Police & Fire
Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / Flickr)In response to pressure from local politicians, the city is sending an additional 20 officers to Coney Island this summer to clear out costumed characters and panhandlers who have been hassling residents and visitors in the neighborhood’s amusement
Animals
Looking for birds in Marine Park. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The local volunteer and conservation groups have kicked off a multi-year project to preserve and improve Marine Park’s unique ecosystem and create new trails for hikers and birdwatchers, the Parks Department announced last week [http://www.nycgovparks.org/
Announcements
Courtesy of Mark TreygerCome out for two hours free ice skating at Abe Stark Skating Rink [http://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/iceskating/1] (1902 West 19th Street) on Tuesday, December 29, and Wednesday, December 30, starting both days at 9:30am. Hang out with local elected officials, and enjoy hot
Announcements
Fireworks in Coney Island. (Photo: Pisanofrank [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coney_Island,_NY.jpg] / Wikimedia Commons)Ring in the New Year at the People’s Playground. For the second year in a row, Coney Island is throwing a New Year’s Eve bash to rival the festivities in
Borough President Eric Adams
Borough President Eric Adams at Flatbush Caton Market. (Photo by Shannon Geis / Ditmas Park Corner)On Tuesday morning the New York City Economic Development Corporation [http://www.nycedc.com/], Borough President Eric Adams [http://brooklyn-usa.org/], Council member Mathieu Eugene [http://council.nyc.gov/d40/html/members/home.shtml] and
Borough President Eric Adams
Photo via Prospect Park [https://www.facebook.com/ProspectParkBrooklyn/photos/a.10154373720995385.1073741837.10150099384115385/10154373721785385/?type=3&theater] Who doesn’t love outdoor movies in the summer? Prospect Park kicks of its series, A Summer Movie Under The Stars [http://brooklyn-usa.org/event/a-summer-movie-under-the-stars/2015-07-22/], on Wednesday, July 22nd.
421-a
Neighbors traveled to Albany last week to advocate for stronger rent regulations. Photo via the Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushTenantCoalition/photos/a.851935758213567.1073741872.268117579928724/851938288213314/?type=3&theater] The state’s laws regulating rent increases and eviction policies for the more than two million New
Borough President Eric Adams
Borough President Eric Adams sponsored a town hall meeting at PS 139 last fall about safety in our neighborhood following a series of armed robberies.A series of armed robberies last fall at Ox Cart Tavern [/blog/crime/three-men-rob-ox-cart-tavern-gunpoint-last-night], Mimi’s Hummus [/blog/crime/armed-robbery-mimis-hummus-gunman-flees-foot], Lark Café [/blog/crime/lark-cafe-robbed-gunpoint-last-night]
Borough President Eric Adams
Photo by Marc GoldbergA meet and greet with the new president [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/neighbors/park-slope-resident-sue-donoghue-appointed-as-new-president-of-the-prospect-park-alliance] of The Prospect Park Alliance [http://www.prospectpark.org/about/alliance] that was scheduled for tonight [/events/meet-the-prospect-park-alliance-president-hear-her-plans-for-the-park], Wednesday, January 28, has been postponed because of this week’s weather. This past fall,
Borough President Eric Adams
The 11th annual Dine in Brooklyn [http://dineinbk.com/] event is set to kick off next Monday, and with $25 prix fixe dinners offered at more than 150 restaurants across the borough, foodies can pack their pie-holes with cuisines from every part of one of the nation’s most culinary
Alec Brook-Krasny
The following announcement was sent to us from the office of New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer: