🌱 Daffodils Blossom In Fort Greene + BPL Combats Book Bans

Morning, Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! Here's everything you need to know to get this Thursday started off right.

First, today's weather:

A heavy t-storm in the p.m.. High: 80 Low: 52.

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

1. Students at Fort Greene's PS 46 were excited to see flowers they planted back in October bloom earlier this week. They were part of The Daffodil Project, and planted with the help of Councilwoman Crystal Hudson, who joined students on Tuesday to advocate for increased parks department funding citywide. (Brooklyn Paper)
2. In a last-minute deal Councilwoman Hudson announced her support of two towers on Atlantic Avenue. She had previously opposed them, saying that they only brought 25 percent affordable housing, therefore not meeting the community's needs, but reversed course after reaching a deal with the developer to increase the affordable units to 35 percent. (Patch)
3. The Brooklyn Public Library is issuing e-cards to anyone aged 13 to 21 across the country, in an effort to provide access nationwide to banned books. Teenagers and young adults will have access to hundreds of thousands of online and hard copy titles. (Brooklyn Reader)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Virtual Hatha Yoga with the YMCA (12 p.m.)
• Community Board 2 Transportation & Public Safety Committee Monthly Meeting, online via Zoom. On the agenda: discussion with city officials about the open streets program, and with the NYPD. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Here's five upcoming open houses in Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO if you're interested in purchasing, or just want to check them out. (Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Patch)
• It's Black maternal health week. Did you know that Black mothers are three times more likely than average to die in childbirth? (Twitter)
• Frank James, the prime suspect in Tuesday's mass shooting in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, was arrested on Wednesday. (New York City Patch)

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— Dashiell Allen