🌱 Construction Site Fire + Biotech Jobs + Brooklyn Monopoly

Happy Wednesday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know going on today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and mild. High: 64 Low: 45.

Here are the top stories today in Sunset Park:

1. A fire raged at a construction site near 63rd Street in Sunset Park on Tuesday. The blaze temporarily trapped construction workers, and resulted in minor injuries for nine civilians and two firefighters. The site, which is being developed as affordable housing by the Fifth Avenue Committee, is formerly home to the Zion Lutheran Church. (Brooklyn Paper)
2. RegenLab USA, the American affiliate of an international biotech company, joined the Brooklyn Army Terminal on Monday with a ribbon-cutting event. The company, which specializes in cellular therapies, says it will bring 150 new jobs to Brooklyn. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
3. Monday saw the lifting of a pandemic-era international travel ban to the United States. And that means international tourists, and families separated by borders, are already heading back to New York City. To enter the country foreign citizens must have a WHO-approved vaccine (which does not include Russia's widely-used Sputnik V and China's CanSino), and show proof of a negative Covid-19 test. (NYC Patch)
4. A Brooklyn-centric edition of the board game Monopoly is now available, featuring Sunset Park in the category of "parks and recreation sites." (6Sqft)

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Today in Sunset Park:

• FABSCRAP Volunteer event - "to save designer textiles from landfill" (9 a.m.)
• Sunset yoga at Industry City (5:30 p.m.)
• Wednesday Live Music: Jam Session (6 p.m.)
• Community Board 7 Public Safety Committee Meeting - discussing "the use of bicycles, motorized bikes and scooters in bike lanes and on sidewalks" (6 p.m.)

Sunset Park Patch Notebook

• Fifth Avenue Committee: "Mark your calendars! This year’s #GivingTuesday is November 30th. Get an early start and donate today on our #BrooklynGives site." (Facebook)
• The Department of Transportation says it's implementing Vision Zero in Sunset Park - meaning "pedestrian safety improvements on 8th Ave from 50th St to 65th St." (Twitter)
• No-cost mammograms are available on November 12, sponsored by Assemblyman Robert Carroll (Twitter)
• Look at the rising smoke from the fire yesterday! (Twitter)

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