If you’re a medical professional looking to help with the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, we just heard about this opportunity. Nastaran Mohit is organizing a group of nurses and mental health professionals to head out throughout to the Rockaways with a team from Doctors Without Borders. They need anyone
The first loads of supplies gathered by the group Ditmas Park Relief [http://dprelief.tumblr.com/] have been leaving for Staten Island and Far Rockaway, but they wanted to let people know they’ll be open to accept donations again at 368 Stratford Road until 8pm today and will do
According to the MTA site, Q trains are running: > Northbound Q trains operate between the Kings Highway Station and the Atlantic Avenue Station. > Southbound Q trains operate between the Jay Street-MetroTech Station and the Kings Highway Station. Neighbors have mentioned in the comments [/blog/transportation/q-train-service-expected-to-resume-today] that they’
Via the Captain James Corrigan Memorial Foundation [https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=488179361213983&id=195003343864921&comment_id=5501304&offset=0&total_comments=3] , our local fire house at 1212 Cortelyou Rd is accepting donations to be distributed to victims of Hurricane Sandy: >
Good news! Sounds like we might get Q train service back today. At a press conference this morning, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota said that the Q might resume service between Coney Island, over the Manhattan Bridge and continuing into Queens, by tonight. And then the MTA tweeted this: > We
For those looking to donate items locally, we’ve found a couple of places that are collecting things for victims of Hurricane Sandy. If you hear of any other places in the neighborhood that are doing something, please let us know in the comments. Shenanigans Pub, 802 Caton Ave, 718-633-3689
walk-a-thon
The Prospect Park Walk-a-Thon and Run [/blog/events/walk-and-run-to-restore-prospect-park] was scheduled for this morning, and following Hurricane Sandy, they decided to keep it scheduled, and put all proceeds toward repair and restoration of the park, where over 300 trees are down or so badly damaged that they will be taken
missed connections
It’s been a difficult week in New York City, but some people are seeing the silver lining. Can love be found during a disaster? A post from the craigslist missed connections on Thursday [http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/mis/3380527888.html] about a commute that originated on Church Ave:
We were glad to hear that the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket is open today [/blog/greenmarket/the-greenmarket-report-open-despite-sandy], but this news is even better. When you go to shop there today, you can donate a bag of market produce [http://www.grownyc.org/blog/hurricane-sandy-relief-donate-at-your-local-greenmarket-on-saturday-november-3-until-1pm/] to help feed hungry New Yorkers.
We’re bringing you our weekly greenmarket report a little early this time because we want to make sure everyone knows that the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket [http://www.grownyc.org/grandarmygreenmarket] and the Park Slope Farmers Market [http://communitymarkets.biz/markets?region=Brooklyn&market=Park+Slope+Farmers+Market]
Prospect Park will reopen to the public on Saturday, November 3, at 8am! However, some areas will remain off limits to the public while cleanup and restoration work continues: Areas of Prospect Park That Remain Closed Until Further Notice• The Lincoln Road Playground • Stewart Playground (at the Parade Ground) • The
ING New York City Marathon
The ING New York City Marathon [http://www.ingnycmarathon.org/] is scheduled to go on as planned on Sunday, less than a week after Hurricane Sandy devastated the city. It’s generating endless controversy, with many people wondering why the city would want to reallocate [http://www.ny1.com/content/