The Nibble

📰 NYC Wants YOU to Help Tame Brooklyn’s Noise Beast!

📰Victorian Flatbush Two New Historic Districts Join the Party

📰Brooklyn Gets a Bluebelt: Prospect Park Gears Up to Fight Floods

Civic Spotlight:

🗽 From Squeaky Planks to a Billion-Dollar Future: Coney Island’s Boardwalk Gets a Makeover

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📣🔊 NYC Wants YOU to Help Tame Brooklyn’s Noise Beast! 🤳🌆😆

Brooklyn loud? Never! 😜 Between the 2:00am donut-spinners, the symphony of jackhammers, and that one neighbor who thinks they’re DJ Khaled at full volume — the city finally said: Enough is enough! Enter NYC Noise, a brand-new, totally free app that turns every New Yorker into a certified Noise Detective 🕵️‍♂️🔊. With just a quick 5-second scan, you can measure how wild your block really gets, tag the noise type (construction? sirens? that off-key karaoke?), and send the data straight to the NYC Department of Environmental Protection — no actual audio recorded, just the decibel levels! 📱📈

The best part? Your readings will help the city pinpoint noise hotspots, plan inspector visits, and eventually create a citywide noise map (aka “Where Brooklyn Yells the Loudest” 🤣🗺️). So the next time your street turns into NASCAR at midnight or someone’s dog decides to debate the moon 🐶🌕, whip out your phone and let NYC know. Because in the city that never sleeps… at least we can try to make it nap a little. 😴💙🏙️ For Android click here to get the app

🏡✨ Victorian Flatbush 🏡Two New Historic Districts Join the Party 🎉🕰️🎩

Victorian Flatbush just got fancier—and honestly, it was already that neighbor who wears a three-piece suit to take out the trash. This week, the Landmarks Preservation Commission officially crowned Beverley Square West and Ditmas Park West as new historic districts 👑, meaning 247 stately homes from the 1890s–1910s now get VIP velvet-rope protection. Think Queen Anne turrets, Colonial Revival porches, and enough architectural drama to make Zillow need a fainting couch 😮‍💨🏰. Residents and officials are cheering, probably while sipping tea on wraparound porches and discussing the importance of Palladian windows ☕🪟.

But the best part? Some neighbors actually begged to be included—like kids sticking their faces against the candy store window shouting, “Pick me! I promise I’ll renovate!” 😂 Even the LPC was like, “Okay, okay, we see the enthusiasm.” With ADUs allowed in basements, attics, and old garages (hello, future ‘Historic Airbnb Chic’), the area’s about to balance preservation with practicality. Victorian Flatbush continues serving architectural looks, community pride, and a little bit of melodrama—and we’re totally here for it 💅📜💖.

🌧️💙 Brooklyn Gets a Bluebelt: Prospect Park Gears Up to Fight Floods 🌿

Move over sewer grates—Mother Nature just got a $68 million upgrade in Prospect Park! Brooklyn’s first-ever Bluebelt is coming to town, turning streams, ponds, wetlands, and rain gardens into the borough’s newest climate superheroes. City officials announced that instead of letting stormwater run wild like it did during last year’s epic floods, the park will now sip, store, and filter rain naturally. The lake will drain faster, shiny new ponds will catch runaway water from Flatbush and West Drive, and the zoo will finally get some much-needed splash protection that doesn’t involve emergency closures. Think of it as Prospect Park putting on a high-tech raincoat—made entirely of plants. 🌱😄

The project won’t break ground until 2029 (Brooklyn time moves… differently), but once finished in 2032, neighborhoods like Ditmas Park, Kensington, Windsor Terrace, and Prospect Park South should breathe a little easier when the skies open up. City leaders say this is all about turning one of Brooklyn’s most beloved green spaces into a climate resilience beast—in the nicest way possible. So the next time a storm rolls in, don’t panic… Prospect Park’s Bluebelt will be on the job, proudly soaking up rain like the borough’s most responsible sponge. 🧽🌊

🗽 Civic Spotlight: Keeping You Informed🗽

🎡🌊 From Squeaky Planks to a Billion-Dollar Future: Coney Island’s Boardwalk Gets a Makeover 🌊🎢

Coney Island’s legendary boardwalk—the one that’s seen more hot dogs than a July 4th picnic 🌭 and more wobble than a rookie roller coaster 🎢—just won the ultimate makeover lottery: a cool $1 billion 💰. After decades of loose screws 🔩, suspicious creaks 😬, and planks that test your balance like an obstacle course 🏃‍♂️, the 102-year-old Riegelmann Boardwalk is finally headed to the spa for a full reconstruction 🛠️. We’re talking new structural piles 🏗️, upgraded utilities ⚡🚿, shiny access ramps ♿, fresh plazas 🌿, and a glow-up for lifeguard stations and bathrooms 🚻—all designed to keep strollers strolling in style (and safety) for generations to come 👣🌞.

Like any great Coney Island spectacle 🎟️, patience is required—this rebuild is still years away ⏳ and will roll out in dramatic, multi-phase fashion 🎬. But when it does arrive, it won’t just be prettier—it’ll be tougher 💪, ready to stand up to storms with elevated sections 🌊⬆️ and flood-resilient design 🌧️🛡️. Locals are dreaming of dunes 🌾, beach grass 🌱, and a boardwalk that blends history 🕰️ with climate-smart muscle 🌍. For now, the old boards will keep squeaking and swaying 🎶👣, but everyone knows: a billion-dollar future is on the horizon 🌅—and Coney Island is gearing up for its next big act 🎠🔥.

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🎬 Events 👋

Shabbos 12/12-13

Rav Aryeh Lebowitz | Agudas Yisroel Of Madison in conjunction with its Melava Malka Shabbos | Oneg Shabbos (For Men & Women) | Friday Night At 7:45 pm | Agudas Yisroel Of Madison 2122 Avenue S

👩For women only 👩 |  Rav Aryeh Lebowitz Ladies Shiur | Shabbos at 3:00 pm | Agudas Yisroel Of Madison 2122 Avenue S

Sunday 12/14

Sunday 12/21

👩For women only 👩

Thursday, 12/25 through Thursday 1/1

The annual  One Week Kollel/ Yarchei Kallah of Flatbush | The topic inyanim of Purim in Mesechta Megilla |  Tomchei Torah, 1966 Ocean Ave.  (between Ave, N & Ave. O) | Please call to register (or for more information) 718-998-5822 or email: draaronmandel@aol.com

Motzei Shabbos 12/27, 1/3, 1/10 and 1/17

🎤Lectures 🎤

Thursday 12/11

Yichud On The Plane During Flight Lessons| Rav Daniel Osher Kleinman | Agudath Israel Bais Binyomin | 2913 Avenue L | 8:30 pm

Shabbos 12/13

👩For women only 👩 | Rabbi Aharon Rapps | Young Israel of Midwood | 1694 Ocean Ave | 3:15 pm

Thursday 12/18

Why To Stay Home On Chanuka| 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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