🌱 'Tear Down' BQE + Gowanus Rezoning Heads Through Council

Happy Friday, people of Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Mild with heavy rain. High: 64 Low: 48.

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

1. Business leaders are seriously considering tearing down the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and replacing it with an underground tunnel to connect with the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. The city's current plan is to maintain the current highway through "preservation strategies" for the next 19 years. (New York Post )
2. Councilmembers Brad Lander and Stephen Levin reached an agreement with nonprofit leaders on the hotly contested Gowanus rezoning, allowing it to pass the City Council's Land Use committee. Supporters say the plan will bring in hundreds of affordable housing units to the affluent area while offering much needed funding to the nearby NYCHA development. Opponents fear the potential health and environmental impacts of up-zoning the flood-prone area. (Gothamist)
3. According to the latest data, New York City has the lowest COVID-19 positivity rate in New York, making it the safest place to be in the state — and possibly in the country. (NYC Patch)
4. Yesterday was Veterans Day and Cadman Plaza Park's commemoration celebrated the life of Brooklyn Heights native Norman Wasserman, 96, a World War II vet and writer, who passed away in September. (Brooklyn Eagle)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Sunset photo walk with the School of Visual Arts (4 p.m.)
• Brooklyn virtual game night (7 p.m.)
• Medicine at St. Ann's Warehouse (7:30 p.m.)
• Brooklyn Folk Festival (8 p.m.)

Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Patch Notebook

• "✨ 13 Local Indie Artists + Designers Present “@current.show: An exhibition of functional art and collectible design,” as part of the #NYCxDesign Festival. Come see the work of Dumbonians!" (Instagram)
• If you want to visit the interactive Empire Circus, buy your tickets as early as possible. It's all sold out through November 18, according to the website. (Empire Circus) at its new Court Street store in Downtown Brooklyn this Saturday. (Facebook)

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