🌱 Inside Brooklyn's Tallest Skyscraper + Brooklyn Bagels Mapped

Get on up, Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! Let's get this Thursday started off right. Here's everything worth knowing today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO.

First, today's weather:

Breezy with periods of rain. High: 51 Low: 46.

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

1. Back in January new Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso declared Borough Hall plaza no longer a parking area for city employee-owned cars, breaking from the criticized practices of his predecessor Eric Adams. Recently, though, Reynoso's own car was caught parked in Downtown Brooklyn with an expired registration sticker. (Brooklyn Paper)
2. Here's the inside story of Brooklyn's new tallest tower rising out of the former Dime Savings Bank. According to one of the leading architects, its hexagonal structure is meant to give it a 'lighthouse' effect in the center of the borough's skyline, as its observed from all sides. (The Real Deal)
3. A new interactive guide to the best bagels in NYC puts two Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO joints on the map–featuring La Bagel Delight and Montague Street bagels. The database features more than 200 bagel shops in total. (New York City Patch)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Brooklyn Bridge Park environmental center open hours (3 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Restrictions to curbside parking will be in effect in DUMBO on Main Street between Water Street and Plymouth Street beginning on March 28. All the details and more in your bi-weekly construction update. (Facebook)
• The City Council's Progressive Caucus (co-chaired by Lincoln Restler) is hiring a new director. (Twitter)
• Starting in May for about five months three entrances to the Court Street R train station will be closed while elevators are replaced. The station will remain open via the Court St entrance, according to Lincoln Restler. (Twitter)
• The Brooklyn Museum's first Saturday nights are making a post-pandemic return starting on April 2 from 5-10 p.m. (Instagram)

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— Dashiell Allen