🌱 Brooklyn's Worst Landlord + Flatbush Residents Give Out Turkeys

Hey, Ditmas Park-Flatbush! Let's get you started this Tuesday with everything you need to know going on around Ditmas Park-Flatbush today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and breezy. High: 43 Low: 31.

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

1. Erik Cowie, one of the stars of Netflix's hit show in early 2020 "Tiger King," was found dead in his apartment in East Flatbush this September. (Distractify)
2. Brooklyn's 'Worst Landlord' Jason Korn reached an agreement with the city's Housing Department to pay $235,000 in civil penalties and fix dangerous conditions in six buildings —including four in Flatbush. (Brooklyn Reader)
3. Three born and raised Flatbush entrepreneurs–Sharese, Tkeyah Russel and Justin Dillon–gave out chickens and turkeys in Flatbush over the weekend. (News 12 Brooklyn)
4. A vigil took place in front of Brooklyn Borough Hall to commemorate the 1,800 victims of traffic accidents over the past eight years. Mayor-elect Eric Adams says he plans on planting a tree grove to honor them. (Brooklyn Paper)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• C2C's Gratitude-Hour at Lips Café (6 p.m.)
• Alternative Thanksgiving dance class (7 p.m.)
• Alternative yoga class (7 p.m.)

Ditmas Park-Flatbush Patch Notebook

• Prospect Park: "Did you know? Our @prospect_park is home to 30,000 trees, and they need our help! Avoid damaging trees: don’t break branches, climb trees, or hang hammocks." (Instagram)
• A circuit training class from Jonathan by the Flatbush YMCA. (Facebook)
• NY Communities For Change thanked Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn for her support of continuing the Excluded Workers Fund, which helps undocumented immigrants access resources. (Twitter)

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