🌱 Election Day + Homeless Art + Real Estate + Halloween Photos

Good morning Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! Today's general Election Day, so don't forget to vote. There's no need to be registered for a political party. Find your polling site and a sample ballot here.

First, today's weather:

A passing afternoon shower. High: 54 Low: 40.

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

1. Today is the long-awaited Election Day across the city. Democrat Eric Adams took a reporter on a walk through Brooklyn Heights, where his main message was how to breathe calmly to reduce anxiety, while Republican Curtis Sliwa brought the same reporter into his studio apartment filled with 15 rescue cats. For more on the election, check out Patch's coverage. (NBC New York)
2. There's a new interactive maze in front of Brooklyn Borough Hall, bordering Brooklyn Heights, that is supposed to take the public through the experience of navigating the city while homeless – from endless bureaucracy to shelter transfers to the search for permanent housing. (City Limits)
3. In real estate news, there's a new 3-bedroom condo on Hicks Street, on the market for $2.5 million. (Bloomberg)
4. In Hyperallergic's November arts guide, a new show at Smack Mellon Gallery in DUMBO explores records of homophobia and anti-LGBT violence before the Stonewall Riots. (Hyperallergic)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Election Day means fully remote, asynchronous learning at Urban Assembly Public School. (All day)
• Election Day – city-wide (6 a.m. - 9 p.m.)
• Pop-up pantry at St. Ann & Holy Trinity (10:30 a.m.)
• Open hours at the Environmental Education Center in Brooklyn Bridge Park (3 p.m.)
• NYRR Open Run - meet at Pier 6 (7 p.m.)
• Book Launch: Tacky by Rax King in conversation with Josh Gondelman (7 p.m.)

Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Patch Notebook

• Brooklyn Bridge Parents shares its best photos of Halloween night in DUMBO and The Heights. (Brooklyn Bridge Parents)
• Enjoy this rather "spooky" picture of Brooklyn Bridge Park marking the passing of Halloween. (Instagram)
• Join Cadman Park Conservancy for more tulip planting next weekend. (Facebook)
• Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation has tips on how to recycle Halloween pumpkins: "Remove the seeds from the pumpkins and dry them for a day for birds and other wildlife to enjoy" or "Plant the seeds for future pumpkins." (Facebook)

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