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Power went out around noon near Nostrand Avenue and Avenue V. (Photo: Google Maps)A busted underground cable knocked out power in several buildings near Nostrand Avenue and Avenue V this afternoon, causing the Kings Bay Y [http://www.kingsbayy.org/] to cancel or move most of their programs. Two
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Sometimes it’s nice just to get out of the city. Imagine walking barefoot through lush, green grass. Swimming in a crisp, cool lake. Swinging under and old oak tree at sunset while sharing stories with your new best friend. This sleep-away camps whisk your little ones away from the
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Photo via the Kings Bay Y [https://www.facebook.com/ywindsorterrace/photos/pb.158758684204672.-2207520000.1425497138./720440644703137/?type=3&theater] Is your child too old for summer camp yet too young for a job? Some the summer camps on our City Kid Camp site [http://citykidcamp.com/summer-camps/job-opportunities-for-tweens-teens-and-college-students]
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We have a long list of summer camps that offer swimming. More may offer a beach day here and there, but these Brooklyn summer camps work swimming into their curriculum. 17 Brooklyn summer camps with swimming NYC Parks [http://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/summercamp] NYC Parks have a number of
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Schraeder (l) and Petlakh (r) Source: Social media, via ForwardPolice have arrested a man they believe is responsible for a violent attack against the Kings Bay YM-YWHA’s executive director [/vile-anti-semitic-hooligans-assault-kings-bay-y-director-leonard-petlakh/] outside an Israel Defense Force fundraiser at the Barclays Center earlier this month, but chose not to charge the
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With the Israeli-Palestinian conflict raging in the Middle East, and tensions in Brooklyn’s Jewish and Arab communities [/israel-supporters-shout-anti-muslim-slurs-throw-eggs-worshipers-near-local-mosque/] running high, the Kings Bay Y (3495 Nostrand Avenue) is setting table for inter-faith unity at a “Fast for Peace” dinner event tonight. Initiated by the Kings Bay Y’s Teen
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The Kings Bay YM-YWHA will be hosting a public forum on Superstorm Sandy recovery tomorrow, June 17 at the Y, 3495 Nostrand Avenue. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the forum starts promptly at 6:00 p.m. City Councilman Mark Treyger will speak about his efforts on
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A traditional mishloah manot care package for the Jewish holiday of Purim. Source: nweiss81/ FlickrThe following is a press release from the UJA-Federation: UJA-Federation of New York’s fourth annual “Pack It Up For Purim” food drive runs now through March 16, 2014, and aims to provide more than 3,
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One of Fidler’s elves at last year’s toy drive.Councilman Lewis Fidler’s Democratic Club, the 41st Assembly District Democrats, is putting out the final call for toys as the grand finale party nears on Thursday. Now in its 13th year, the annual toy drive has grown to
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Shkolnikov, left, presents Kings Bay Y Executive Director Leonard Petlakh with a check as Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz and City Council candidates David Storobin and Chaim Deutsch look on.Neighbors gathered with Kings Bay YM-YWHA members, local leaders and Holocaust survivors on Sunday to celebrate the contributions of boardmember Eugene Shkolnikov,
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Source: crossed-flag-pins.comSouth Korea, longtime friends of Israel since the birth of the Jewish state in 1948, will demonstrate its solidarity with the Holy Land this week through music and dance. The Kings Bay YM-YWHA will host the Shalom Yerushalayim Cultural Festival 2013 this Wednesday, August 14 from 2:00
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Kings Bay Y teens light candles in honor of the Holocaust’s victims. (Photo by Erica Sherman)Approximately 100 community leaders, clergy, neighbors and Holocaust survivors gathered on Sunday, April 14, for the Annual Holocaust Commemoration Program held at the Kings Bay YM-YWHA, located at 3495 Nostrand Avenue .The annual