🌱 Adams Wants Park Over BQE + Williamsburg Project Moves Ahead

Rise and shine, Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. Here are the most important things going on today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO.

First, today's weather:

Sun giving way to clouds. High: 65 Low: 42.

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

1. Mayor-elect Adams said at a Tuesday press conference that he "loves" the idea of creating an elevated park over the BQE, which was originally proposed by former Deputy Borough President Diana Reyna. His other infrastructure spending priorities included "fixing NYCHA in a real way," and extending the 2nd Avenue subway into East Harlem. (New York Post)
2. The City Planning Commission voted unanimously in support of the Williamsburg waterfront "River Ring" project that would create 1,000 housing units–at least 263 of which would have some level of affordability. Now it heads to City Council. The proposed Two Trees development is located on a former Con Edison storage lot along River Street. (Brooklyn Eagle)
3. The NYPD has recovered more "ghost" guns in 2021–guns that don't have any serial number or other form of identification–than in past years. This year they found 200, compared to 145 in 2020 and 48 in 2019. Last week, a bill to study gun violence in New York State, backed by Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, was signed into law. (Gothamist)
4. Even vaccinated New Yorkers should plan on getting a COVID test before traveling for the Thanksgiving holidays, according to New York City health officials that are hoping to prevent an uptick in cases. (NYC Patch)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Virtual Hatha yoga with the YMCA (12 p.m.)
• Open hours at the environmental center (3 p.m.)
• Brooklyn Community Board 2 Transportation and Public Safety meeting (6 p.m.)
• St. Francis College MFA Presents: Writing Comics and Graphic Fiction (6 p.m.)

Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Patch Notebook

• In case you missed it, here's a recording of Tuesday night's private middle schools info session. (Brooklyn Bridge Parents)
• Montague Street BID: "New York Building Congress President & CEO, Carlo Scissura, is now floating the idea of tearing down the BQE and rebuilding." (Instagram)
• DUMBO, Brooklyn: "What a ☀️🍁 Wednesday! Beautiful 📸 by @it dumbo_bk" (Facebook)
• DUMBO Parents reports that the COVID testing van is back in DUMBO Monday to Friday. (Facebook)
• There's a resident box turtle living in Brooklyn Bridge Park's environmental education center! (Twitter)

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