🌱 Vineapple Café Lives On + Legacy DUMBO Record Store

Happy Monday, people of Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! Here's what's going on today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 57 Low: 52.

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

1. When a Brooklyn Heights couple noticed in 2019 that one of their favorite neighborhood digs, Vineapple Café, was planning to close, they decided to take matters into their own hands, literally. Aubrie Therrien and Zac Rubin, the owners of a restaurant in Little Italy, bought the Brooklyn Heights establishment, reopening it in the summer of 2020. Today, Vineapple 2.0 is alive and thriving. (Brownstoner)
2. Here's the story behind Legacy, DUMBO, a record store built out of the personal collection of three friends of Caribbean descent. The store has a sizable amount of reggae, soca, and merengue music, but it's also got a little bit of everything. It's a great place to browse, while keeping an open mind to what you might come across. (CBS New York)
3. The FDNY responded to a fire at a factory in DUMBO on Thursday afternoon, which was quickly put out. Reportedly pallets had caught on fire in the establishment's parking lot. (News 12)

Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Community Board 2 executive monthly meeting, online via Zoom (6 p.m.)
• Uncommon Voices presents “Ay Días, Chiqui” at St. Ann & Trinity Church (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Mayor Adams came to Downtown Brooklyn on Saturday to announce a $900 million investment in improving the city's streets, by creating more bike lanes and busways. (New York City Patch)
• Construction is complete for a new 34-story tower at 196 Willoughby Street in Downtown Brooklyn, which includes 476 residential units. (New York YIMBY)

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