🌱 Black History Of Brooklyn + Homeless Students + Jobs Fair

Happy Tuesday, Ditmas Park-Flatbush! Here's everything you need to know going on today.

First, today's weather:

Mild with plenty of sunshine. High: 64 Low: 50.

Here are the top stories in Ditmas Park-Flatbush today:

1. A self-taught historian and a sociologist came together to reconstruct the African-American history of Brooklyn — including in Flatbush — and to “dispel some myths and stereotypes about Black people" along the way, by collecting and analyzing a collection of pictures from the early 20th century. (Brooklyn Reader)
2. A new report found that almost 100,000 NYC public school students are homeless — or close to 1 in 10 — the vast majority of whom are Black or Hispanic. As Councilwoman Elect Rita Joseph pointed out on Twitter that figure is 1 in 8 in Flatbush. "We can’t keep acting like this is normal," she said. (The City)
3. Police are investigating a shooting on Monday morning that left a 36-year-old man in Brownsville severely injured. (AM New York)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• ICL Human Services jobs fair at 2245 Bedford Avenue (10 a.m. - 2 p.m.)
• Women’s Leadership Mentor Symposium at Brooklyn College (12:30 p.m.)
• Nursing Home Reform Policy webinar (2 p.m.)
• Assemblymember Bichotte holds listening session at Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church (6 p.m.)
• Red Cross Disaster Preparedness webinar, featuring Rep. Yvette Clarke (6:30 p.m.)
• Will Smith: An Evening of Stories With Friends at Kings Theater (8 p.m.)

Ditmas Park-Flatbush Patch Notebook

• An East Flatbush homeowner and AirBnB host shares why she's proud of her community, and doesn't want the city to impose further regulations on the home-sharing company, as is proposed in recent legislation. (Gotham Gazette)
• From now until April, the Prospect Park Zoo will be open from 10 AM to 4:30 PM daily. "We hope you can visit us soon!" (Instagram)
• Check out another recorded class from the Flatbush YMCA — this time it's Circuit Training with Jonathan. (Facebook)

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