🌱 Sunset Park Daily: Weekend Weather + Modern Street Vendors Regs

Hey, Sunset Park! Diane Witek here this morning to get you up to speed on everything you need to know about what's going on around town.

First, today's weather:

An afternoon shower in spots. High: 66, low: 65.

Here are the top stories today in Sunset Park:

1. Sunset Park area real estate roundup. There are 5 new homes for sale, scroll down to view all of them. Let Patch and Redfin.com be your guide to the newest listings on the market, in and around the Sunset Park area. (Sunset Park Patch)
2. Will thunderstorms and rain dampen our Memorial Day weekend? Unfortunately, the forecast is grim, "Showers and thunderstorms are in New York City's forecast starting Thursday and extending all the way till Sunday," according to the National Weather Service. (Patch)
3. Tuesday Mayor Eric Adams announced steps to modernize street vending regulations. The effort is to support business for street vendors and at the same time, provide access to healthy food for the vendor's customers. The Mayor is advancing the recommendations made in a report by the Street Vendor Advisory Board. (nyc.gov)
4. An alleged sex trafficker, Somorie Moses, 45, was indicted for killing and dismembering Leondra Foster in Brooklyn in 2017. Moses discarded her body at a Bronx sanitation site. The indictment includes many other alleged instances in which Moses trafficked women over the years. (PIX 11 NY)
5. Mayor Eric Adams is standing by his word of "making public safety the centerpiece of his campaign"; he is discussing with the State the possibility of installing weapon "scanners" at the Port Authority Bus Terminal. This comes after the shooting of a 48-year-old Goldman Sachs analyst who was killed by a gunman on the Q train. (Yahoo News)

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Today in Sunset Park:

• Staff and Students Open Badminton — High School of Telecommunication. (3 p.m.)
• National Honors Society ceremony — High School of Telecommunication. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Sunset Park 5th Avenue BID: "Repost from @bkcb6 • Alternate Side Parking regulations will be suspended on Thursday, May 26 for Solemnity of the Ascension. Parking meters will remain in effect. #nycasp." (Facebook)
• Sunset Park BID: "Still in business 6201 5th Ave., Feeney’s Pub. #sunsetparkbrooklyn." (Instagram)
• Sunset Park BID: "@angelsnyworld new location, literally across the street at 5424 5th Ave. #shoplocal, #storesofsunsetpark, #sunsetparkbrooklyn." (Instagram)

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That's it for today! See you 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.

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