In today’s J3M Report:

📌 Verrazzano Bridge Goes Tie-Dye?!

📌Tiny Tires, Big Adventures: NYC Rolls Out Baby Bike Routes for Families!

👉 Triple Three Triple Fun: Get Weather Alerts Like a Boss!

👉 Coney Island Rolls the Dice: Casino Dreams or Boardwalk Blues?

👉Heads Up, Teens! Albany Pushes for E-Bike Helmet Safety — and It Just Might Save Lives

The Nibble

🎨🛠️ Bridge Goes Tie-Dye?! 🌉✨

If you’ve cruised across the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge lately and thought, “Is this a modern art installation?” — you’re not hallucinating. That funky, multi-colored patchwork look is all part of a $128.5 million glam-up the bridge is currently undergoing. 👷‍♂️💅💵 The makeover involves stripping the bridge down to its bare metal 😱, followed by a triple-layer spa treatment: zinc primer, epoxy coat, and a final urethane finish. Think of it as a high-end facial… for steel. 😄🧴

Slated to wrap up by summer 2026, the project also includes a giant temporary platform to protect traffic from raining rust or rogue paint splatters 🎨🚗. But paint isn’t the only upgrade on the menu — the bridge is also getting steel repairs, lighting system overhauls, and even a dehumidification system for its giant cables (humidity, be gone! 💨💧).

And that’s not all — thanks to congestion pricing funds, the Brooklyn-side ramp is getting rebuilt too. So while the bridge may look like it's mid-makeover now, give it time. Soon the Verrazzano will be serving looks and longevity like the icon it is. 💅🗽💪

🚲👶 Tiny Tires, Big Adventures: NYC Rolls Out Baby Bike Routes for Families! 🌳🗽

Get ready to ring those bike bells, NYC fam! 🔔 The Department of Transportation just dropped a wheely exciting update for National Bike Month: baby bike routes! 👶🚲 These pint-sized paths — one in each borough — are under two miles long and tailor-made for family fun. Picture this: protected lanes, scenic park rides, and even a spin past the Prospect Park Carousel 🦄 or the SeaGlass Carousel in Battery Park 🎠. It's all part of the My Bike, My City campaign to get more families pedaling together across the five boroughs. 💚🌆

With helmet giveaways 🪖, learn-to-ride classes 🎓, and even Bike Buses (yep, that's a convoy of kids cycling to school with grown-up chaperones 🚴‍♂️🚌🚴‍♀️), the city’s going full-speed on safe, sustainable transportation for the next generation. Whether you're breezing through the Bronx’s Highbridge Park or coasting around Staten Island’s Bloomingdale Park, there’s a route with your family’s name on it. Grab those helmets, load up the snack packs, and let's roll — New York style! 🌉🍎💨

Head to Bike Month for more info 🗺️🚴‍♂️💫

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🗽 Civic Spotlight: Keeping You Informed

📲 Triple Three Triple Fun: Get Weather Alerts Like a Boss! 🌪️☔📡

New Yorkers, say hello to Triple Three Triple One — your new hotline to stay dry, safe, and a little less panicked during the next big storm! 💬 Just text the name of your county (or your borough, NYC folks!) to 333111 and voilà — real-time weather and emergency alerts pop straight into your phone. Want Brooklyn alerts? Text Brooklyn. Need Queens, Bronx, or all of NYC? Text NewYorkCity. You’ll be weather-wise before the first raindrop falls! 🌧️📱⚠️

And that’s not all! Governor Hochul isn’t just texting us – she’s flexing 💪 with a $15 million stockpile of flood-fighting gear headed to counties statewide. Think generators, pumps, chainsaws – everything short of a superhero cape. 🦸‍♂️🌊 So sign up, stay alert, and be storm-smart this hurricane season. 🌀🗽🌉 More info can be found here

🎰🎡 Coney Island Rolls the Dice: Casino Dreams or Boardwalk Blues? 🌊🏙️

🎲 Step right up, folks! The NYC Planning Commission just dealt a wildcard by approving “The Coney” — a colossal casino and entertainment complex set to rise like a neon phoenix 🕹️🔥 on Surf Avenue, right between Maimonides Park and Luna Park. We're talking 1.3 million square feet of glitz: hotel rooms, roulette wheels, retail shops, maybe even Elvis impersonators. It’s a big win for the developers, but don’t cash out just yet — this bet still needs a final nod from the State’s high-stakes Gaming Board. 🧾📅

Not everyone’s cheering at the craps table, though. Commissioner Juan Camilo Osorio slammed the plan’s design flaws 🎢— think sky bridges to nowhere, flood-prep flops, and not enough community perks. Plus, Brooklyn’s own Community Board 13 gave it a “thanks but no thanks” earlier this year, worried it could bring more traffic, crime, and push out mom-and-pop shops. 🧃🚦🕵️‍♀️

Next stop: a public hearing showdown at the City Council 🏛️👂— then it’s off to compete for one of just three golden casino licenses 🎖️🎰. Will Coney Island become the new Atlantic City... or just another pipe dream? Stay tuned, Brooklyn. The dice are still rolling! 🎲🌉📢

🪖🚲 Heads Up, Teens! Albany Pushes for E-Bike Helmet Safety — and It Just Might Save Lives 🧠💥

Watch out, NYC — Albany’s actually trying to do something right! 👀 Lawmakers are pedaling forward with a new helmet requirement for 16- and 17-year-olds riding e-Citi Bikes… and despite the noise, it’s all about keeping young riders alive and well. 🙌

Assemblymember Amy Paulin’s bill would require teens riding pedal-assist (Class 1) and throttle-based (Class 2) e-bikes to strap on a helmet before hitting the streets. Sound harsh? Maybe to some. But here’s the real headline: head injuries from e-bike accidents have skyrocketed 49x since 2017. That’s not a blip — that’s a crisis. 🏥📈

Sure, some critics argue helmet laws can lower ridership. But what good is high ridership if it leads to high injury rates? This isn’t about discouraging biking — it’s about making biking safer for everyone. 🚴‍♂️❤️ And yes, equity matters — but so does safety. Lawmakers like Chair William Magnarelli say it clearly: “My concern is the safety of the public. That’s what this committee does.” 🎯

Let’s face it: a helmet weighs less than a pound — and it could be the difference between a bruise and a brain injury. If we really want our teens to ride into the future, let’s make sure they arrive there safely. 🛑🧠🛡️For more info click here 

What's up

🎬 Events 👋

🔥Thursday 5/15/2025🏹

Lag BaOmer Family Fair | Chabad of Marine Park | 3065 Nostrand Ave | 5:00 PM (registration starts at 4:30) | $10 unlimited pass, free for all other activities |

Lag BaOmer Festival & Kids Business Fair | Chabad Neshama Center | Sea Breeze Jewish Center, 311 Sea Breeze Ave | 6:00 PM | Admission $15 | For registration and info click here

Lag La’Omer Celebration | Cong. Shaare Rahamim | Featuring David Shiro | 1244 East 7th St. | 8:00pm | For more information contact morris@arcadeorder.com or shlomo@chamoulajewelers.com

Tuesday 5/20/2025

Ohel Zoom | Support Group for Adult Children & Caregivers of Holocaust Survivors | 10:00 am | 10-week group | Free | For info click here

Wednesday 5/21

👩For women only 👩 | Blossoms & Brachot Pre-Shavuot Flower Arranging Ladies’ Night! | The Mitzvah Tribe & Ohel | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | For more info check here and here

Sunday 5/25

Macher Job Fair 2025 | Young Israel of Midwood | 1694 Ocean Ave | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM | For more info click here 

Sunday & Monday 5/25 & 26 Memorial day

🐑 🐐 Green Meadows Farm | Aviator Sports Center | 🐴pony ride and a full day of animal fun🐮 🐔 | 11:00 am – 5:00 pm | $14 per person | more info here 

Wednesday 5/28/2025

Ohel Webinar | Reading Between the Lines: Recognizing Red Flags and Supporting our Teens - Ending the School Year Strong & Preparing for the Summer | 8:00 pm | Webinar info click here

Lectures 🎤

Wednesday 5/14/2025

Harav Amnon Yitzchak | Flatbush Park Jewish Center | 6363 Avenue U | doors open 8:00pm lecture starts 8:30 pm

Shabbos 5/17

👩For women only 👩 | Rabbi Baruch Rabinowitz | Young Israel of Midwood | 1694 Ocean Ave | 5:00 pm

Calendar🗓️

Today Monday May 12 - Pesach Sheni

Fri, May 16 - Lag BaOmer

⌛Ongoing🗓️

Thursday’s

📖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

Shabbos

Navi Shiur | Rabbi Yisroel Reisman | Ahi Ezer Cong | Corner Ocean Parkway & Ave S | 10:30 pm

Monday’s & Wednesday’s

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

Fundraiser Focus 🎁

Tuesday 5/13/2025

👩For women only 👩| Flatbush Satmar Bikur Cholim | Annual Spring Tea | Ateres Chynka Hall | 129 Elmwood Ave | 7:30 pm

Monday 5/19/2025

Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel | 37th Annual Dinner | El Caribe | 5945 Strickland Ave, Brooklyn | Click here

Sunday 5/25/2025

Yeshiva Torah Vodaath | 106th Annual Dinner | The Palace | 780 McDonald Ave

Wednesday 5/28/2025

Bais Yaakov D’Rav Meir | 81st Annual Dinner || Ateres Chynka Hall | 129 Elmwood Ave | 6:30 pm

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📰 Weather 🥸

☀️Monday | Sunny, with a high near 71

🌤️Monday Night | Increasing clouds, with a low around 58

Tuesday | 🌧️A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after 8am | Cloudy, with a high near 68.

🌧️Tuesday Night | Showers likely, mainly after 2am | Cloudy, with a low around 59

🌧️Wednesday | Showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 66 |

Wednesday Night | Showers likely, mainly before 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 60.

🌧️Thursday | A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70 🌡️

Thursday Night | 🌤️Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61.

National Weather Service