Central Brooklyn
Stuyvesant Avenue between Bainbridge and Chauncey Streets. (Photo via Brooklyn Botanic Gardens [https://www.bbg.org/community/greenestblock])Congratulations to gardeners who won formidable accolades in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s annual Greenest Block in Brooklyn [https://www.bbg.org/community/greenestblock]awards — including first place winners in Bed-Stuy, Boerum
Announcements
(Photo: Sheepshead Bites)The Bay Improvement Group is throwing their annual awards gala, the BIG Oscars, at Il Fornetto next week. The yearly waterfront party includes a four-course meal, music, dancing, a raffle, and cash bar. Tickets are $60 at the door, but you can shave ten bucks off the
Neighbors
(Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)We’ll admit it. There’s often a lot of gloom and doom on Sheepshead Bites. And if you regularly follow the site, you’re aware there have been quite a few horrible crimes [/brighton-beach-man-charged-with-murdering-natik-nisimov-on-ocean-parkway/], multimillion dollar scams [/three-managers-of-two-local-medical-centers-accused-of-running-61-million-fraud-scheme-as-part-of-largest-bust-in-history/] , and political scandals [/michael-grimm-inmate-83479-053-
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The Green-Wood Cemetery chapel extension. (Photo courtesy Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce)Congratulations to Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com/], one of the places honored this year in the 2015 Brooklyn Building Awards [http://www.ibrooklyn.com/CWT/EXTERNAL/WCPAGES/GO_BROOKLYN/BUILDING_BROOKLYN_AWARDS%E2%84%A2_-_2015.ASPX]
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Photo courtesy of Coney Island HospitalCongressman Hakeem Jeffries and Dr. Mathylde Frontus [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2013/12/shawn-white-shooting/] were honored for their contributions to Coney Island and neighboring communities as part of Black History Month at Coney Island Hospital [http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/coneyisland/html/home/home.
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The Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak Center at Lakeside [http://www.lakesideprospectpark.com/] in Prospect Park was just awarded with the highest honor in the field of architecture, with the facility that opened last year after an extensive, and much-celebrated, renovation project edging out hundreds of other candidates for the
library
Love your library? Whether your go-to branch is Park Slope (431 6th Avenue), Pacific (25 4th Avenue), or the Central Library (10 Grand Army Plaza), you can help it win $20,000 in the second annual NYC Neighborhood Library Awards [http://www.nyclibraryawards.org/]. To nominate a location, neighbors are
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A reminder that we’ve got some great theater right in our backyard? The Gallery Players [http://galleryplayers.com/], which has been bringing plays and musicals to Brooklyn since 1967 (and to its current home at 199 14th Street since 1989), was recently nominated [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/
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Location of greatness: Kingsborough’s radio station, WKRB. (Source: WKRB) Kingsborough Community College’s radio station, WKRB, received the honor of being named the best community college radio station in the nation. The announcement was made during the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System [http://www.collegebroadcasters.us/content/index.html]‘s 74th
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Got a great idea for a business, but need a little guidance — and perhaps a little money to fund it? You may want to check out the Brooklyn Public Library’s PowerUP! Business Plan Competition [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/business/powerup/], which is currently accepting entries. If you live
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Coney Island Hospital located at 2601 Ocean Parkway. (Source: Gregory Maizous) Kathleen Marino, a registered nurse serving at Coney Island Hospital (2601 Ocean Parkway), received a distinguished “Excellence for Management” award from the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) for outstanding work. The HHC press release described the
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Robert Cooper, a retired junior high school shop teacher, reads The New York Times at the Pillow Café on Myrtle Avenue on Friday, July 5. Cooper, 76, said he reads the Times to “keep informed” and “find what is affecting the community.” (Photo by Philippe Theise).From attending local cultural
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Ditmas Park’s own Sue O’Neil was given the Extraordinary Commitment Award for her volunteer efforts at New York Methodist Hospital [http://www.nym.org/]‘s Annual Volunteers Recognition Ceremony last Thursday, May 23rd. NYM says: > After a career serving as a registered nurse (including a stint as
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The Flatbush Development Corporation [http://www.fdconline.org/] (FDC) is celebrating its 38th Awards Benefit [http://www.fdconline.org/benefit.html] on Wednesday, April 10, 6pm, at Gargiulo’s Restaurant [http://www.gargiulos.com/], 2911 W 15th St in Coney Island. This year’s event will be held in honor
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Kingsborough Community College. Photo by Erica ShermanA year after topping the list of best community colleges in implementing technology, Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Boulevard, again earned high honors, finishing third overall for large colleges (10,000 students or more), according to the 2012 Digital Community Colleges Survey. According to
Food & Drink
Paper just announced its Nightlife Awards nominees [http://www.papermag.com/2012/10/paper_nightlife_awards_nominees.php], and Greenwood Park [http://www.greenwoodparkbk.com/] is on the ballot for best beer garden. Looks like this is the first time they’ve had such a category, and the other nominees