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Crown Heights residents protesting the opening of the 1173 Bergen Street senior men’s homeless shelter at a town hall meeting last week (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)[UPDATED March 21, 8:20pm] The 1173 Bergen Street shelter will not open tomorrow, March 22, as scheduled. Jennifer Cato emailed the
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The second informational meeting [/second-meeting-mens-homeless-shelter-scheduled-tonight/?utm_source=BKLYNER+DAILY&utm_campaign=1c08b3e3b6-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cefeb1bc9c-1c08b3e3b6-64162625] on the men’s shelter slated for 1173 Bergen Street raised tempers last night but garnered few answers. “Answer the question!
Announcements
After a contentious, last-minute, public meeting on Saturday, March 4 [/homeless-shelter-proposed-1173-bergen-street/] discussing the opening of a homeless shelter at 1173 Bergen Street in Crown Heights, a follow-up informational meeting will be held tonight. Rescheduled from yesterday due to the snow, tonight’s meeting (6:30pm at P-Tech School, 150 Albany
Announcements
With very short notice, neighbors and community members are encouraged to attend an informational meeting tomorrow, Saturday, March 4 at 11am at 1173 Bergen Street (between Brooklyn and New York Avenues) in Crown Heights addressing a homeless shelter proposed to open on the site on March 15. In response to
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Health
A community member tells a panel of her proposed shelter plan concerns Thursday night at P.S. 329 on Coney Island. (Photo by Jerry Del Priore / Bensonhurst Bean)A possible homeless shelter at 2201-2227 Neptune Area and West 23rd Street for mothers and their children could be coming to Coney
Bensonhurst
A community member tells a panel of her proposed shelter plan concerns Thursday night at P.S. 329 on Coney Island. (Photo by Jerry Del Priore / Bensonhurst Bean)A possible homeless shelter at 2201-2227 Neptune Area and West 23rd Street for mothers and their children could be coming to Coney
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Photo via flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattwootton/4562590442/in/photolist-7Xbtbs-5S9Lcp-bZkMRS-ErZn-8D7Kq-5uULun-ngHJCk-ikXNVC-bVKZj1-kYgYGT-8GZBpr-aEgovE-bVKX71-8BsGhr-4t4T5i-dPgUNq-kvnaDL-hmEZZX-chiKT1-bVKYfW-kYgzxZ-bpwmw-7X8eSx-dPgUB3-25GXf-7Xbtdq-5uZ7Tm-dPgV95-kYh8pT-8GZL4p-7XbvsY-9dKCy2-8D7Kt-8D2N3-6ZicSh-8D7Kr-kYgqtX-dYB272-8c2hX8-kYgqHp-4BLAbv-kYh7eX-8H3pfd-96m5ib-h737KQ-8c2mxV-8H3Hdf-DDuVm-5A1R8C-jhtXgn] Congregation Beth Elohim [http://congregationbethelohim.org/] will soon op
Business
Image via Google Maps.With homelessness a growing concern in Sunset Park, Community Board 7 (CB 7) came together Wednesday, March 30, to discuss the issue — particularly as it surrounds the Red Carpet Inn (536 39th Street), which has been used as a site for temporary housing without the community’
Announcements
Image via CHiPS [https://www.facebook.com/ChipsSoupKitchen/photos/pb.473843106023452.-2207520000.1459871372./1067425889998501/?type=3&theater] CHiPS [http://chipsonline.org/] is a local community organization whose focus is to feed the hungry in their soup kitchen as well as sheltering homeless women and their children. They’ve been
Central Brooklyn
Photo: www.streetsblog.org.Kensington’s shelter for homeless families is asking its neighbors for assistance. The Kensington Family Shelter on McDonald Avenue, which is now nearly full [/blog/neighbors/kensington-shelter-homeless-families-nearly-full/], is requesting donations of specific items for babies, said Catherine Barufaldi and Tracy Connor, local residents who are coordinating
Central Brooklyn
Kensington Family Shelter (Photo: Google Maps)Almost 65 homeless families now call Kensington home. The Kensington Family Shelter [/home/dhs-announces-homeless-shelter-opening-on-mcdonald-avenue/#.VrkEubkrJFY] on McDonald Avenue continues to welcome new families since its opening in December, and is now nearly full, said Catherine Barufaldi and Tracy Connor, local residents who are coordinating
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Google MapsThere has been an outpouring of support from the community for The Kensington [/neighbors/the-spirit-of-the-season/], the new family homeless shelter [/home/dhs-announces-homeless-shelter-opening-on-mcdonald-avenue/] run by CAMBA [http://www.camba.org/] that recently opened on McDonald Avenue. Volunteer organizers have announced that the shelter is now accepting donations and