🌱 Flatbush Early Voting + Flatlands Chinese Restaurant Fire

Get on up, Ditmas Park-Flatbush! Here's everything you need to know to get this Monday started off right. Here's everything going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and warmer. High: 54 Low: 39.

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

1. Early voting began on Saturday to replace Assemblywoman Diana Richardson, who was recently appointed deputy Brooklyn Borough President. The district includes the northern parts of Flatbush. The two top contenders are Brian Cunningham, supported by Rita Joseph and Kevin Parker; and Jelanie DeShong, running on the Working Families Party line. (Brooklyn Paper)
2. A devastating fire broke out early Sunday morning at a Flatlands Chinese restaurant, also destroying an upstairs apartment. The fire's cause is under investigation, but it may have involved lithium batteries, according to the FDNY. (News 12 Brooklyn)
3. At 9 p.m. on Friday a man was shot in the leg outside of an apartment building on Avenue D in Flatbush. That's one of at least three separate shooting incidents that took place over the weekend. The other two were in Lower Manhattan and The Bronx, respectively. (New York Post)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• Community Board 14 monthly board meeting, online (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Look Through 5 New Properties On The Market In And Around The Ditmas Park-Flatbush Area (Ditmas Park-Flatbush Patch)
• On March 15 Rita Joseph is joining a rally at city hall for equal pay. (Twitter)
• Assemblyman Nick Perry was confirmed by the Senate as Ambassador to Jamaica. (Twitter)

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— Dashiell Allen