🌱 Sunset Park Daily: Brooklyn Mutual Aid + Bikes, Boards, Books

Happy Friday, neighbors! Diane Witek here with everything you need to know to start today off on an informed note, shall we? Here's everything worth knowing today in town.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and warmer. High: 68, low: 52.

Here are the top stories in Sunset Park today:

1. Operating out of a Sunset Park warehouse, South Brooklyn Mutual Aid’s more than 900 volunteers have delivered over 30,000 grocery boxes to hungry neighbors from Park Slope to Bensonhurst. They’ve also distributed backpacks and school supplies to children in the area and are organizing a toy drive for the community — enough to provide gifts for the holiday season to about 300 families, according to organizer Whitney Hu. “We’ve been able to push back on what people think charity looks like." (Brooklyn Paper)
2. On March 6, a gunman allegedly approached a man inside his car on Avenue W and fired multiple rounds into the vehicle. The victim was shot in his thigh and thumb and was transported to Lutheran Medical Center in Sunset Park. (Brooklyn Paper)
3. NYC's only indoor biking facility recently opened in Brooklyn. Bikes, Boards, and Books launched in Quay Tower near the Brooklyn Bridge Park, and is mainly geared towards children, but is open to adults for private lessons. The staff will also hold small group reading and writing workshops for kids. (Bikes, Boards + Books)

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Today in Sunset Park:

• Parent Teacher Conferences — High School of Telecommunication. (12:55 p.m.)

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— Diane Witek

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