245 avenue u
The Maimonides Breast Center. Source: Bing MapsThe Turkish Cultural Center Brooklyn (TCC Brooklyn) and Maimonides Breast Center are inviting the public to a free Breast Health Dinner Symposium at the Breast Center of Maimonides Medical Center, 745 64th Street, February 21 at 6:3o p.m. During the dinner symposium,
state farm neighborhood assist
Know of a Park Slope cause that could use $25,000? State Farm Neighborhood Assist [http://www.statefarm.com/neighborhoodassist] is a crowd-sourced philanthropic initiative that invites communities to determine where grant funding is awarded, using a Facebook app. Anyone can download the app and submit up to three causes
Gentile (Source: council.nyc.gov)Councilman Vincent Gentile proposed legislation to suspend parking meters requirements on holidays during which alternate side parking regulations are suspended, saying that keeping the meters on when the rest of government is off is confusing residents and causing an abusive spike in summonses. Gentile said
$25,000. That is how much Kensington could win from the State Farm Neighborhood Assist [https://apps.facebook.com/sf_neighbor_assist/] contest. Only the first 3000 entries will be accepted and the deadline is March 7th. Each user can submit up to 3 ideas and nearly 1000 have been
front yard
There are many beautiful houses in Kensington. This one stands proudly in the heart of Kensington with a fresh faux blue brick facade and strong yellow brick fence. Send a picture of your favorite house to editor@kensingtonbk.com and we’ll post it to the blog.
480 Stratford Road
If you blinked, you might not have noticed the seven-story building that is going up at what has been an empty lot for years, at 480 Stratford Road, between Dorchester and Ditmas. Every time we pass it, it seems like another story has been added to this building, which you
If you blinked, you might not have noticed the seven-story building that is going up at what has been an empty lot for years, at 480 Stratford Road, between Dorchester and Ditmas. Every time we pass it, it seems like another story has been added to this building, which you
benefits
Do you have a tech startup, or are you interested in joining one? You might want to take a look at the new We Are Made In NY [http://wearemadeinny.com/] program, introduced by Mayor Bloomberg [http://www.mikebloomberg.com/] this morning. According to their website: > We Are Made
1010 wins
Last week we wrote about an elderly Brighton Beach [/sandy-smacked-homes-in-brighton-beach-charged-with-huge-electric-bills/] couple whose heating still wasn’t repaired months after the events of Superstorm Sandy. Given a free electric space heater by the city, the Gertsmans of 601 Brightwater Court, saw their electricity bill soar, a cost they were unable to
BusTime
A screenshot of the MTA’s BusTrek website, currently under development by the City College of New York’s MTA Intern Team. Click to enlargeTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Regular readers of “The Commute” know that one of my favorite topics is bus bunching [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_bunching]
football
Source: Facebook via homereporternews.comA 15-year-old teenager was critically injured when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver this past Saturday at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and 78th Street, according to a report by Home Reporter [http://www.homereporternews.com/news/general/xaverian-teen-injured-in-fourth-avenue-hit-and-run/article_a5f5c2cc-7a08-11e2-a443-001a4bcf887a.html] . The teen, identified
apology
We spotted this sign posted on Cortelyou Road this morning. Art project? Public service? A kind of therapy? Here’s what it says: > Attention amateurs, professionals, criminals, blue collar, white collar > You have wronged people. It is to people that you must apologize, not to the state, not
grant
Know of a South Slope cause that could use $25,000? State Farm Neighborhood Assist [http://www.statefarm.com/neighborhoodassist] is a crowd-sourced philanthropic initiative that invites communities to determine where grant funding is awarded, using a Facebook app. Anyone can download the app and submit up to three causes
70th Precinct Community Council
A late note on some holiday cheer. At the 70th Precinct holiday party, just before Christmas, the Community Council invites children from a local homeless shelter to the party where I do a magic show and Santa gives out what might be the only presents these kids will get. The
dan cruz
Federal workers dispatched to respond to Superstorm Sandy were often left without the proper equipment and communication tools, according to a report [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/feds_sandy_fiasco_fAr7DmnVZhJRgpglAeMKfJ] in the New York Post. When Sandy struck the city, many government facilities were in its direct
1080 mcdonald ave
Last week, we journeyed back in time to bring you a dusty old Casesar’s Bay Bazaar [/another-retro-ceasers-bay-bazaar-commercial/] retro commercial. Well, that trip to the land of forgotten TV inspired reader Sean F. to tip us off to this old television advert for the Avenue I Flea Market. In my