Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge + Skateboarder Play + Colson Whitehead

Happy Monday Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO! I hope that everyone had a fun and restful weekend. There was lots going on, so here's a recap, as well as what to do around the neighborhood this afternoon.

First, today's weather:

A shower and t-storm; humid. High: 73 Low: 61. Hopefully no events get rained out.

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

1. The Brooklyn Heights community fridge at 124 Clark St. celebrated its grand opening with a special "plug-in" event yesterday. In keeping with the neighborhood the fridge is painted to look like the door of a brownstone. Rev. Adriene Thorne of the First Presbyterian Church said: "The Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge fills stomachs, but it does so much more. It teaches lessons about what it means for neighbors to love neighbors." (Brooklyn Heights Blog)
2. Skateboarders from Golconda Skate Park under the BQE are putting on a play from today through next Sunday. "A Skate Play" is based on the novella Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the coming-of-age story of a seagull. The skateboarder's wheels represent the flight of the birds, and all actors were cast from the Golconda Skate Park community. (Brooklyn Reader)
3. With New York City public school's vaccine mandate about to begin, school employees report a 95% vaccination rate. That includes over 16,000 shots given since September 24. (NYC Patch)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Dodge YMCA holds Zumba classes as Brooklyn Bridge Park–online registration required (6 p.m.)
• The Phoenix Yoga holds a free vinyasa class at Pier 6 (6:30 p.m.)
• Join New York writers Colson Whitehead and Kevin Young to hear about their new books Harlem Shuffle and Stones, at St. Ann & Trinity (7 p.m.)
• Virtual speed dating for professional singles at Brooklyn Bridge Park (8 p.m.)

Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Patch Notebook

• This weekend saw the Brooklyn Brujería Festival hit the streets of DUMBO, celebrating Brooklyn's immigrant culture. (Instagram)
• Montague Street BID: "We have a new business on our street! Stop by @rollupmontague at 117 Montague St and welcome them to the neighborhood." (Instagram)
• The community fridge is all stocked up–check out their social media (Instagram)
• Check out these pictures from Atlantic Antic (Brooklyn Bridge Parents)
• Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon: We marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to loudly defend #ReproductiveJustice (Twitter)

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— Dashiell Allen

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