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🌱 DUMBO Coffee Shop Closes + Meet The Original Brooklyn Bridge

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Morning, neighbors! It's me again, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Daily.


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

  1. Lauren Bush Lauren, an influencer business woman and former model, announced the closing of her coffee shop, Feed Shop & Cafe, in DUMBO, after five years. Revenue from the cafe had gone towards providing free meals to over 1 million children in Brooklyn and the world, according to Bush Lauren. (WWD)
  2. You may have heard of the Brooklyn Bridge — but what about the "Breukelen Bridge," in the town of Breukelen, The Netherlands? No, it's not a joke. The residents of this town pride themselves on being home to the original bridge, which was first opened (albeit in a previous iteration) over 700 years ago. (Brooklyn Paper)
  3. The subways are busy rerouting themselves this weekend, with no Manhattan-bound A train service at High Street, and no C service in either direction. See the full transit update here. (Brooklyn Heights Blog)

This weekend in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

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  • Saturday: "The Big Question": book giveaway and info event, at the Adams Street Library (11 a.m.)
  • Brooklyn Flea Market in DUMBO (Saturday and Sunday)
  • Sunday: Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra ~ Vivaldi, Bach, Handel & Tartini, at St. Ann & Holy Trinity Church (4 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Brooklyn's YMCAs are hiring for multiple positions. (Twitter)
  • Here's all of the 12 open streets proposed for Brooklyn Heights and surrounding areas. (Twitter)
  • An NY Supreme Court Judge has ruled the state's redistricting maps unconstitutional, meaning they might be once again redrawn. Brooklyn Heights/DUMBO could find itself no longer paired up with Staten Island in the State Senate, after all. (City & State)

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