🌱 Cobble Hill Gym On Fire + Brooklyn Book Festival To Return

Hey, Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. Here are the most important things happening around Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and warmer. High: 62 Low: 47.

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

1. A large fire broke out yesterday at a gym on Boerum Place in Cobble Hill (UFC Fit, a former New York Sports Club location), requiring firefighters to cut a hole on the roof. At least 12 people were injured, including three civilians. The fire was later upgraded to 5 alarms. (News 4 NY)
2. The Brooklyn Book Festival is returning to Downtown Brooklyn this fall, in September and October — mainly in-person but with some virtual options. Bringing together hundreds of writers, it's the largest book festival in New York City. (Brooklyn Paper)
3. The Repast Baroque Ensemble will again be back at the Brooklyn Heights First Unitarian Church Wednesday for a concert titled Fantasia. (Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Open hours at Brooklyn Bridge Park environmental center (3:00 PM)
• Kid's Hamantashen Bake, at 717 Remsen Street (5:30 PM)
• Virtual Screening and Discussion of miniseries based on Angels in America (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• The Brooklyn Detention Center between Atlantic Avenue and State Street will soon be dismantled. Lincoln Restler is holding a community info session on March 31. (Twitter)
• Happy (early) birthday, Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez. (Twitter)
• Brooklyn Bridge Park has a summer camp for k-5 students. (Twitter)

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— Dashiell Allen