🌱 Gun Buy-Back In Flatbush + Hospital Patient Missing

Happy Thursday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's everything you need to know in town today.

First, today's weather:

Intervals of clouds and sun. High: 42 Low: 34.

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

1. The Brooklyn District Attorney is holding a gun buy-back event on Saturday at Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church, no questions asked. Those that turn in an operation handgun will receive 200 dollars and a free iPad. (Brooklyn Reader)
2. Cops are searching for a 21-year-old patient that fled from Brookdale Hospital in Brownsville Wednesday, after shedding his shoes and shirt. Like many medical facilities in the city, Brookdale has been hit hard by pandemic-related staffing shortages. (Brooklyn Paper)
3. Residents from across Brooklyn, including East Flatbush, recently gathered at an event with Assemblyman Nick Perry to call for an end to gun violence in their communities. The event specifically put a focus on violence against people living in homeless shelters. (Caribbean Life)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• Success Academy Flatbush, In-Person School Tour, 15 Snyder Avenue (12:30 p.m.)
• ON THE MIC WITH BEX PRESENTS: On The Mic with Bex Presents: The Dream Big Show! at 504 Flatbush (8:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Prospect Park’s "elusive" white squirrel has been seen around the park recently! Have you spotted the white squirrel before? (Instagram)
• Senator Kevin Parker is advocating for a bill that would establish voting sites on college campuses. (Facebook)
• Wednesday marked the anniversary of the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti. It also marked the day of four deportation flights for unauthorized Haitian immigrants. (Twitter)

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— Dashiell Allen