🌱 Henry Street Fire + Boerum Hill's Indigenous History

Morning, Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! Let's get you started this Tuesday with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Cooler; breezy in the morning. High: 49 Low: 37.

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

1. Some Brooklyn Heights residents were shocked to hear the sirens of fire trucks descending on 75 Henry Street Friday night at 10 p.m., after a 'smoky fire' broke out on the building's fourth floor. The blaze was limited to a single apartment that was under renovation. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
2. The area surrounding Nevin and State streets used to be known as Little Caughnawaga, once a hub of Native American culture. Muriel Miguel, an alternative theater director, recalls growing up surrounding by her parents, both indigenous, and their friends, who met in an unsuspecting yellow Boerum Hill townhouse. Miguel's latest play, opening on March 10, "Misdemeanor Dream" (a take on "Midsummer Night's Dream"), tells the stories of indigenous peoples using a traditional "story weaving" technique. (Subscription: New York Times)
3. Early on Sunday morning a reckless driver crashed into a war memorial on the West corner of Prospect Park, wrecking it. Some transit advocates say they would like the driver to be arrested, while one additional passenger of the car is at a hospital in stable condition. (Gothamist)

Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Pop-up pantry at St. Ann & Trinity Church (10:30 a.m.)
• Open Hours at Brooklyn Bridge Park. environmental education center (3 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Beginning today the Union Street bridge over the Gowanus canal will be closed so clean up work can begin. (Twitter)
• Some residents are raising concerns about the deteriorating conditions of the pedestrian triangle at Court and Joralemon Streets. (Twitter)
• PS8 in Brooklyn Heights is holding a book-swap all this week, in/around the schoolyard. (Facebook)

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— Dashiell Allen