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In today's newsletter:

  • Police probe death of man found in Brooklyn apartment
  • How a $1.1B overhaul could transform SUNY Downstate for Brooklynites
  • How will Brooklyn’s new boat-to-cargo-bike freight route change your streets?

Also on today's calendar: Brooklyn Dental Collective End of the Year Invisalign Promotion and 19 more events.

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Today's riddle: I once read a book about anti-gravity. 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Sunday: Colder; morning snow, 1-3", with a high of 32 and low of 23 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Man Found Dead In Brooklyn Apartment Building, Police Say (patch.com) — Police are investigating after a 51-year-old man was found dead with head trauma during a wellness check at a Pennsylvania Avenue apartment building in Brooklyn. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and the medical examiner will determine the cause of death as detectives continue their probe with no arrests yet announced.
   

2. Brooklyn's SUNY Downstate Hospital Begins Long-Awaited Overhaul (bkreader.com) — SUNY Downstate Hospital in central Brooklyn is moving into the design phase of a massive $1.1 billion reconstruction that will modernize rooms, expand the ER, and add a new annex with advanced surgery services. State officials say the long-awaited project will secure the hospital’s future as a key Brooklyn health care and medical training hub after years of community efforts to keep it open.
   

3. ‘Blue Waterways' open: NYC tests the waters on a new way to ship goods between Brooklyn and Manhattan (brooklynpaper.com) — A new city pilot is now moving consumer goods by boat between the Brooklyn Marine Terminal in Red Hook and Midtown Manhattan, aiming to cut truck traffic and pollution in local neighborhoods. Backed by NYC DOT and EDC, the “Blue Waterways” initiative could turn a long-neglected Brooklyn terminal into a modern all‑electric freight hub and reshape how packages reach Brooklyn and the rest of the city.
   

4. Brooklyn senior housing complex faces heating crisis amid frigid temperatures (pix11.com) — Elderly residents at the David Chavis Apartments in Crown Heights say they’re enduring another brutally cold season without reliable heat, even as New York City faces Code Blue conditions. Tenants describe piling on clothes, using unsafe stoves for warmth, and suffering health setbacks while the city’s housing agency says it is investigating and reminds landlords heat is legally required.
   

5. 130 kilos of meth found hidden in pallets of papayas aboard truck in Brooklyn: DEA (nbcnewyork.com) — Federal agents intercepted a tractor trailer heading into Brooklyn and say they uncovered 130 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden inside wooden pallets stacked with papayas. The driver was arrested, and a loaded handgun was also found in the vehicle. Authorities have not yet released further details on the investigation or potential local distribution links.
   

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