Vax Rates In BK + Harlem Shake Moves Into Pk Slope • Daily Digest

Good morning, Brooklyn! Today is Wednesday, Oct. 6. What a difference a few miles will make. Vaccination rates are still lagging in Crown Heights, but Park Slope is now tilting decisively toward herd immunity. See the details below.

Today's weather: A little cloudy, then some sun. High: 71 Low: 61.

Here are the top stories in Brooklyn today:

1. While vaccination rates remain anemic in Crown Heights, Park Slope residents have now cleared the 70 percent mark — and that's the lowest rung of herd immunity. (Patch.com)
2. Harlem Shake is exporting the flavors and history of one borough to another when its second location opens on Thursday in Park Slope. (Patch.com)
3. Kyrie Irving was nowhere to be seen at the Brooklyn Nets practice Tuesday. (Elite Sports NY)
4. New York, Brooklyn And Queens public libraries are doing away with their late fees. (CBS New York)
5. Pure Grit Vegan BBQ is opening its first pop-up shop in Brooklyn. (GlobeNewswire)

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About me: Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin. He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio). He is also the author of "Souled American, " a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.

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