🌱 Rite Aid Closing + Help Coming To Clark Street Station

Up and at 'em, Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! Let's get you started this Saturday with everything you need to know going on around town today.

First, today's weather:

Snow, heavy early, 3-6in. High: 22 Low: 13.

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

1. It's official–Brooklyn Heights's Rite Aid is closing its doors for good on February 10th. It looks like the aisles are already starting to clear out. The nearest existing location is at 182 Smith Street. (Brooklyn Heights Blog)
2. Lincoln Restler brought the Commissioner of Small Businesses to the Clark Street subway station to meet with the mom-and-pop business owners that are struggling to stay afloat during the station's extended closure. He promised to find them solutions – presumably in the form of grants or some form of rent aid. (Twitter)
3. Neighbors and politicians are urging Governor Kathy Hochul to deny permits to a new fossil fuel plant in Greenpoint. Recently, New York State has denied permits for 'peaker' plants in Astoria, and an energy company voluntarily pulled out of a project in Gowanus. Now, siting a 2019 law that calls for New York to drastically lower its carbon emissions, lawmakers are calling on the state to do the same thing in Greenpoint. (Brooklyn Paper)

Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• In-person Workshop with Samantha Dion Baker: Draw Your Day for Kids! at St. Ann & Trinity Church (9:30 a.m.)
• Open hours at the Brooklyn Bridge Park environmental education center (1 p.m.)
• Open Mic at EastVille Comedy Club, 487 Atlantic Avenue (3 p.m.)
• Sunday: Parents "primal scream event" at Pier 5, meet at Environmental Education Center (8:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Depending on the snow accumulations the Pier 5 sports fields and playgrounds at Brooklyn Bridge Park will be closed today. (Instagram)
• In case you missed it: you can watch Brooklyn Bridge Park's webinar on aquatic marine life from its website. (Twitter)
• According to a study by Transportation Alternatives Council District 33 had one of the highest rates of traffic-related fatalities in 2021, accounting for 10 in total. (Trans. Alt.)

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— Dashiell Allen