvest #fall #pumpkin #festive #harlem #manhattan #bronx" (Facebook)
• Community Board 3 Bedford-Stuyvesant: "The Housing and Land Use Committee will meet tonight at 6:30P via WebEx. The login information is below: Housing & Land Use Committee Meeting Hosted by Brooklyn Community Board 3..." (Facebook)
• FAB Fulton: "Local entrepreneurs and business owners! Put your retail space front and center in the heart of Brooklyn where historic Clinton Hill and Fort Greene meet at 475 Clermont. Learn about retail leasing opportunities: https://475clermont.com/..." (Facebook)
• The Laundromat Project: "#CreateChangeInstitute is just over a month away — wondering if you should attend? We see CCI as a valuable opportunity for artists, activists, advocates, administrators, organizers, cultural workers, and change makers of all kinds..." (Facebook)
• FAB Fulton: "FAB FULTON BIZs! Did you get the recent edition of our newsletter? Learn more about the Annual Meeting, grant program updates, vax mandates and more: http://www.fabfulton.org/fab-biz-blast-oct-2021/" (Facebook)

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~ Gabby DeBenedictis

About me: I'm filling in for your typical Bed-Stuy reporter, Anna Quinn, this week! I'm a roving editor at Patch and am based in the New Haven, Connecticut area.

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Bed-Stuy Daily? Email me at gabby.debenedictis@patch.com.