🌱 New Downtown BK Building + Repast Baroque Ensemble Performance

Happy Thursday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started off right. Here's everything going on in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy and much colder. High: 37 Low: 32.

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

1. Permits have been filed for a new 13-story building on Concord Street between Jay Street and Bridge Plaza Court, replacing a two-story brick building that's there currently. The building will have something over 70 housing units. (New York YIMBY)
2. The Gowanus Canal Conservancy's plant nursery is being temporarily displaced to a nearby lot owned by the MTA during construction of sewage overflow tanks, as part of the cleanup of the Gowanus superfund site. The city will pay for the nursery's rent for the next two years, but construction is slated to last until 2029. (Brooklyn Paper)
3. The local Repast Baroque Ensemble will be performing “The Music of Drury Lane” at the First Unitarian Church in Brooklyn Heights tomorrow night, on Pierrepont Street, between Monroe Place and Clinton Street. (Brooklyn Heights Blog)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Community Board 2 Finance and Personnel committee to discuss the upcoming year's budget, online via Zoom (6 p.m.)
• Repast Baroque Ensemble at First Unitarian Church (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Montague Street BID explores the history of the breathtaking Arlington Apartments near the Brooklyn Promenade. (Instagram)
• Learn about the history of the Center For Brooklyn History's building on Pierrepont Street. (Facebook)
• Lindsay Greene has been appointed as the new president of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. (Twitter)
• Lincoln Restler will be at the Borough Hall Greenmarket this Saturday, as part of his "Councilmember on your block" initiative. (Twitter)
• After initially resisting it, the MTA will be testing out physical barriers on Subway platforms, which have been called for since the death of Michelle Go. (New York City Patch)

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— Dashiell Allen