🌱 Lincoln Restler To Clean The Streets + Homeless Camps Cleared

Good morning, Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! It's Wednesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

A little afternoon rain. High: 45 Low: 42.

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

1. Councilman Lincoln Restler is launching a campaign to clean up District 33. After receiving input from hundreds of constituents, his office identified key areas of concern, with high amounts of litter on streets, and reports of rat sightings. He's scheduling neighborhood cleanups, encouraging curbside composting, and advocates for increasing the sanitation budget. Learn more here. (Brooklyn Bridge Parents)
2. Olympia DUMBO on Front Street continues to dominate Brooklyn's luxury condo sales, The Real Deal Reports, with apartments regularly selling for over $6 million. (The Real Deal)
3. Plans by the Adams administration to clear all of New York City's homeless encampments within the next two weeks are underway in north Brooklyn where, under the BQE in Williamsburg, teams of police officers performed a "sweep" of a location many homeless individuals were living. Many homeless people refuse to go to shelters, calling them dangerous. (Brooklyn Paper)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Information session about a new park coming to Jay and York Streets (formerly known as 'Bridge Park II'), online via Zoom (7 p.m.)
• Book Launch: "Conversations With People Who Hate Me" by Dylan Marron, at Powerhouse Books (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• In an op-ed, Staten Island Republican Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis expresses strong opposition to the city's 'borough-based' jail plan to replace Rikers Island, which would mean building a new jail facility on Atlantic Avenue near Brooklyn Heights. (Brooklyn Paper)
• There are lots of family-friendly events to enjoy in April, starting with a Holi celebration. Here's the full-month's guide. (Brooklyn Bridge Parents)
• There was a fire Tuesday on Wyckoff Street in Boerum Hill, injuring one civilian. (Twitter)

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— Dashiell Allen