🌱 Clark St Station Open Today + Bk Botanic Garden + 5 Boro Bike Tour

Hello Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO! Writing your daily newsletter is truly a rewarding experience, and your loyalty has made it all the better! I just wanted to say, you might be missing the Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Daily for awhile -- but don’t worry! It won’t be away for long, we just are focusing on some other Patch communities at the moment. Thanks for your support and patience, and we will be back and better than ever, sooner than you think.

First, today's weather:

Sunny to partly cloudy. High: 65 Low: 49.

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

1. Breaking news! As Brooklyn Heights Association and Lincoln Restler report, the Clark Street 2 and 3 train station is scheduled to open this evening, pending MTA approval. The final tests of the new elevators were being performed on Friday. (Twitter)
2. The City Council voted on Thursday to approve two controversial towers along Atlantic Avenue, that will yield 35 percent affordable housing, and 65 percent market-rate. Councilwoman Crystal Hudson had disapproved of the towers until she made a last-minute deal with the developers. (Patch)
3. Make sure to stop by the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens for "Weekends in Bloom" Saturday or May 7, to witness the height of cherry blossom season. The garden's also keeping extended hours during the weekdays through May 15. (Patch)
4. The Five Borough Bike Tour will be passing through DUMBO on Sunday, May 1, with 30,000 riders traversing along York, Front, and Gold Streets, as well as the Brooklyn Bridge Promenade. (New York City Patch)

This weekend in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Saturday: Smack Mellon Gallery in DUMBO hosts 'Gravity Racers' fundraiser (3 p.m.)
• Saturday: Candlelight concert at St. Ann & Holy Trinity Church, Anime Themes (6:30 p.m.)
• Sunday: Brooklyn Heights 'Spring into Service' day (10 a.m.)
• Sunday: DJ party at Cadman Plaza Park (1 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Brooklyn Bridge Park's second annual Brass Bands Festival is taking place in the park on May 14 between Piers 3 and 6. (Instagram)
• It looks like a good weekend to catch a train from Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO. There's no major scheduled subway changes, except for no late-night R service. (Brooklyn Heights Blog)
• What was Silver's stationary store on Montague Street back in 1916 is now Thai Kitchen. (Instagram)

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Announcements:

• National Football Foundation Honors Suffolk County Players (Details)
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That's it for today! See you all tomorrow morning for another update.

— Dashiell Allen

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