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Announcements

Don’t Forget To ‘Fall Back’ This Weekend; Check Your Smoke Detectors, Too

Photo via genchurchfl [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMWfb4yBx8D/?tagged=fallback&hl=en]Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend, at 2am on Sunday, November 6, so before you go to bed on Saturday night, remember to change your clocks! Falling back in time means we gain an hour of sleep,

Announcements

Don’t Forget To ‘Fall Back’ This Weekend; Check Your Smoke Detectors, Too

Photo via genchurchfl [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMWfb4yBx8D/?tagged=fallback&hl=en]Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend, at 2am on Sunday, November 6, so before you go to bed on Saturday night, remember to change your clocks! Falling back in time means we gain an hour of sleep,

Announcements

Don’t Forget To ‘Fall Back’ This Weekend; Check Your Smoke Detectors, Too

Photo via genchurchfl [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMWfb4yBx8D/?tagged=fallback&hl=en]Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend, at 2am on Sunday, November 6, so before you go to bed on Saturday night, remember to change your clocks! Falling back in time means we gain an hour of sleep,

Announcements

Don’t Forget To ‘Fall Back’ This Weekend; Check Your Smoke Detectors, Too

Photo via genchurchfl [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMWfb4yBx8D/?tagged=fallback&hl=en]Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend, at 2am on Sunday, November 6, so before you go to bed on Saturday night, remember to change your clocks! Falling back in time means we gain an hour of sleep,

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Muni Meters Pop Up On Seventh Avenue To Surprise & Frustration Of Residents

A traffic cone and letter “M” marks the spot where a MuniMeter will go on 7th Avenue in Sunset Park. (Photo by Heather Chin/Sunset Park Voice)Muni-Meters [http://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/service/2184/parking-meters]are coming to portions of Seventh Avenue, although we don’t yet know exactly

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Morning Mug: A Parked Car, Off The Beaten Path

Photo by nighthawk_ [https://www.instagram.com/p/BE7ocLXGqVB/?taken-by=nitehawk_].Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to editor@sunsetparkvoice.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Sunsetparkvoice]

Events

Things To Do In Sunset Park This Week: Free Movies In The Park, Kelp Forests, And Cinco De Mayo

Below you’ll find information on events through the week in and around Sunset Park. Submit your event listing to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/]. MONDAY, MAY 2 Salsa Lessons Where:Sunset Park Rec Center at 43rd Street and 7th Avenue When:7-8pm What:Free salsa lessons for adults of all

Education

Sunset Park Students Plead With Mayor: Don’t Take Away Our Summer Programs

Students at PS503/506’s CFL program made this sign to express their support for restoration of their budget. (Photo by Heather Chin/Sunset Park Voice)“This Is What Summer Camp Means To Us”: * “Kids can become proactive and learn to be leaders.” — Erika Berneo * “[We] gain new experiences, meet

Bensonhurst

New Ambulance Service To Provide Chinese Language Healthcare & Jobs To Brooklynites

Photo by Heather Chin/Sunset Park Voice.Brooklyn’s Chinese American community now has its own ambulance company — the first of its kind on the East Coast — to address a growing need for paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) who speak Chinese dialects like Mandarin, Cantonese, and Toisanese. Launched in

Events

Stop And Smell The Roses: Two Sunset Park Walking Tours Are Happening This Month

Photos courtesy of Municipal Art Society.There’s nothing like a walking tour of neighborhood sights and sounds to introduce — or reintroduce! — people to the unique things about a community. That’s one of the ideas behind Jane’s Walk NYC [http://janeswalk.org/], which is back and ready to

green

Morning Mug: Springtime In Bloom In Sunset Park

Photo by Ann Dwyer.Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to editor@sunsetparkvoice.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Sunsetparkvoice], Twitter [http://twitter.com/sunsetparkvoice], and Instagram

News

Sunset Park Week In Review: Don Paco Lopez, School Upgrades Funded, An Unidentified Body

Photo by Ann Dwyer.Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [http://www.twitter.com/sunsetparkvoice], Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/sunsetparkvoice], and Instagram [http://www.instagram.com/sunsetparkvoice], and sign up for our daily newsletter [http://eepurl.com/bToRw1]. And

history

Flashback Friday: 58th Street And Fifth Avenue, Circa 1919

Photo courtesy of Tony Giordano.Back in 1919, this corner was home to Kartevolo Jeweler and Goldensohn’s shop. Now, it’s a grocery store/bodega. But it’s still a commercial street full of small businesses serving Sunset Parkers! Image via Google Maps.

Business

New Ambulance Service To Provide Chinese Language Health Care And Jobs To Brooklynites

Photo by Heather Chin/Sunset Park Voice.Brooklyn’s Chinese American community now has its own ambulance company — the first on the East Coast — to address a growing need for paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) who speak Chinese dialects such as Mandarin, Cantonese, and Toisanese. Launched in early April,

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This Week’s Sunset Park Rental And Open House Round-Up

Are you looking for a new place to live can be a headache, but don’t fret, we’ve rounded up some cool and interesting places. Image via Halstead Properties.637 41st Street, #4C [http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/637-41st-St-APT-4C-Brooklyn-NY-11232/89467611_zpid/] Size: studio, 1 bath co-op Cost: $285,000

Animals

Adoptable Animal Of The Week: Take A Chance On White Sox

Image via Sean Casey Animal Rescue.We may be Mets and Yankees fans here, but don’t let that stop you from loving Mr. White Sox here. > We never would’ve imagined when we rescued White Sox that she would still be looking for a home, 2 years later. Please

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Morning Mug: Puerto Rican Pride In Sunset Park

Image via guerilah [https://www.instagram.com/p/BExgTocHdQg/?tagged=sunsetpark]. Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to editor@sunsetparkvoice.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Sunsetparkvoice]

Business

Gap Design Studio Is Coming To 35th Street Space In Industry City

Industry City may be seeing some tenants leave [/business/made-brooklyn-no-3-d-printing-company-makerbot-move-manufacturing-china/] , but it’s also continuing to bring in new ones at the same time. The newest arrival? Gap Inc., the national clothing retailer that’s popular with low-key budget shoppers. As reported in [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160428/REAL_

Business

UPROSE Wins Small Business Grant To Strengthen “Economic And Environmental Resiliency”

UPROSE volunteers painting a sunflower banner in support of climate resiliency. (Photo courtesy of UPROSE.)Small businesses are often touted as the backbone of any community economy, particularly here in Brooklyn, where big business and mom-and-pop shops continue to fight for space. That’s why the city Department of Small

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Brooklyn Nets’ Industry City Building Will Soon Get A Makeover

Rendering via Industry City.A building renovation is coming to what is known as Building 19 in Industry City, located at 168 39th Street. The upgrades, according to Commercial Observer [https://commercialobserver.com/2016/04/jamestown-belvedere-positioning-500k-sf-in-industry-city-building-19-for-creative-tenants/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CO%204%2F26%20make%20up&utm_

Events

Things To Do This Weekend In Sunset Park: Girl’s Soccer, Drug Crisis Seminar, Meet The Painter

Below you’ll find information on events through the week in and around Sunset Park. Submit your event listing to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/]. Image via Park Slope Stoop.FRIDAY, APRIL 29 Mexican Folk Dance Workshop with Calpulli Where:Sunset Park Library at 5108 Fourth Avenue When:4pm What:Outfitted

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Morning Mug: No Man’s Land At The Train Depot

Image via xlv_visuals [https://www.instagram.com/p/BEvtw_CqDj1/?tagged=sunsetpark].Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to editor@sunsetparkvoice.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.

News

[UPDATE: FOUND] 13-Year-Old Dyker Heights-Borough Park Girl Is Still Missing

Image via NYPD.Nina Chen, a 13-year-old girl from Dyker Heights/Borough Park, has been missing since last Friday morning, April 22, and her family is begging anyone with information as to her whereabouts to contact the 68th Precinct Detective Squad. (Update on Thursday, April 28 at 11:51am: Nina

Education

School Upgrades, Bus Route Clocks, And Park Repairs Win PB Funds From CM Menchaca

Image via Google Maps.The participatory budgeting (PBNYC) voting results are in and Sunset Park schools “won” three out of the five winning projects. Specifically, Sunset Park High School will be getting a library upgrade, MS 136 will get an auditorium upgrade, and PS 169 will get renovated bathrooms. Park

Business

Bite Of The Day: Tacos And Quesadillas At La Casa De Las Quesadillas

Affordable and delicious: the steak taco and chicken quesadilla at La Casa de las Quesadillas. (Photo by Heather Chin/Sunset Park Voice)Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park is a veritable smorgasbord of food, flavors, and ingredients from around the world, although with an emphasis on Latin American cuisines. Among these,