🌱 CVS Coming To DUMBO + How To Fix The BQE

Happy Wednesday, people of Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's everything going on around Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and colder. High: 26 Low: 15.

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

1. Recently The New York Times told the story of a group of mothers in Massachusetts that were so fed up with COVID they got together and screamed into a field. Inspired by them, a group of Brooklyn moms is doing the same thing Sunday in Brooklyn Bridge Park. (Brooklyn Bridge Parents)
2. Time Out Market in DUMBO is the only food hall in New York City participating in this year's restaurant week – and the first food hall to do so in 30 years. (Gotham Magazine)
3. A CVS pharmacy is coming to Front and York Streets in DUMBO, a neighborhood the company says they've been trying to "break into" for a long time now. The rent is a whopping $150 to $200 per-square-foot on a 15-year lease. (Commercial Observer)
4. A combination of congestion pricing and short-term repairs could keep the BQE running as it is for the next 19-ish years — but what then? Some business leaders say the best solution is to bury the portion that passes through Brooklyn Heights in a similar fashion to Boston's subterranean highway system. (Commercial Observer)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Community Board 2 Youth & Cultural Affairs committee meeting, online via Zoom (6 p.m.)
• Webinar: The Aquatic Mammals of New York City, hosted by Brooklyn Bridge Park (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• A NYCHA development in Gowanus experienced major flooding last night, causing 15 buildings to be without water. (Twitter)
• Did you know there's a joint on Atlantic Avenue that makes heart shaped pizzas? (Twitter)
• Today is the last day to tell Mayor Adams what policies and practices are a priority for you, by taking a survey. (Facebook)

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— Dashiell Allen