Saturday Afternoon Poetry Reading
Photo by Mar E. Sel for East Fourth Street Community GardenTake a rejuvenating break and enjoy some poetry as part of your Labor Day weekend festivities. This Saturday afternoon, four poets — two from Brooklyn and two from Manhattan — will read their latest works in the lush E. 4th Street Community
66 Precinct;
Photo by Jole Carliner/KensingtonBKIt was nothing but blue skies and good vibes at the 66th Precinct’s [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_066.shtml] National Night Out celebration in front of the precinct, which took over 16th Avenue from 60th to 58th streets with rides,
Avenue C Plaza Call for Art
An example of a DOT public art project on the Lower East Side. Photo via the DOT [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nycstreets/14489068565/in/album-72157644908974127/] Calling all muralists! Get your Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo hats on. You have until Friday, August 14 at 5pm to submit a design
66 Pct Community Council
Image courtesy of the 66th Precinct Community CouncilHere’s a summer event to look forward to. Next Tuesday, August 4, the 66th Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_066.shtml] will host its annual National Night Out Against Crime at its station house (5822 16th Avenue,
accordion
Accordions galore! This Saturday, July 18, at 2pm, idle away a warm summer afternoon in one of the neighborhood’s hidden treasures: the East Fourth Street Community Garden [http://eastfourthstreetgarden.tumblr.com/]. Brooklyn’s own Famous Accordion Orchestra will be performing a free concert on the garden’s shade-dappled lawn.
E 4th Street Garden Event
Photo courtesy of E. 4th Street Community Garden, Anney FreshThis Saturday, July 11th at 3:30 pm, the East Fourth Street Community Garden [https://www.facebook.com/groups/246036418909475/] welcomes all to a free reading by four Brooklyn poets and writers. On a mid-July afternoon, listen to these authors read
66 Pct Community Council Meeting
Officers Joel Ramirez, left, and Jason Alter showing off their “Cop of the Month” citations, with 66th Precinct Commander Capt. Kenneth Quick. In addition to catching their man, they took a 22 caliber revolver off the street without incident.Capping his first spring as the 66th Precinct’s [http://www.
Avene C Plaza
What the plaza looks like now.Presto Chango! The CB 12 Transportation Committee will review the city Department of Transportation’s (DOT) application for a new plaza at Avenue C and McDonald Avenue at its meeting this Monday, June 22 at the Amico Senior Citizens’ Center, located at the third
Arrested
A cop runs at the scene.A Kensington resident is behind bars after he allegedly stole 52 bottles of vitamins from a Story Street home before leading police on a dramatic foot chase that ended with him being arrested in a house he ran into on Dahill Road around 4pm
182 Minna Street
Neighbors from Minna Street and Chester Avenue at a meeting called by Councilman Brad Lander Monday June 8 to discuss the proposed variance for the 182 Minna Street Orthodox School.This Monday, June 15, Community Board 12 [http://www.brooklyncb12.org/] will hold a public hearing to review a variance
In the shade, the women take it all in.Many of our neighbors gathered to celebrate the Bengali New Year with a mela [/art-music/join-your-neighbors-for-a-mela-on-church-avenue-this-sunday] (street fair) this past Sunday, May 31, filling McDonald Avenue, from Church Avenue to Aveue C, with amazing food, colorful clothes, music, and much cheer.
CB 12 meeting
At PS 230 Community Board 12 Chair Yidel Perlstein, in center, and Kensington rep Mamnunal Haq, with folded arms, the Sergeant-At-Arms.Community leaders, police and other residents attended the Community Board 12 meeting [/events/tonight-community-board-12-will-hold-meeting-in-kensington-for-first-time-in-two-years] held at PS 230 [http://www.ps230.org/] Tuesday evening — the first time CB 12