🌱 Sunset Park Daily: Food Benefits + Slowing Rampant Gentrification

Hi all. It's me, Diane Witek, your host of the Sunset Park Daily — here to explain everything you need to know about what's happening locally. Let's dive right in.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and nice. High: 78, Low: 64.

Here are the top stories today in Sunset Park:

1. If you have a child in a New York City public school, you will receive $375 per child in food benefits, regardless of their household income! This is the third payout of food benefits for public school families since 2020 when the pandemic started. Also, free meals will be provided at select public schools this summer for anyone under 18 starting June 28. (Patch)
2. Mayor Eric Adams is considering a zoning plan for a rapidly-changing section of northern Crown Heights to slow down "rampant gentrification." The focus is on the the Atlantic Avenue corridor, though the Mayor did not offer specifics. Local leaders want to steer "development toward a northern section, known as MCROWN, to spur affordable housing and job growth." (Patch)
3. The Diocese of Brooklyn is devastated over the theft of a solid gold tabernacle worth about $2 million from St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church on Sixth Avenue and Park Place in Park Slope. They described the tabernacle as "irreplaceable due to its historical and artistic value." Police are asking anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-8477. (Patch)

Today in Sunset Park:

• Self-care Fair - High School of Telecommunication. (12:30 p.m.)
• Parent outreach - High School of Telecommunication. (2:15 p.m.)
• Sports Awards - High School of Telecommunication. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Sunset Park BID: "#openstreets has begun. 39th to 42nd Street on 5th Ave! 4 - 10 p.m. on Saturdays." (Sunset Park BID via Instagram)
• Sunset Park 5th Avenue BID: "Open streets crew! Our illustrious executive director and street barricade managers. Not in picture Cat Williams taking pictures." (Sunset Park 5th Avenue BID via Facebook)
• Sunset Park BID: "The B63 has relocated during #openstreetsnyc, Saturdays starting at 39th Street." (Sunset Park BID via Instagram)
• El Grito: "Register here. Registration will be closed on Friday June 10 at midnight." (El Grito via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Monday off right. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— Diane Witek

About me: Impassioned Writer, Website Designer, Social Media Marketer and newly proclaimed Baker. Lover of nature and animals of all kinds.

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Sunset Park Daily? Contact me at diane.witek@patch.com