🌱Brooklyn Heights Noise Spurs Podcast + Area Japanese Schools

Morning, Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! Let's get this Wednesday started off right. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO.

First, today's weather:

A little afternoon rain. High: 49 Low: 41.

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

1. You might remember when, a couple of months ago, all of Brooklyn Heights united to track down a mysterious noise driving the neighborhood crazy. As it turns out that story was so fascinating, it was told in podcast format on the NPR show The Pulse. (WHYY - NPR)
   
2. Kon'nichiwa! There's lots of great Japanese weekend schools around the neighborhood–open to all children, not just those of Japanese heritage, like The Brooklyn Japanese American Family Association in Boerum Hill. (Brooklyn Bridge Parents)
3. Mayor Eric Adams announced on Tuesday that he plans to lift the school mask mandate for children aged 2-4 years old, starting on April 4, provided there isn't an unexpected spike in cases before then. (New York City Patch)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Community Board 2 Youth, Education & Cultural Affairs Committee Monthly Meeting, online via Zoom (6 p.m.)
• Book Launch: Conversations With People Who Hate Me by Dylan Marron, at Powerhouse Books (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• There's a lot to see this week at the performance venue The Atlantic (on Atlantic, Brooklyn.) (Facebook)
• Large sections of Brooklyn Bridge Park opened up 10 years ago–and it's shocking how much has changed since then! (Twitter)
• Lincoln Restler is holding a community information session on March 31 to discuss the upcoming dismantling of the Brooklyn Detention Center on Atlantic Avenue, which will subsequently be rebuilt. (Zoom)

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