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Angel Guardian Home, built in 1899. Courtesy of Angel Guardian Home’s Facebook. [https://www.facebook.com/AngelGuardianHomeBrooklyn/timeline]Tenants of the Angel Guardian Home [https://www.facebook.com/AngelGuardianHomeBrooklyn/timeline], at 6301 12th Avenue in Dyker Heights, have been given a deadline to move out — indicating that the nuns
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Photo courtesy of RMHCRonald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) presented Stuyvesant High School senior Winton Yee, 18, with a $16,000 college scholarship last Friday at an awards ceremony at the Time Warner Center in Manhattan. He was one of six recipients of the 2016 RMHC/ASIA (Asian Students Increasing Achievement)
Education
YDE School is planning to move one of their location into a new building at 325 Avenue Y. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In order to accommodate a growing number of students, a local yeshiva is planning to relocate to a sprawling facility in Gravesend. The Yeshivat Darche Eres (YDE)
Announcements
A crowd of students, parents, school officials, and elected officials gathered at PS 217 last year. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)Have a fun night out, spend time with your neighbors, and help support our local public schools. Two area schools are throwing fundraising parties in the next few days, and
Health
NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island [http://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/coneyisland/html/home/home.shtml], also known as Coney Island Hospital, partnered with UFT last week to host more than 500 students from District 21 schools and teach them about various healthcare professions. Students from PS 329, PS 253, PS 216
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Photo via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/JuguemosACantar1/photos/a.147691521927924.25514.147690681928008/147691525261257/?type=3&theater] A new dual-language program at a new location [https://www.google.com/maps/place/511+5th+Ave,+Brooklyn,+NY+11215/@40.666792,-73.9900657,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c25ae34cca58a9:0x442fbec156e3257b!
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NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island [http://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/coneyisland/html/home/home.shtml], also known as Coney Island Hospital, partnered with UFT last week to host more than 500 students from District 21 schools and teach them about various healthcare professions. Students from PS 329, PS 253, PS 216
Education
At least 200 people turned out for the Shorefront Y’s Sixth Annual Walk for Autism. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)At least 200 people turned out Sunday morning on the Coney Island Boardwalk for the Shorefront Y’s Sixth Annual Walk for Autism. Participants gathered outside the New York
Education
Photo by Sigrid Estrada (Courtesy Pratt Institute)Thomas F. Schutte, Ph.D — the seemingly ageless leader of Pratt Institute — will be stepping down as president at the Clinton Hill art, architecture and design school following the 2016-17 academic year. Schutte, whose 1993 arrival in Clinton Hill signaled a profound shift
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Business
Sid Azmi, owner of Please, shows samples of dildos made of borosilicate glass. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)By now, you’ve surely stopped in to Please [http://www.pleasenewyork.com/] (557 5th Avenue at 15th Street), our neighborhood’s sex-positive store which opened about 14 months ago.
Education
Kingsborough President Farley Herzek.(Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) Kingsborough Community College President Farley Herzek waded into the discussion about anti-Semitic behavior on CUNY campuses [/hundreds-gather-at-holocaust-memorial-to-rally-against-anti-semitic-hate-crimes/] while speaking Sunday at an event memorializing victims of the Holocaust. Herzek, the son of a Holocaust survivor, pushed back against accusations of anti-Semitism
Arts & Culture
> Trilok smiles during arts and crafts with Ms. Elena 😉 [https://www.instagram.com/p/BA8aXOChCr4/] A photo posted by Trilok Fusion Arts (@trilokfusionarts) on Jan 24, 2016 at 5:41pm PST Summer schedules can be tricky for busy families. What’s a working parent to do when your child’