🌱 Meet Flatbush Rapper MC Lyte + Driver Charged In E-Bike Death

Good morning, people of Ditmas Park-Flatbush! Dashiell Allen here with the Thursday issue of the Ditmas Park-Flatbush Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy and much colder. High: 33 Low: 32.

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

1. A driver has been charged with reckless driving 10 months after his car fatally collided with an e-bike rider at Clarendon Road and Rogers Avenue in Flatbush in April 2021. At the time cops had said that only the victim had broken the rules by speeding through a red light — but now they've changed their assessment and believe the driver broke the law as well. (New York Daily News)
2. Meet East Flatbush-raised rapper MC Lyte, whose songs explore the issues of violence and drug addiction. Lyte is also a violence-prevention and voting rights activist. (Brooklyn Reader)
3. The MTA announced it would test out physical barriers in three Subway stations, which has been a key demand of city officials since the death of Michelle Go who was pushed into an incoming R train back in January. Hopefully some barriers will come to Flatbush and Ditmas Park, although it probably won't be anytime soon. (New York City Patch)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• Weeksville Heritage Center Black History Month panel discussion, online (6 p.m.)
• Community Board 14 Human Services Committee meeting, online (6:30 p.m.)
• HBCU panel and college fair at Barclays Center (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Flatbush's "Little Caribbean" was featured by Time Out NY as one of the "22 reasons to visit NYC in 2022." (Time Out New York)
• Wednesday the 70th NYPD precinct joined the local Flatbush and Church Avenue BIDs in sponsoring a bowling community engagement event. (Twitter)
• Enrollment for spring programming at the Flatbush YMCA is now open. (Facebook)

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— Dashiell Allen