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Coffee in hand, Brooklyn? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Brooklyn family's tragedy raises urgent questions about e-bike charging safety.
  • Which Brooklyn school once led the city's push for high schools?
  • What will happen to the historic schooners sunk off Red Hook?

Also on today's calendar: Fine Arts and Mid-Century Modern Auction | Jewelry | Silver | Art | Furniture & More and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 83 and low of 71 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Very warm with sun and clouds, temps: high: 87, low: 72. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: Humid with a t-storm possible, with a high of 83 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Brooklyn teen killed when his e-bike battery explodes while mom on vacation (nydailynews.com) — An 18-year-old Brooklyn resident was killed when his e-bike's lithium-ion battery exploded in his Crown Heights NYCHA apartment, also destroying his family's home and pets while his mother was away. The tragedy, one of the city's few but rising battery-related fires this year, has relatives urging stricter regulation and warning neighbors not to charge e-bikes inside homes to prevent similar disasters.
   

2. 7 Tales of Brooklyn Educational Institutions (brownstoner.com subscription) — As Brooklyn students head back to school, this feature revisits seven notable educational sites across the borough, from Erasmus Hall in Flatbush to historic public and Catholic schools in Prospect Heights, Bed-Stuy, and Williamsburg. It highlights how Brooklyn's school buildings reflect changing ideas about education, segregation, and community life, offering local families a deeper sense of the borough's learning legacy.
   

3. Two Historic Ships Sink Off Red Hook (bkreader.com subscription) — Two century‑old schooners, the Pilot and Victory Chimes, are still sitting on the bottom of Red Hook's Henry Street Basin after sinking along the Brooklyn waterfront in July. Salvage experts and insurers are assessing whether they can be raised, but the cost and difficulty of restoring the wooden vessels leave their future, and a piece of Brooklyn's maritime history, uncertain.
   

4. LIRR reduces service between Jamaica and Brooklyn: what to know (pix11.com) — Brooklyn riders who use the LIRR between Jamaica and the borough should plan for fewer midday trains starting Tuesday, as service drops from three to two trains per hour through November for track work. Some riders will also see bus substitutions elsewhere, while a new Montauk train is added, so checking the MTA TrainTime app before commuting is essential.
   

5. Made Fresh Salads Recalls Every Deli Salad and Cream Cheese It Makes for Listeria — the Third Recall from This Plant in Under a Year (foodpoisonjournal.com subscription) — If you recently bought deli salads or cream cheese by weight at a Brooklyn deli, you may have unknowingly taken home products from Made Fresh Salads, now under a sweeping Listeria recall. Because many items were repacked into unlabeled containers, health officials urge New Yorkers to ask stores about their suppliers, discard uncertain items, clean fridges carefully, and seek medical care if symptoms appear.
   

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