🌱 COVID At-Home Tests In Flatbush + BK College Elevator Opens

Merry Christmas Eve, Flatbush and Ditmas Park. Even with the holidays upon us there's lots of news to catch up on. I'm going to be taking a break from writing the newsletter for the next week, and I look forward to writing to you in the beginning of next year!

First, today's weather:

Variable clouds. High: 45 Low: 38.

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

1. Good news for Flatbush! 2,000 COVID-19 at-home test kits will be distributed at Church Ave. and Flatbush Ave. starting at 9 a.m. Get there before supplies run out, demand is expected to be significantly higher. (Gothamist)
2. U.T.F.O.’s Kangol Kid, a hip hop pioneer, died of cancer at 55 Saturday. His full name was Shaun Shiller Fequiere and he was native to East Flatbush, born to Haitian immigrant parents. (Amsterdam News)
3. The Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College train station just got a new slick, glassy elevator, that's renovation finished ahead of schedule. Now the MTA's temporarily closing the Church St. station's elevator three stops away for its renovation. The elevators, which were built to last for 17.5 years, have been hard at work for closer to 25. (Brooklyn Paper)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• Christmas Eve at Caribbean Social (8 p.m.)
• Christmas party at 2720 Farragut Road (10 p.m.)
• Here's a guide from Time Out NY on the best ways to spend Christmas Eve in the city. (Time Out NY)

From my notebook:

• A landlord who allegedly won't provide consistent heat to some of his tenants in a Bensonhurst apartment building is on the list of "worst evictors" in the city–shared by Equality For Flatbush. (Instagram)
• Here's a hatha yoga class with Lisa from the Flatbush YMCA! (Facebook)
• The Flatbush Food Co-op is staying open during Christmas. (Twitter)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today. I'll see you around!

— Dashiell Allen