Alvin Berk
Cutting the ribbon on the Umma Park mural. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)We got our first glimpse at the beautiful mural [/blog/crime/community-leaders-artists-other-celebrate-a-new-umma-park-mural-designed-and-created-by-neighborhood-youth] in Umma Park [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/umma-park] (Woodruff and Ocean Avenues), created in collaboration with CITYarts [http://cityarts.org/], back in
gravesend park
Courtesy of Councilman David GreenfieldGravesend Park is getting a makeover! Councilman David G. Greenfield joined with Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey, Community Board 12 District Manager Barry Spitzer and other officials Thursday to break ground on new renovations to two-thirds of Gravesend Park that have not been updated in over
colonel marcus park
Some exciting changes are coming to Colonel David Marcus Park in Midwood, including brand-new handball and basketball courts. Councilman David Greenfield joined with Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey and Community Board 12 Chairman Yidel Perlstein yesterday to cut the ribbon on the newly renovated courts at the park on Avenue
clean ups
Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz and Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey brought together more than 80 students and their parents from Manhattan Beach’s Mazel Day School for a cleanup of Holocaust Memorial Park. Aside from tidying up the place, the event was held to commemorate the first anniversary of Superstorm Sandy,
joan botti
Mother Nature kept the rain away for the official opening of Slope Park (6th Avenue, between 18th and 19th Street) this afternoon, and families turned out in droves to give the new playground a spin. After a small ceremony, Councilwoman Sara Gonzalez [http://council.nyc.gov/d38/html/members/home.
bay improvement group
The Parks Department planted approximately two dozen new trees along Emmons Avenue west of Ocean Avenue this week, as the city moves to complete the final phase of a decade-long rehabilitation [/cymbrowitz-announces-final-phase-of-460k-emmons-ave-beautification-project/] of the waterfront. The $460,000 project, funded by Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, will continue throughout the spring. On
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It’s here, it’s here, it’s finally here! After a decade of construction, numerous stumbles and some lessons learned about environmental infrastructure, the Carmine Carro Community Center is now open to the public. Elected officials and the Carro family snipped the ribbon Friday morning, and park officials gave
Brooklyn parks
Source: Jim Henderson via Wikimedia CommonsThe iconic parks of Southern Brooklyn damaged by Superstorm Sandy will remain closed for months while the city focuses its resources on higher priority disaster needs according to a report in the New York Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-beaches-pkaygrounds-parks-ready-summer-article-1.1215839?localLinksEnabled=
edmond dweck
In a scathing editorial published on their website [http://www.manhattanbeachbrooklyn.org/?p=1470] yesterday, the Manhattan Beach Community Group blasted the Parks Department’s $125,000 feasibility study for the Manhattan Beach bathhouse project [/manhattan-beach-bathhouse-brooklyn/] as a waste of money, and said Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, who funded the study,
kevin jeffrey
Councilman David G. Greenfield presents a $7,450,000 check to Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey to support projects throughout the district.The following is a press release from the office of City Councilman David Greenfield: Greenfield Unveils Design for Boro Park’s Newest Playground Includes Area Designed Specifically for
alan ditchek
On Wednesday, we told you all about the barbecue-hatin’ Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association’s Monday meeting, in which they presented a petition from the barbecue-lovin’ Manhattan Beach Community Group [/mbna-bbq-ban-critics-once-supported-a-ban/]. That petition, drawn up in 2007, before the two groups split and when current MBNA leaders actually ran the MBCG