Shakespeare In Cadman Park + Swindling Developer + Daffodils

Happy Tuesday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Sunny and breezy. High: 66 Low: 57.

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

1. Thanks to a grant from the Brooklyn Arts Council, a free one-hour-adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is coming to Cadman Plaza Park later this month. No reservation required. Brooklyn Heights' own theater company, Theater 2020, is putting on the play. (Broadway World)
2. A Brooklyn developer is being accused of swindling vulnerable property owners – mainly the elderly and people with disabilities. His trick is to buy up their real estate, which has skyrocketed in value across the borough in the past decades, at an unusually low rate, often convincing homeowners to sell without consulting a lawyer. Now there's a lawsuit against him in a Brooklyn court. The kicker: his lawyer proudly compared him to former President Donald Trump. (New York Daily News)
3. The MTA commenced air quality tests in 120 locations on Monday. The agency announced that it will be releasing non-toxic chemicals throughout the city, through October 29. (Gothamist)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• NYRR Open Run on Pier 6 (7 a.m.)
• Pop-up pantry at St. Ann & Holy Trinity (10:30 a.m.)
• Sunset Yoga with Abhaya Yoga on Pier 3 Central Lawn (5:30 p.m.)
• Pre-K & Kindergarten Info Session (in-person) with Brooklyn Bridge Parents (6:30 p.m.)
• Capoeira with Motumbaxé in Albee Square (6:30 p.m.)
• Book Launch: Gentrifier by Anne Elizabeth Moore - "this memoir brings a new perspective to a Detroit that finds itself perpetually on the brink of revitalization." (7 p.m.)

Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Patch Notebook

• State Senator Brian Kavanagh was out planting flowers this weekend (Twitter)
• Check out this stunning rainbow in DUMBO! (Instagram)
• Cadman Park Conservancy: "Thank you to everyone that showed up to help us with this special planting, #TheDaffodilProject dedicated to all those lost on September 11th." (Instagram)
• Montague Street BID: "October’s #dishofthemonth is the Bacon Chicken Ranch Pizza from @montyqs_. Grab a slice today at 158 Montague St." (Instagram)
• DUMBO, Brooklyn: "Construction Update!!!! Please find attached the UPDATED Bi-Weekly Construction Bulletin for the week ending Friday, October 29, 2021." (Facebook)

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