🌱 Bomb Scare + Puerto Rico Conference + More About Alexa Avilés

Good morning, Sunset Park! Here's everything you need to know to get this Saturday started off right.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 53 Low: 43.

Here are the top stories today in Sunset Park:

1. Police believed there may be a grenade in Sunset Park as of Friday evening, after it was reported during the afternoon, near Fourth Avenue and 39th Street. (WPIX 11 New York)
2. The 50th annual New York City Marathon comes to town this Sunday, after being "virtual" in 2020. Its route passes through the heart of Sunset Park along Fourth Avenue. (NYC Patch)
3. Scores of New York City politicians headed to Puerto Rico this past week, including soon to be Councilwoman Alexa Avilés, for the annual Somos Conference. The 5-day event is supposed to connect NYC elected officials with Puerto Rican ones, so as to better serve the city's Hispanic communities. Avilés, who is of Puerto Rican descent, is hosting the "Nos Tenemos Roundtable" that will bring "conference attendees into conversation with local social justice groups." (Gothamist)
4. If you're curious to learn more about Alexa Avilés, she's a member of Sunset Park's Community Board 7, chair of the New York City Youth Board, and more. She's in opposition to development projects such as the proposed Industry City rezoning. (Brooklyn Paper)
5. Danny Meyer’s Union Square Events, a large upscale catering company, cut the ribbon at its new headquarters in Industry City, featuring a 33,000-square-foot commissary kitchen. (Restaurant Business Online)

Today in Sunset Park:

• SATURDAY: Bead kit workshop at Industry City (12 p.m.)
• SATURDAY: Holy Hand Grenade standup comedy show at Barrow's Intense Tasting Room (8 p.m.)
• SUNDAY: Live Jazz Music by Stan Killian’s Trio (2 p.m.)

Sunset Park Patch Notebook

• (In Spanish) - after the fire in a Sunset Park apartment building last week, neighbors are coming together to collect funds for victims. Find the GoFundMe here. (NY1)
• Fifth Avenue Committee: "NHN is looking for a First-Time Homebuyer Counselor to join its team and provide pre-purchase counseling and advice to first-time homebuyers in Brooklyn. Apply here: https://bit.ly/2XMw1U2" (Facebook)
• Virtual event in mid-November celebrating activists, elected officials, and community partners. Hosted by Neighbors Helping Neighbors. (Twitter)

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