🌱 Atlantic Ave. Car Thief + David Walentas Sells Hamptons Estate

Hey, neighbors! It's me again, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Daily.

First, today's weather:

Warmer with sun and clouds. High: 61 Low: 45.

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

1. A thief allegedly broke into several rental cars along Atlantic Avenue earlier this month, while someone's phone was stolen at a ShakeShack in Fulton Mall. All that and more in the latest Brooklyn Heights/DUMBO police blotter. (Brooklyn Paper)
2. Another candidate has entered the State Senate race to replace Staten Island/Brooklyn Senator Diane Sivino. This time it's an old primary foe of hers, Rajiv Gowda, who previously ran to her left (unsuccessfully) as a more progressive alternative. (Subscription: SILive.com)
3. DUMBO developer David Walentas, the founder of Two Trees Development, wants to sell his lavish East Hampton estate for $37 million, after reportedly purchasing it for just $11.6 million in 2019. (New York Post )

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Candlelight concert: 'A tribute to Taylor Swift' at St. Ann & Trinity Church (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Tyler Whitman, a celebrity real estate broker, created an 'epic' pirate-themed video to promote a townhouse on the market on Cranberry Street. (Showbiz Cheat Sheet)
• One of Brooklyn Heights' newest restaurants, Al Badawi, was recently featured in a New York Magazine food review. (Facebook)
• Issue Project, an experimental performance art space, is taking up permanent residence in Downtown Brooklyn, in the Boerum Place theater, donated by Two Trees Development. (Twitter)
• Brooklyn women entrepreneurs are invited to Borough Hall next Monday for a networking event organized by Antonio Reynoso and the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. (Twitter)

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