🌱 East Flatbush Fire + Crime Data + GOP Win + School Vaccines

Happy Thursday, Ditmas Park-Flatbush! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started off right. These are the most important things happening today in town.

First, today's weather:

Clouds and sun. High: 52 Low: 40.

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

1. Firefighters responded to a fire in a seven-story East Flatbush apartment building that's home to Rep. Yvette Clark's District Offices. So far no injuries have been reported. (WPIX 11 New York)
2. According to the latest NYPD data, shootings are down across New York City — especially in Flatbush — while they continue to spike in parts of The Bronx and Manhattan. (WPIX 11 New York)
3. There's a lottery open for so-called-affordable housing at 50 Clarkson Avenue in Flatbush for anyone making between $72,000 to $167,570 annually. (New York YIMBY)
4. In South Brooklyn's 48th district — not far from Flatbush — Republican Inna Vernikov defeated Democrat Steven Saperstein, in a night that delivered multiple blows to the majority party across the city. (Brooklyn Paper)
5. If all goes according to plan, New York City should start vaccinating 5-11 year-olds today, after the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine received approval on Tuesday. The city's planning on holding a week-long school vaccination drive. The Ditmas Park-Flatbush locations are set for P.S. 6 and P.S. 62. (NYC Patch)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

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• Terrace Play (7 p.m.)
• Tone & Fit fitness class (7 p.m.)

Ditmas Park-Flatbush Patch Notebook

• "The Queen of Funk, Chaka Khan, is headed to Brooklyn for a show on Sunday" at Kings Theater (Twitter)
• Prospect Park: "Have you spotted the colorful new addition to the park? 'We Are At a Moment That Will Be Remembered ...' is a monumentally scaled mural at the Lena Horne Bandshell, created by artist Emily Oliveira." (Instagram)
• Brooklyn College: "Congratulations to Eric Adams, our city's newest mayor and three-time The City University of New York alum! #CUNYGrown" (Facebook)

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