🌱 Brooklyn Marathon Sunday + Former Cuomo Aide Sells BK Heights House

Good day, people of Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! It's me again, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and milder. High: 68 Low: 48.

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

1. Runners will snake through DUMBO on Sunday as part of the Brooklyn Marathon and Half Marathon's new route, which will take them from Williamsburg down to Prospect Park. They will take their marks at 7 a.m., according to the official schedule. (Patch)
2. Melissa DeRosa, an ex-aide to former Governor Andrew Cuomo, is planning to sell her $2.6 million Brooklyn Heights apartment. She's also working on a tell-all book about her time working for the governor, and her life growing up in politics, as the daughter of an Albany lobbyist. (New York Post )
3. Enrollment will open on April 25 for Summer Rising, the Department of Education's free summer programming for k-8 students. Many schools in Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Downtown Brooklyn are participating in the program, which runs from July 5 to August 19. (Brooklyn Bridge Parents)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Free plants in exchange for E-waste at The Alloy Block, Downtown (2 p.m.)
• DJ VADA at Time Out Market, DUMBO (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• "Our message to the mayor is clear: fund the Master Streets Plan," said CM Lincoln Restler at a rally in support of improving bikes and mass transit infrastructure. (Twitter)
• Brooklyn Bridge Park is hosting free family-friendly Earth Day events at the Environmental Education Center this Saturday. (Facebook)

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