🌱 Brooklyn Shooting + David Yassky Runs For BK Heights State Senate

Good morning neighbors. Yesterday was a difficult day for all of New York City, after the recent attack in Brooklyn. Here's everything you need to know.

First, today's weather:

Intervals of clouds and sun. High: 68 Low: 60.

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

1. A man on a train in Sunset Park, Brooklyn opened fire, shooting ten people and injuring sixteen in total, five of whom where in critical condition. He remained at large throughout the day on Tuesday, leading many schools throughout Brooklyn to go into lockdown. MTA chief Janno Lieber said that the day's events reminded him of 9/11. (Patch)
2. Yet another political hopeful is entering the race for State Senate in Brooklyn and Staten Island. David Yassky, a former City Councilman and former head of the Taxi and Limousine Commission, has the local support of Independent Neighborhood Dems. (Subscription: SILive.com Free: Spectrum News 1)
3. An immersive 'Stranger Things'-themed experience is opening at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on May 9, in anticipation of the popular Netflix show's next season. In the experience visitors will be transported to small town Indian on a 45 minute adventure through an all-new plot. (amNY)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Community Board 2 general board meeting, online via Zoom (6 p.m.)
• Book Launch: Celebrate with Babs by Barbara Costello, at Powerhouse Books (7 p.m.)
• Break the Ramadan fast at the Downtown Brooklyn "drive through" theater, 300 Ashland Pl. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Here's a real estate roundup for Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO. (Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Patch)
• Looking for suggestions of where to spend time with family this Spring? Brooklyn Bridge Parents put together this helpful guide. (Brooklyn Bridge Parents)

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— Dashiell Allen