🌱 Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Success + Williamsburg Trader Joe's

Hello again people of Brooklyn! I am your host, Patrick Murray here with today's issue of the Brooklyn Daily.

First, today's weather:

Warm and sunny with a high of 64 and a low of 50.

Here are the top stories today in Brooklyn:

1. NYC DOT announced that cycling traffic over the Brooklyn Bridge is up nearly 90 percent from October 2020, thanks to the newly introduced bike lane. The bike lane features a high barrier to separate bikers from car traffic, making it a far safer transportation route for cyclists. The bike lane is part of a larger initiative on the city's part to make alternative transportation safer and more widespread. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
2. A report released on Monday, Nov. 8, by the group Advocates for Children, showed that more than 100,000 NYC students were homeless at some point between 2020 and 2021. During a year when students across the world were forced to learn from home, approximately 28,000 students lived in homeless shelters, nearly 65,000 were living "doubled-up" with friends or family, and an additional 3,860 were living in cars, parks, or abandoned buildings. This data represents a 42 percent increase in child homelessness from 2010. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
3. Trader Joe's will soon be opening in Williamsburg, at 200 Kent Ave. While opening date rumors have been running rampant, Trader Joe's has yet to make any official statement as to when the new location will become operational. Based on this report, opening within the next three weeks seems possible. (Brooklyn Paper)

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Today in Brooklyn:

• Oneonta visit, Academy for Young Writers. (10 a.m.)
• Big Head Todd and the Monster, Brooklyn Bowl. (6 p.m.)
• Will Smith: An Evening of Stories With Friends at Kings Theatre. (8 p.m.)
• Buckaroo's Comedy Show, Pete's Candy Store. (6:30 p.m.)

Brooklyn Patch Notebook

• Brooklyn Bridge Park hard at work preparing for fall planting! (Instagram)
• Congratulations to Jocelynne Rainey, who will join Brooklyn Community Foundation as president and CEO. (Facebook)
• Views from Brooklyn Flea! (Instagram)
• Brooklyn Public Library announces 2021 Literary Prize winners. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

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