5 Things You Need To Know: Local Editor’s Newborn, Local Beekeeping, Crème Brûlée, and More

1. You need to know Amy Sara Clark had a baby. His name is and was born on August 1. Clark, the Prospect Heights local editor, is on maternity leave, but will be back in October. 

2. You need to know your local apiarist. Rania Abu-Eid, tends a single hive near the St. Marks Avenue/Prospect Heights Community Garden. Check out Adam Rabiner’s .

3. You need to know how to make Blueberry-Brown Sugar Crème Brûlée. Chef Abigail Hitchcock, of , just added this tasty dessert to her menu. She reveals her recipe in Zoe Singer’s .   

4. You need to take your kid on a boat ride in Prospect Park. All ages are welcome to hop on an electric boat and ride around the lake at the Audubon Center. It costs $8 for ages 13 and up, $4 for ages 4 – 12 and ages 3 and under ride free with an adult. The Audubon Center is located just inside the Lincoln Road/Ocean Ave. entrance to , Eastern Pkwy & Flatbush Ave. Boat rides are from 12:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. 

5. You need to know if your train is running, and if you have to move your car. There are no service changes today, according to the MTA. As for moving your car, alternate side is not suspended again until the Feast of the Assumption on Monday, August 15, according to the NYC DOT.