The Nibble

📰 Brooklyn’s Fulton Mall Struts Into the Future with an $8M Makeover!

📰All Aboard the Holiday Nostalgia Express!

Civic Spotlight:

🗽 Apply to Become a Brooklyn Community Board Member Today!

🗽 Watch Out, Brooklyn Drivers — The B11’s Got Robot Eyes!

🗽NYC’s Basement Makeover Bonanza!

📌 What's up

🍿 The Nibble 📰

🚶‍♀️🛍️ Brooklyn’s Fulton Mall Struts Into the Future with an $8M Makeover! 💸🌳

Downtown Brooklyn just leveled up! After years of design and a full year of construction chaos, the Fulton Mall has emerged from the dust looking fresher than ever. With sleek new benches, leafy plant beds, and sidewalks wide enough for an entire stroller parade, the area has transformed into a pedestrian paradise. 🌿🛍️ Locals say the neighborhood feels more alive, businesses are buzzing again, and there’s even talk of three new supermarkets joining the mix by month’s end.

Once known mainly for jury duty and quick lunches, Fulton Street is now the place to stroll, shop, and soak in Brooklyn’s bold new vibe. From the glow of fresh pavement to the hum of happy shoppers, it’s official — the Fulton Mall is back in business and ready for its close-up! 📸✨

🚇 All Aboard the Holiday Nostalgia Express! 🎁🕰️

Step aside, time machines — the MTA’s got this one covered! Starting next month, New Yorkers can jingle all the way back to the 1930s aboard the Holiday Nostalgia Train! Every Sunday in December, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the subway becomes a living snow globe of history — complete with rattan seats, flickering incandescent bulbs, and those charming old ads that make you think a nickel could still buy happiness (and maybe a hot dog). 🌭

Hop on at 2nd Ave or 96th Street and let the rumble of Depression-era railcars serenade you like Billy Strayhorn’s “Take the A Train.” For just $2.90 — yep, the price of a regular swipe — you can trade your MetroCard for a portal to old-school New York magic. 🎟️🚆 So grab your sweater, hum some jazz, and get ready to time-travel underground — because nostalgia never looked (or sounded) this good! 🗽For more info click here

🗽 Civic Spotlight: Keeping You Informed🗽

🌆 Apply to Become a Brooklyn Community Board Member Today! 🗳️

Think you’ve got what it takes to run Brooklyn? (Well… your corner of it, at least 😎) Now’s your chance! Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso just opened applications for residents to join the borough’s 18 community boards — the grassroots squads that make the real decisions, from what gets built to where you can grab a drink 🍸.

Each board can have up to 50 passionate locals who live, work, or care deeply about their neighborhood — aka, people who actually get it. Whether you’re a renter, a young activist, a public housing resident, or just someone who’s always yelling “someone should do something about that!” — this is your moment. Meetings are just 6–8 hours a month (you can handle that 💪). So channel your inner civic superhero 🦸 and apply before February 6, 2026. Brooklyn needs your voice — and your opinions on everything. 🗽For more info click here

🚗 Watch Out, Brooklyn Drivers — The B11’s Got Robot Eyes! 🤖🚦

Attention, Brooklyn motorists! The B11 has gone full cyborg — and it’s not here to play nice. Starting Nov. 10, the MTA is unleashing Automated Camera Enforcement (ACE) on the B11 route, meaning every sneaky double-park, “just a quick stop,” and “I’ll only be a minute” move in a bus lane is about to get caught on camera 📸💥. Drivers will get a friendly warning for the first 60 days, but after that? Say hello to tickets starting at $50 and climbing to $250 faster than a Brooklynite can say “fuhgeddaboudit.”

So, before you pull that casual half-park-in-the-bus-lane move to grab your coffee ☕— think again! These buses now have sharper vision than your mother-in-law and zero patience for lane-hoggers. The city’s watching, the robots are rolling, and the B11 is ready to serve justice on wheels. 🚍💨 Stay in your lane, Brooklyn — literally!

🏙️NYC’s Basement Makeover Bonanza! 🏙️

A fun, fast take on the city’s new plan to legalize basement & cellar apartments

New York City is finally rolling out official rules to turn thousands of secret, slightly sketchy basement and cellar apartments into safe, legal homes — and it’s giving major “glow-up” energy 💡. As part of Mayor Eric Adams’ ultra-ambitious “City of Yes” plan, the new pilot program lets homeowners fix up illegal basement units without getting smacked with fines, all while tenants stay put. Think of it as NYC saying: “Yes, your basement can stay — but it needs a makeover!” 💅🔧

The rules come after years of debate (and tragic floods like Hurricane Ida), and they’re all about safety first: two exits, smoke alarms, flood sensors, proper heating — basically everything your average NYC basement hasn’t had since… ever. 🛠️🚨 Homeowners with pre-2024 units can apply through 2029, make upgrades over ten years, and tenants even get the right to return if renovations temporarily kick them out. Public hearings are coming in December, and once the final rules drop, NYC officially starts turning hidden apartments into legal ADUs, boosting housing options citywide. 🏡🚀

If your basement’s been “living off the grid,” NYC is ready to roll out the welcome mat. 😉More info can be found here

🤔What's up👀

🎬 Events 👋

Thursday 11/13

Leil Shabbos Kodesh (Friday) 11/14

👩For women only 👩| Baila Posner, o”h Shiur For Women | Rav Aharon Kahn | At the home of Mrs. Malkie Husarsky, 1079 East 18 Street (bet. J&K) | 8:15 pm

🎤Lectures 🎤

Thursday 11/13

The Chasan & Kalla Didn't Eat - Sheva Brachos? | Rav Daniel Osher Kleinman | Agudath Israel Bais Binyomin | 2913 Avenue L | 8:30 pm

Shabbos 11/15

👩For women only 👩| Rebbetzin Esther Reisman  |Young Israel of Midwood | 1694 Ocean Ave | 3:15 pm

Sunday 11/16

Cutting letters on cakes and cookies on Shabbos| Rav Zev Smith | Agudath Israel Bais Binyomin | 2913 Avenue L | 8:30pm

Thursday 11/20

The Undefined Raffle Ticket Which Won| Rav Daniel Osher Kleinman | Agudath Israel Bais Binyomin | 2913 Avenue L | 8:30 pm

⌛Ongoing🗓️

Monday’s & Wednesday’s

HaRav Kahn Shlita | Shiur on Tehillim with Medrash and Meforshim | 10:40am | Kol Halashon 718-906-6400 press star (*) | Live stream click here.

Thursday’s

Parsha In-Depth with Meforshim | Rav Yerachmiel Frankel | Knesses Bais Avigdor | 1720 Avenue J (Btw E17 & E18) | 11:30 am

📖Learning and Cholent🍲😋 | Bet Shaul U'Miriam | 2208 Ave. S | 8:00-10:00pm🏆

📜 Mishmar | Agudah of Madison | 2122 Ave. S (Ave S & East 22) | 10:00 pm

📖Parsha Ha’Shavua | Rabbi Frand | Y.I. of Midwood | 1694 Ocean Ave | 9:00 pm

Motzei Shabbos

Navi Shiur - Sefer Daniel| Rabbi Yisroel Reisman | Ahi Ezer Cong | Corner Ocean Parkway & Ave S | 9:00 pm

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