✈️ Lebedik Day🚗
👉Unplug & Play: Bear Mountain Gets a $25M Glow-Up!
👉 Last Hurrah of Summer: Labor Day Travel Trends
📌 Lead in the Water: More Than a Third of Test Kits Submitted in Last Decade Show Some Contamination
🍿 The Nibble 📰
🌞 Last Hurrah of Summer: Labor Day Travel Trends ✈️🚗🎢
Labor Day weekend is here, and Americans are squeezing in one final adventure before pumpkin spice season officially takes over 🎃☕. According to AAA, the top domestic hotspots are Seattle 🌲 (hello, Alaska cruises!), Orlando 🎡 (theme park marathon, anyone?), and New York City 🎭 (Broadway binge before back-to-school). The best part? Travel is actually cheaper this year—flights are down 6%, hotel rates 11%, and rental cars 3%. Translation: more money left for churros, souvenirs, or one last lobster roll. 🦞💸
Of course, the roads will be packed—because what’s Labor Day without a little bumper-to-bumper bonding? 🚗🚗🚗 INRIX says the best time to drive is before lunch, while the worst time is… basically anytime after. If you’re planning that road trip, set your alarm and channel your inner early bird 🐦. Gas prices are holding steady (no 2022-style sticker shock 😅), so road-trippers can fill up without too much groaning.
For international travelers, Europe’s still hot -but the #1 global destination is actually Vancouver, thanks to those last-chance Alaska cruises 🚢. Whether you’re cruising glaciers, tackling Disney lines, or just grilling in your backyard, this weekend is the grand finale of summer. 🌭☀️ So pack the sunscreen, charge the playlist, and remember: travel early, nap later. 🛫🛶🍹
🏞️ Unplug & Play: Bear Mountain Gets a $25M Glow-Up! 🎉
Governor Kathy Hochul is swapping screen time for green time with a $25 million makeover of Bear Mountain State Park 🌳. That means new playgrounds with 70-foot slides (yes, SEVENTY! 🤯), picnic areas big enough to fit your whole extended family and their coolers 🍉, plus shiny new restrooms so you don’t have to hold it until you get home 🚻. The upgrades are all part of her “Get Offline, Get Outside” push—because let’s be honest, doomscrolling can’t compete with a mountain view. 🏔️
Picture this: kids scrambling up rock walls, families grilling by the lake, shade trees keeping everyone cool, and even smarter stormwater systems keeping Hessian Lake sparkling. 🌊 With double the picnic space and 20% more bathroom fixtures (you’re welcome, weekend crowds 🙌), Bear Mountain is about to become the ultimate escape hatch for 2.3 million+ annual visitors. Construction kicks off after Labor Day 2025, but the park will stay open—so don’t cancel your hiking, skating, or merry-go-round plans just yet. 🐻🎠
In short, Bear Mountain’s future looks bright (and well-shaded 🌳😎). Whether you’re into hiking the Appalachian Trail, picnicking with friends, or letting your kids burn energy on mega slides, these upgrades mean one thing: less buffering, more exploring. 📵➡️🏕️
🗽 Civic Spotlight: Keeping You Informed🗽
The New York City Department of Sanitation announced that there would be no trash, curbside compost or recycling collection on Monday, September 1, 2025, in observance of Labor Day.
Residents who normally receive Monday trash, curbside compost, or recycling collection should place their material at the curb Monday evening for collection beginning Tuesday, September 2.
🚰⚠️ Lead in the Water: More Than a Third of Test Kits Submitted in Last Decade Show Some Contamination 🧪🏙️
New Yorkers turn on the tap expecting Catskills couture—✨crisp mountain vibes✨—and instead get a surprise cameo from history’s worst mineral roommate: lead. 🫠 Over the past decade, more than a third of DIY test kits had some lead, and a small but serious slice even flunked federal action levels. 🧪⚠️ Meanwhile, the city’s pipe whodunit continues: about 119,000 known lead service lines and another 110,000 “mystery metal” lines—like a plumbing version of “guess what’s in the box,” but the prize is… not great. 🎁🚰
The fix? There’s a free-replacement program in parts of The Bronx and Queens, but only 59% of eligible owners have said “come on in,” leaving many pipes doing their best impression of a legacy character nobody asked to bring back. 👴🔧 Replacing everything by 2037 has a $2B price tag, and current funding covers roughly 3.6%—which is like ordering a pizza for a block party and getting… one slice. 🍕💸 Until the great swap-out, those “first-draw” samples can show what’s been steeping overnight in your building’s plumbing—Queens Village even topped the charts for positive tests—reminding us that while NYC water starts pure, the plot twist happens in the pipes. 🏙️📉
So what now? Order the free kit here, run the faucet like it’s training for a marathon, and if the numbers look spicy, consider certified filters and keep nudging your landlord like a polite woodpecker. 🐦📬 Because there’s no safe level of lead, and this is one sequel we’d all love to end with a graceful fade-out: fresh copper, clean sips, and zero vintage toxins. 🧠➡️🚫🧪
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🎬 Events 👋
Monday 9/1 (Lebedik Day)
Hakhel Yarchei Kallah | Agudah of Madison | 2122 Ave. S (Ave S & East 22) |
9:05 am | R' Reisman | Hoshea Wrote the Shuva Haftorah
10:00 am | R’ Brudny | Essential Lessons for this Elul
10:30 am | R’ Yedid | Teshuva Mei”Ahavas is Within Your Reach
11:00 am | R’ Lieff | Hashens Recent Moving Messages To Us: What We Need To Change
11:30 am | R’ Elbaz | Turning Your Tefillah Around for Life
Tuesday 9/9
My Extended Family Open House | Single Parent Families |Y.I. of Midwood | 1694 Ocean Ave | 6-8 pm | to register click here
Lev L’Achim Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin Alumni Asifa | MYRCB Mesivta High School - Bais Medrash | 1559 CIA | More info here
🎤Lectures 🎤
Sunday 8/31
Treating Wounds on Shabbos | Rav Zev Smith | Agudath Israel Bais Binyomin | 2913 Avenue L | 9:30pm
⌛Ongoing🗓️
Monday’s & Wednesday’s
AharoHaRav n 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
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📰 Weather 🥸
 Friday | 79° 61° | Variable cloudiness with a thundershower around into the early afternoon |
 Saturday | 80° 62° | Plenty of sunshine; a comfortable start to the holiday weekend |
 Sunday | 82° 64° | Mostly sunny and pleasant |
Monday | 82° 64° | Plenty of sunshine |
 Tuesday | 80° 63° | Mostly cloudy |
Wednesday | 77° 66° | Intervals of clouds and sun |
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