🌱 Street Closures + Three Fires In BK + Polio In Sewage + New Play

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First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 81 Low: 67.

Here are the top four stories in Brooklyn today:

1. NYC Summer Streets is back for two more Saturdays, today (Aug. 13) and next week, Aug. 20. View the link for a full list of where cars cannot drive today. (NBC New York)
2. There were three fires yesterday in Brooklyn. At around 3:35 a.m., a massive fire broke out at a Brooklyn recycling plant located at 1888 Pitkin Avenue. At around 8:13 a.m., the FDNY was able to control the fire and debris. At around 7:15 a.m., there was a large fire at a building on Montrose Avenue in East Williamsburg. FDNY crews got the fire under control by 9:00 a.m., but three firefighters and another person were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. At around 11:15 a.m, the FDNY rescued a man from toxic smoke and high heat during a Brooklyn house fire on the second floor of 681 East 83rd Street in Canarsie. The man is in critical but stable condition at Brookdale Hospital. And another resident suffered minor injuries as well. At around 11:58 a.m., the firefighters had the fire under control. (AMNY 1, CBS New York, AMNY 2)
3. The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDOHMH) detected poliovirus (the virus that causes paralytic polio) in sewage suggesting likely local circulation of the virus. Unvaccinated New Yorkers are urged to get vaccinated for polio. (NYC Gov)
4. Eight Ukrainian children recently arrived in the Fort Green neighborhood of Brooklyn to perform the play "Mom on Skype" in a converted Sunday school space. The play was first staged in April in Lviv at the Irondale Center. (The New York Times)

Today in Brooklyn:

• MAROONED! At spit&vigor (9:00 AM)
• LEGOLAND NY Adventure At Barclays Center (9:00 AM)
• Wyckoff Farm Stand At The Wyckoff House Museum (11:00 AM)
• Brooklyn Book Bodega (Book Giveaway All Ages) At East New York Farmer's Market (11:00 AM)
• Resume Help At Brooklyn Public Library, Pacific Library (12:00 PM)
• Re.Mixer At House of Yes (1:00 PM)
• Narcotics Anonymous At Brooklyn Public Library, Stone Avenue Library
  (1:15 PM)
• Puppets Come Home: BODY Slam! At Coney Island USA (9:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• The leader of "Mike's Candyshop," Ariel Tavarez, a/k/a "A," a/k/a "Mike," was sentenced to 264 months in prison in connection with conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine, fentanyl, and a fentanyl analogue, and distributing narcotics that caused the 2018 overdose death of Colin Kroll, the co-founder of the video hosting service Vine and the trivia game application HQ Trivia. View the link for more information. (Department of Justice)
• Tour the "maximalist and eclectic" Boerum Hill, Brooklyn home of three best friends! View the link to see more. (Architectural Digest)
• Looking for your next brunch spot? View the link to see the "10 Best Spots" for brunch in Brooklyn! (Guest of a Guest)
• Octopus Records, a new record shop, has opened in Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood! View the link for details. (The Vinyl Factory)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— Rose Mendez

About me: Rose Mendez is a freelance writer. She is studying English Literature at Hunter College. She loves reading, walking around the city, and coffee!