🌱 Clinton Hill Leads In COVID Cases + $10M Brooklyn Heights Townhouse

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:

Sunny and warmer. High: 59 Low: 45.

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

1. Clinton Hill's COVID-19 positivity rate is over 8 percent–about double that of the city-wide average of 4.8 percent. Cases are on the rise overall throughout the city. (Patch)
2. Speaking of COVID, masks are still required, for now, on New York City's public transit, including the MTA's Metro North and Long Island Railroad, despite a federal judge's ruling on Monday that struck down a federal mandate. Masks are no longer required on New Jersey Transit. (New York City Patch)
3. Joe Lockhart, the former Press Secretary for President Bill Clinton, is selling his Brooklyn Heights townhouse for $10.5 million, according to a listing on StreetEasy. Lockhart had previously bought the Willow Street property in 2019 for $8.99 million. (New York Post)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Green Drinks Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Sail Club (6 p.m.)
• Punching Bag Comedy Show at O’Keefe’s Bar & Grill in DUMBO (8:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Here's a roundup of real estate in Brooklyn heights and DUMBO. (Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Patch)
• Gowanus Mutual Aid is looking for volunteers to help fight food insecurity. (Twitter)
• Blank Street Coffee is one of Montague Street's newest small businesses to open, at 147 Montague. Welcome to the neighborhood! (Instagram)
• These gorgeous red flowers were planted by volunteers at Cadman Plaza Park. It’s hosting more volunteer events coming up soon. (Instagram)

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— Dashiell Allen