🌱 Robert Brennan Becomes Bishop Of Brooklyn + Small Businesses

Happy Wednesday, neighbors! Here's everything going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Some sun, then clouds. High: 48 Low: 41.

Here are the top stories in Sunset Park today:

1. A suspect is in police custody after one man was stabbed to death in Bay Ridge, according to the NYPD. (CBS 2 News)
2. New York City opened the first two supervised injection sites in the United States on Tuesday, in an effort to fight opioid overdoses. But the two centers are in Upper Manhattan, far away from Brooklyn. (NYC Patch)
3. Robert Brennan formerly became the Bishop of Brooklynon Tuesday, following Bishop DiMarzio who was accused of child sexual abuse in 2019. Brennan, a Bronx native who's coming to Brooklyn by way of Ohio, said he's planning on focusing on listening to survivors and taking sexual abuse seriously, but some are skeptical there will be any meaningful change. There are 1.3 millions Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens. (Brooklyn Paper)
4. Brooklynites from across the borough celebrated Small Business Saturday —including in Sunset Park where the local Business Improvement District (BID) gave out 150 free shopping bags. (Brooklyn Paper)

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Today in Sunset Park:

• Sunset yoga at Industry City (5:30 p.m.)
• Community Board 7 Meeting with Parks and Access and Ability Committees. On the agenda: the proposal for a playground at Bush Terminal Park. (6 p.m.)
• Sustainable Homeowner Resource Fair (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Fifth Avenue Committee: "Through community, we are capable of planning together for a fairer NYC. FAC's Executive Director Michelle de la Uz and City Councilmember Brad Lander discuss the Gowanus Rezoning. Read their City Limits Op-Ed here: https://bit.ly/3loVoUD" (Facebook)
• Applications are open for the 372 51st Street affordable housing development. (Twitter)
• Fifth Avenue Committee: "FAC's Sunset Park Bridge Program has helped low-income, non-native English speakers expand their English language skills to obtain Commercial Driver’s Licenses or or get certified in cable installation." (Facebook)

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• We Have Fun: A Free Weekly Stand-Up Comedy Show (December 1)
• Comedy Special Taping!! - Nick Hopping (December 3)
• Burger Village Reopened - 15% off on all the orders (December 4)
• Big Apple Circus is NOW OPEN in New York City! (December 12)
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— Dashiell Allen

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