🌱 Kings Theater Thanksgiving + Gun Violence Prevention Grant

Happy Thanksgiving, Ditmas Park-Flatbush! I hope that you have a joyful day, however you choose to celebrate. Please know that, like most of you, I will be taking the day off to enjoy the festivities, so there will not be a newsletter in your inbox tomorrow. We hope you all understand the slight pause in the Ditmas Park-Flatbush Daily. But don't worry — we will be back to our normal routine Saturday morning! Here's everything you need to know today in town.

First, today's weather:

More clouds than sun. High: 55 Low: 43.

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

1. Flatbush's own Kings Theater will be giving out free food this Thanksgiving. A little further afield The Full Gospel Assembly of God Church in Crown Heights will be as well. Here's a complete list of where to find a free Thanksgiving meal this week. (Gothamist)
2. Brooklyn organizations are receiving gun-violence interrupter grants, including $120k for East Flatbush Village. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
3. 30 Department of Corrections officers handed out 300 turkeys at the annual Thanksgiving Drive at the Flatbush Boys & Girls Club. (News 12 Bronx)
4. New York City COVID cases have been trending upwards lately, reaching 1,000 daily cases – up from the 800s in October. But Thanksgiving isn't cancelled if you can get a test, said Health Commissioner Dave Chokshi. (NYC Patch)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• Fifth Annual Kings Cares Thanksgiving Luncheon at Kings Theater (12 p.m.)

Ditmas Park-Flatbush Patch Notebook

• Prospect Park Alliance has improved the park in many ways in 2021 — and we couldn’t have done it without our community’s support! In the past year we launched Re:New Prospect Park to revitalize the park. (Instagram)
• "Providing any kind of help around food, around any kind of sustenance that they need — particularly as important as Thanksgiving is for our families — has really been a lifesaver for many communities," State Senator Kevin Parker said to NY1. (Twitter)
• Parker and Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn are planning on introducing a bill into the State Legislature in honor of community member Michael K. Williams "to reduce and end mass-incarceration." (Twitter)

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