🌱 DUMBO Library Tours + Lindsay Greene To Head Brooklyn Navy Yard

Happy Friday, people of Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's everything you need to know today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and cold. High: 38 Low: 29.

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

1. Lindsay Greene has been appointed by Mayor Adams to run the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in DUMBO's backyard. Previously an executive at the Economic Development Council, Greene will be the first Black woman and LGBTQ individual to hold her position. The Navy Yard is home to over 500 businesses and 11,000 employees. (Brooklyn Reader)
2. The Adams Street DUMBO library will be hosting guided tours of the new neighborhood institution next week. Sign up for a lottery for a chance to win a spot, the lottery closes today at 5 p.m. (Google Forms)
3. Councilmembers and advocates rallied Thursday at Brooklyn Borough Hall to oppose Mayor Adams's proposed reduction of the sanitation department's budget. (Twitter)
4. Lincoln Restler and Shahana Hanif were named co-chairs of the City Council's progressive caucus. (Twitter)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Dumpling Making Class/Hot Pot Dinner @ Lucky Rabbit Noodles, 140 Plymouth Street (8 p.m.)
• Comedy @ DeKalb Stage Presents: BELLY LAUGH, 445 Albee Square (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Look at the ornate interior of this Brooklyn Heights town house on the promenade, going for $17.8 million. (6Sqft)
• March is bird month at the Brooklyn Bridge Park environmental education center's open hours. (Twitter)
• Observers at the Holy Trinity Church on Montague Street celebrated Ash Wednesday this week. (New York Post )
• PS 8 students read a total of 634,048 minutes during the school's annual readathon. Congratulations! (Facebook)
• The Metaphor Project is hosting a night of Ukrainian poetry this weekend on Atlantic Avenue. (Facebook)

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Alrighty, you're all good for today. I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow with another update!

— Dashiell Allen