🌱 Kindergarten Admissions Info + 43 Story Tower In Downtown BK

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

First, today's weather:

Breezy and cooler. High: 42 Low: 34.

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

1. The admissions application for kindergarten in September 2022 isn't open yet, but there are lots of open houses and information sessions coming up in the next few weeks and months, for local zoned and un-zoned schools. (Brooklyn Bridge Parents)
2. Mayor de Blasio announced a vaccine mandate for all private-sector workers starting on December 27th–just days before he leaves office in January. He also announced that kids 5-11 years old would be included in the indoors vaccine requirement already in place. (NYC Patch)
3. A mid-20th century bank on Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn is set to be demolished to make way for a 43-story residential tower, that will set aside 30 percent of units as some degree of affordable. (Brownstoner)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Pop-up pantry at St. Ann & Holy Trinity (10:30 a.m.)
• Open hours at the Brooklyn Bridge Park environmental center (3 p.m.)
• Virtual Book Launch: Creative Types by Tom Bissell (7 p.m.)
• Brooklyn Writers Space Reading Series: December (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Brooklyn Bridge Park: "Help us give a huge thanks to over 400 Conservancy volunteers — like Katie here — who generously donated their time and energy this season." (Instagram)
• WHITE WAVE Dance has an open call for submissions for its annual DUMBO dance festival, in June 2022. Group dances can be up to eight minutes long, and solos up to five. The deadline for submissions is December 20. (Whitewavedance.org)
• Brooklyn Bridge Parents: So much fun decorating gingerbread houses and dreidels today with @onegirlcookies at @citypointbklyn! Few tickets left for next Sunday! Link in bio to register! (Instagram)
• Councilman Stephen Levin applauded de Blasio's decision to institute an expanded vaccine mandate. All along, the argument against vax mandates has been it's unpopular," he said. "Nobody likes a mandate. But the fact is, vax mandates save lives, & w #Omicron we must be prepared as much as possible. Good to him doing the right thing. (Twitter)

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