🌱 New PreK In Flatbush + Outer-Borough Proposed By Governor

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

First, today's weather:

Turning cloudy. High: 37 Low: 31.

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

1. The city acquired space for a new school at 1070 Flatbush Avenue, which would fill the needs of the universal pre-K program. Officials would like it to be open for the start of the 2022 school year. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
2. Today, January 6th, marks the one year anniversary of the right-wing Capitol insurrection. To mark the day Brooklyn politicians and civil rights leaders are holding a "Defend Democracy" rally in Grand Army Plaza at 12 p.m. (NYC Patch)
3. At her "State of the State" address Wednesday, Governor Kathy Hochul announced she's resurrecting plans to convert an abandoned freight train line between The Bronx and Brooklyn into public transit. The new train would include a stop at Brooklyn College, connecting Flatbush with Sunset Park to the west and the northern Bronx to the north. (Gothamist)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• Tone & Fit Bootcamp dance class at Balmir Dance Studio, 959 Flatbush Ave. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• To learn more about Prospect Park’s past and present you can take in the park woodlands, waterways, wildlife and more while exploring the history and architecture of Prospect Park with Turnstile Tours. It has an upcoming tour Saturday. (Instagram)
• No injuries were reported after a fire broke out on Beverly Road on Tuesday in East Flatbush. (Twitter)
• There's a growing movement to develop an African burial ground in Flatbush as a memorial. The organization, Flatbush African Burial Ground Coalition, is headed by Joan Bakiriddin, a Guyanese immigrant and former chair of Community Board 17. (Instagram)

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