Bay Ridge
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-09611.jpg]Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, January 15, and various local organizations are celebrating what would have been the iconic civil rights leader’s 89th birthday with events featuring readings, talks, musical performances, movie screenings, and more.
Announcements
Photo via Queen of All Saints Church [https://www.facebook.com/qasrcc/photos/pb.168857673188595.-2207520000.1450976418./768452863229070/?type=3&theater] .Here are the local congregations with services for Christmas Eve and Christmas: Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew [http://stlukeandstmatthew.org/] 520 Clinton Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Photo via Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office.The wake and funeral for Carey Gabay, the Clinton Hill resident and former lawyer/aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo, will be this Friday and Saturday, September 25-26 at the Emmanuel Baptist Church at 279 Lafayette Avenue, where he worshipped with his family. “Carey
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Image via Public Advocate’s office.We’ve all noticed the spike in incidents of gun violence [/blog/2015/06/18/cops-release-surveillance-photos-in-may-shooting-outside-habana-outpost/] in our backyards — sometimes literally — over the past few months, with multiple [/blog/2015/08/03/man-killed-outside-walt-whitman-houses-was-one-of-dozens-shot-in-brooklyn-this-weekend/] people being killed [/blog/2015/02/19/investigation-launched-murder-20-year-old-man-whitman-houses/] and several more
Community Board 2
Community Board 2 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb2/html/home/home.shtml] voted at their Executive Committee meeting last night in favor of a wheelchair accessible ramp for Clinton Hill’s Emmanuel Baptist Church [http://ebcconnects.com/] (279 Lafayette Avenue at St. James Place). Construction of a new barrier-free
57th State Assembly District
Clearing skies should leave us with more seasonable temperatures today. (Photo by Francisco Daum [http://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/])Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Get out and enjoy the sunshine while you can, locals, because rain is expected to move into the area this weekend, according to