🌱 De Blasio For Congress? + DUMBO Library Closures

Rise and shine, Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! It's Saturday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny; breezy, colder. High: 28 Low: 15.

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

1. Former Mayor Bill de Blasio is mulling a run for Congress in the newly-gerrymandered 11th district, which extends from Park Slope and Gowanus to Staten Island, according to multiple sources. (Brooklyn Paper)
2. There's no Manhattan-bound train service this weekend at either High Street or Jay Street. Next week during overnight hours Manhattan-bound Q trains will be replacing N trains at Court Street. (Brooklyn Heights Blog)
3. A coalition of neighbors would like to compromise with the developers of the Grand Prospect Hall site. They propose, now that it's evident the site won't be landmarked, increasing the height while allowing for a community facility in the first floor, or even developing green space across the street. (New York City Patch)
4. The new Adams Street Library in DUMBO has been struggling to stay open lately. Monday it was closed due to "COVID exposure" and since then it has remained closed, at least through today, due to "insufficient heat." (Brooklyn Library)

Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Free Chinese New Years celebration in Albee Square (2 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• For World Read Aloud Day, Jo Anne Simon read, using American Sign Language, a children's book. (Twitter)
• St. Ann's Warehouse is mentioned in an article showing how theaters around the country are using their physical space (exteriors and lobbies) to create art. (Twitter)
• New York City, and the nation as a whole, is experiencing a severe blood shortage — donation rates are unusually low in Brooklyn. (Brooklyn Paper)

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