🌱 Little Caribbean To Be Honored + Flatbush 'Affordable' Housing

Morning, people of Ditmas Park-Flatbush! It's me again, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Ditmas Park-Flatbush Daily.

First, today's weather:

Cooler with rain and drizzle. High: 51 Low: 48.

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

1. Flatbush's Little Caribbean will be featured as part of the Historic District Council's "six to celebrate" campaign, which highlights communities that could be eligible for historic preservation. Little Caribbean made the list thanks in part to activists Kennya Cummings and Shelley Worrell of the local organization CaribBEING. (Brooklyn Paper)
2. More than two dozen so-called 'affordable' apartments are available for a housing lottery in a Lenox Road apartment building in Flatbush — but only for residents who make a minimum of $64,000 per year. That figure is calculated as being 130% of the greater New York City area's 'median income.' (Patch)
3. A 20-year-old man was found dead from stab wounds on Hawthorne Street, not far from Prospect Park (Prospect-Leffert Gardens) Wednesday at 12:30 p.m., according to police. A suspect is now in custody. (amNY)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• Jazmine Sullivan: The Heaux Tales Tour, at Kings Theater (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn will be honoring seven "exceptional woman" in the Flatbush/Ditmas Park community. (Twitter)
• During a city council transportation hearing, CM Farah Louis advocated for improvements on Kings Highway. (Twitter)
• Here's photos from State Senator Kevin Parker's 55th birthday. (Facebook)

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— Dashiell Allen