Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND/MARINE PARK/FORT GREENE – City Parks Foundation [https://cityparksfoundation.org/] will offer free sports programs for seniors at neighborhood parks and recreation centers across the city from April through June. New Yorkers ages 60-years and up can enjoy yoga, tennis, and fitness walking sessions. City Parks Senior Fitness
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Photo via Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-09611.jpg]Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have turned 90 on January 15. Various local organizations will celebrate MLK Day on Monday, January 21 with events including readings, movie screenings, musical performances, volunteering, and more. Commemorate the legacy of
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND/MARINE PARK/FORT GREENE – This Fall, City Parks Foundation [https://cityparksfoundation.org/] is offering hundreds of New Yorkers aged 60 and above free sports programs in 16 neighborhood parks and recreational facilities across the city. CityParks Senior Fitness yoga class at South Oxford Park, courtesy of City Parks
Central Brooklyn
Let’s face it — many of us live in apartment buildings and don’t have the luxury of a backyard. But it’s summertime and once in awhile you’ll crave that BBQ smell. So you go to the park all excited with your grill and see this sign: Photo:
Bensonhurst
Assemblywoman Pamela Harris speaking with reporters at Kaiser Park. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Assemblywoman Pamela Harris — who is in the middle of a bruising primary battle to hold onto her seat — pushed back Friday against allegations in the New York Post [http://nypost.com/2016/07/09/assemblywomans-link-to-nonprofit-raises-questions/] that
Events
Bicycle lessons. (Photo: NYC Parks [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/leon-s-kaiser-park/events/2016/05/01/learn-to-ride-helmet-giveaway] )The weather is heating up. And that means lots of fun activities in southern Brooklyn! Check out “The Wizard of Oz” at the drive-in movie night in Manhattan Beach Park. Luna Park’s kick-off
Bensonhurst
A police cruiser outside the field house in Kaiser Park, where the donations were stolen. (Photo: Will Caruso/Bensonhurst Bean)Community groups and city agencies came to the rescue after a thieves ransacked the offices of a Coney Island charity and made off with donations for the group’s holiday
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A police cruiser outside the field house in Kaiser Park, where the donations were stolen. (Photo: Will Caruso)Community groups and city agencies came to the rescue after a thieves ransacked the offices of a Coney Island charity and made off with donations for the group’s holiday toy and
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Photo by ecastro [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ecastro/3713075669/]via Flickr Send us your own event listing by posting it for free on our new event calendar [/calendar/], or using our classifieds site, EverythingBK [http://www.everythingbk.com/]. Cops & Youths Basketball Game When: Thursday, October 15, 6pm Where:
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Photo via NYC H2O [http://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2015/08/29/its-my-park-at-fidlerwyckoff-house-park1] Raising kids is a lot of work — keeping them fed, clean, and entertained is exhausting. Add to that the responsibility to raise them to be active members of the community, and the pressure is on. While volunteering
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Photo courtesy of New York Restoration Project.Nothing says springtime like new green shoots sprouting from the ground and leaves on trees. That’s why you should register to pick up a free tree [http://www.nyrp.org/treegiveaways] at one of 18 locations in Brooklyn this March through mid-May!
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The following is a press release from the offices of Councilman Mark Treyger: Council Member Mark Treyger and NYC Parks Department are hosting the final free movie in the park event of the year on Saturday with a showing of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 on the big
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The cast of “Despicable Me 2.” Source: FanpopThe following is a press release from the office of City Councilman Mark Treyger: Council Member Mark Treyger is inviting all residents, especially families and children, to a free showing of the Hollywood hit movie Despicable Me 2 on a big screen at
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Click to enlargeThe New York Restoration Project (NYRP), which revitalizes neglected neighborhood parks throughout New York City, is joining forces with John Dewey High School to host a tree giveaway and coastal cleanup event at Kaiser Park, 2925 Neptune Avenue, May 4 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00
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Gravesend Houses (Source: Google Maps)A 17-year-old was shot dead across the street from a Coney Island playground on Christmas Eve. Police responded to a 911 call at approximately 7:00 p.m. to find a male shot on Bay View Avenue, near the corner of Neptune Avenue. The victim,
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Rod Roddenberry (Source: Google+ Profile)Clean, dive, and rock out where no one has cleaned, dived, or rocked out before at Kaiser Park on Saturday, October 20. The “Beneath the Sea Waterfront Celebration and Coastal Clean-Up” event brings together partners from the Avenue P Project, Beneath the Sea, Inc., Brooklyn