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# Free Mold Awareness Trainings Held Across City (Schedule)
- URL: https://bklyner.com/occupy-sandy-holding-mold-awareness-trainings-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2013-01-31T20:45:02.000Z
- Updated: 2013-02-01T17:32:01.000Z
- Author: wsimpson
- Tags: 2331 gerritsen ave, 2529 gerritsen ave, gospel assembly church, jewish community council of greater coney island, #API-Imported

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Superstorm Sandy, bringer of destruction, misery and most frustratingly, mold. Mold detection and removal is one of the more challenging aspects of home-repair and rebuilding. Thankfully~~, the folks of Occupy Sandy~~ the mayor’s office, in conjunction with local groups around the city, are holding[ free mold awareness training classes](http://www.nyc.gov/html/cau/html/sandy/mold.shtml?ref=bklyner.com) across Southern Brooklyn, including one today in Brighton Beach. Here are the relevant details:

Free Trainings will be held throughout the city, see list below for the location nearest you.

- Understand the need for and when to use personal protective equipment and Recognize hazards (chemical, biological, physical, safety).
- Understand the proper sequence and safe methods of mucking out a water damaged unit and sanitization methods; demolition; and cleaning a water-damaged unit.
- How to do a final assessment and properly determine whether a project is complete.

Following technologies will be addressed:

- Scraping mold growths,
- Wet methods,
- Use of polyethylene sheeting,
- Negative air units,
- Application of backpack HEPA vacs, and
- Dehumidifiers.

**Arrive twenty minutes prior to training session for registration.**

**SCHEDULE**

**January 31st – Brighton Beach**  
**7 pm – 9 pm**  
Shorefront Y  
3300 Coney Island Ave  
Brooklyn, NY 11235  
Spanish Language Presentation

**February 2nd – Gerritsen Beach**  
**10 am -12 pm**  
Resurrection Church Gym  
2331 Gerritsen Avenue,  
Brooklyn, NY 11229

**February 2nd – Gerritsen Beach**  
**1 pm – 5 pm**  
Gerritsen Beach Fire Department  
43 Seba Ave  
Brooklyn, NY 11229

**February 2nd – Red Hook**  
**12 pm – 4 pm**  
Good Shepherd Service’s Red Hook Community Center Beacon at PS 15  
71 Sullivan Street,  
Brooklyn, NY 11231

**February 4th – Red Hook**  
**6-8 pm**  
Good Shepherd Service’s Red Hook Community Center Beacon at PS 15  
71 Sullivan Street,  
Brooklyn, NY 11231

**February 4th – Gerritsen Beach**  
**6 pm – 8 pm**  
Gerritsen Beach Fire Department  
43 Seba Ave  
Brooklyn, NY 11229

**February 4th – Manhattan Beach**  
**8 pm – 9:30 pm**  
PS 195  
131 Irwin Street  
Brooklyn, NY 11235

**February 5th – Coney Island**  
**7 pm – 9 pm**  
Gospel Assembly Church  
2828 Neptune Ave  
Brooklyn, NY 11224

**February 6th – Bayswater/Far Rockaway**  
**1 pm – 5pm**  
Bayswater Jewish Center  
2355 Healy Avenue  
Far Rockaway, NY 11691

**February 9th – Rosedale**  
**1 pm – 5 pm**  
St. Clare’s Parish (in the annex)  
137-35 Brookville Blvd.  
Rosedale, NY 11422

**February 13th – Gerritsen Beach**  
**9 am – 11 am**  
PS 277 in Gerritsen Beach.  
2529 Gerritsen Avenue,  
Brooklyn, NY 11229

**February 13th – Coney Island**  
**1 pm – 3 pm**  
Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, Inc.  
3001 West 37th Street  
Brooklyn, NY 11224

**February 13th — Bayswater/Far Rockaway**  
**6 pm – 8 pm**  
Bayswater Jewish Center  
2355 Healy Avenue  
Far Rockaway, NY 11691

**February 16th – Rosedale**  
**1 pm – 5 pm**  
St. Clare’s Parish (in the annex)  
137-35 Brookville Blvd.  
Rosedale, NY 11422

**February 16th – Midland Beach**  
**1 pm – 5 pm**  
Oasis Church  
539 Greeley Avenue  
Staten Island, NY 10306

**February 23rd – South Shore**  
**1 pm – 5pm**  
CYO-MIV Community Center at Mount Loretto  
6541 Hylan Boulevard  
Staten Island, NY 10309

**February 26th – Rockaway Beach**  
**7** **pm – 9 pm**  
Knights of Columbus  
333 Beach 90 Street  
Rockaway Beach, NY 11693

*Correction (February 1, 2013): The original version of this article indicated that the events were organized by Occupy Sandy. They are not. They are funded by the Mayor’s Fund and are hosted in conjunction with a variety of local organizations.*