Car Stolen In DUMBO + MTA Service Changes + East River Sailing

Good morning everyone, it's me again, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Daily. This weekend is, among other things, your last chance to see A Skate Play at Golconda Skate Park. Have a great weekend!

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy and not as warm. High: 67 Low: 61.

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

1. In the latest police blotter for The Heights and DUMBO: a car was stolen on York St., another was broken into on Livingston St., and a gunman shot a man in the head in nearby Nicholas Nayquan Heyward Jr Park. (Brooklyn Paper)
2. Subway Service Alerts: service is suspended in both directions this weekend from High St., as A and C trains are diverted to the F line between Jay St./MetroTech and West 4th St. There should be minimal disruptions through next week.(Brooklyn Heights Blog)
3. The child education facilitator, Imagine Early Learning Centers, has announced the renewal of its lease with the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights for the next 10 years. Imagine, which has been operating in the neighborhood at 50 Monroe St. for the past 25 years, is "proud to say that this negotiation will continue to serve the goals of both organizations for years to come." The Heights facility has six classrooms, a gym and a patio. (Commercial Observer)
4. More details on BEACON: the new statue in Albee Square honoring the life of Black 19th century inventor and Brooklyn native Lewis H. Latimer. In addition to inventing the lightbulb filament, Latimer was an artist and the only Black inventor working under Thomas Edison. (Our Time Press)
5. Last weekend marked the final community sail of the summer at the ONE15 Brooklyn Marina in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The marina's volunteers have been taking out community groups, and public school students to take a hand at sailing for the first time. In their words, "Sailing is a sport of giving." Stay tuned for next summer! (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• SATURDAY: Join the green team for volunteer gardening in Brooklyn Bridge Park (8:30 a.m.)
• SATURDAY: The Brooklyn Nets practice in Brooklyn Bridge Park (12:30 p.m.)
• SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: The last two performances of A Skate Play at Golconda Skate Park (3 p.m.)
• SUNDAY: Flea market under the archway (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.)
• SUNDAY: Drunk yoga in DUMBO (10 a.m.)
• SUNDAY: Virtual Book Launch: The Best Short Stories 2021 with guest editor Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and editor Jenny Minton Quigley (7 p.m.)

Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Patch Notebook

• Brooklyn Heights Association: "Clark Street is closed… no trucks yet, but we’ve been told the street should be repaved today!" (Instagram)
• Brooklyn Heights Life: "Amazing capture @nu_yo_ricanThe sunsetting on another week! And it’s a long weekend for some!!! Hope you one of the lucky ones! Enjoy!" (Instagram)
• Brooklyn Heights History: 169 Clinton Street in 1935 (urbanarchive.org)
• Brooklyn Heights map print (Twitter)

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