Lauren Elvers Collins
Neighbors packed the area for last year’s Church Avenue Street Fair.Save the date, neighbors! The Church Avenue Business Improvement District [http://www.churchavenue.org/] (BID) announced its annual street fair [/blog/photos/scenes-from-the-2014-church-avenue-street-fair] will be held on Sunday, April 26 from
70 Martense Street
From an off-duty plumber rescuing two children trapped in a burning building to neighborhood businesses donating clothes, and, of course, the always courageous firefighters, our community immediately pulled together today to help a family left homeless by a devastating fire at 70 Martense Street, between Bedford and Flatbush Avenues.
Lauren Elvers Collins
A happy diner at the annual Thanksgiving lunch at the Flatbush Reformed Church. Photo by Arthur de Gaeta.Many thanks to Flatbush Avenue BID [http://www.flatbushavebid.com/] Executive Director Lauren Elvers Collins for sending us these photos from the BID’s free Thanksgiving luncheon [/blog/volunteering/celebrate-thanksgiving-flatbush-
Lauren Elvers Collins
As you likely already know, Assemblywoman Rhoda Jacobs [http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Rhoda-Jacobs/], who has served our area for 36 years, announced this past Sunday [http://ggi.r.mailjet.com/nl/0o2v/x7isz.html?a=8yhMIm&b=75a81f13&c=0o2v&d=ea1e339e&e=
Flatbush Avenue BID
Church Avenue BID [http://www.churchavenue.org] Executive Director Lauren Elvers Collins is about to be even busier, as we hear she’s soon to head up the Flatbush Avenue BID [http://www.flatbushavebid.com] as well as staying with Church. Lauren will be taking over the position of Jack