Brownstones, Ballot Boxes + Children's Day At Book Festival

Happy Saturday, Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO! I for one am super excited that it's finally the weekend. There's so many events going on around town, it's hard to choose. Here's everything going on today in five minutes or less.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and beautiful. High: 74 Low: 62.

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

1. Here's the details on upcoming service delays and planned disruptions through next week in Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO (Brooklyn Heights Blog)
2. The transit union unveils a memorial for workers who died of COVID-19 at their office on Montague St. (AMNY)
3. The city is launching a new Police Precinct "greeters" program in an attempt to improve relations with the public (AMNY)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Get your hands dirty with the Green Team this morning at Pier 1, and help to beautify our park (8:30 a.m.)
• It's the 2nd annual Brooklyn Bagel Fest in Albee Square, featuring 20+ types of bagels (9:30 am + 12:30 pm)
• Register now for "Brownstones and Ballot Boxes": a walking tour focused on women's suffrage and activism in Brooklyn Heights (11 a.m.)
• There's so many fun-packed events to choose from at the Brooklyn Book Festival's Children's Day (11 a.m.-4 p.m.)
• Join the Environmental Education Center for open hours at Brooklyn Bridge Park (1 p.m.)
• Stop by St. Ann & Trinity for free consecutive 30-minute concerts by composer and pianist Phillip Golub (2-6 p.m.)
• This SUNDAY: it's Atlantic Antic all along Atlantic Avenue from 4th Street to the waterfront (12-6 p.m.)

Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Patch Notebook

• Check out how Tony Award-Winning actor and recent Brooklyn Heights transplant BD Wong spends his Sundays–including his favorite spots on Montague St. (The New York Times)
• Two DUMBO galleries–A.I.R. on Plymouth St., and Minus Space on Main St., are featured in an October New York art guide (Hyperallergic)
• Brooklyn Bridge Park: "That autumn light is so good." (Instagram)
• Brooklyn Community Foundation: "Nonprofit registration is open for Brooklyn's Biggest Day of Giving" (Twitter)
• Get your silhouette portrait now from artist Deborah O'Connor via Brooklyn Women's Exchange (Brooklyn Heights Blog)

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• Office Furniture & Home Furniture Warehouse Liquidation Sale (October 2)
• Red Hook Paint and Sip (October 2)
• 46th Annual Atlantic Antic™ Festival (October 3)
• Sexual Citizens: Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus (October 7)
• Four Seasons in Music: Connected Play at Sands Point Preserve (October 10)
• Charlie Chaplin's THE KID with Live Improvised Organ Music by Peter Krasinski (October 14)
• Autumn Fest at Sands Point Preserve (October 17)
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— Dashiell Allen

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