🌱 5 Boro Bike Tour + Downtown Brooklyn Woolworth's Gets A Remake

Happy Friday, people of Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! Here's everything you need to know going on today.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy with snow in the evening, starting around 7 p.m., with up to 12 inches expected. High: 35 Low: 20.

Here are the top 3 stories in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO today:

1. The former home to Woolworth's Department Store on Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn has lost its Art Deco facade and is now awaiting remodeling. Don't worry, the building isn't slated for development as a super-tall tower, but it will be getting a new look. (Brooklyn Reader)
2. Meet Rena DeAngelo, the award-winning set designer who transforms our modern world into the past. Recently she made DUMBO come alive in the opening scene of the 2015 thriller Bridge of Spies. (Insider)
3. The Five Boro Bike Tour is back and better than ever this year! Similar to in the past, the route will take riders in Brooklyn from Greenpoint through DUMBO, along the BQE all the way to cross the Verrazano Bridge into Staten Island. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Community Board 2 Finance and Personnel Committee Meeting, online via Zoom (6 p.m.)
• Candlelight Concert at St. Ann & Holy Trinity Church, "Favorite Anime Themes" (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• PS8's annual Readathon is set to begin on February 1. (Facebook)
• The Vinegar Hill Food Pantry will be taking place on Monday, Jan. 31st. (Facebook)
• Registration for the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy's spring soccer youth and adult leagues opens Wednesday. (Twitter)

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— Dashiell Allen