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Weekend Community Events: 86th Street Festival, Books & Beats at BPL, Israel on Nostrand Avenue and lots more

BOOKS AND BEATS – The program begins with Sum [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/summer-reading/weekend]mer [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/summer-reading/weekend] Jam [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/summer-reading/weekend] W [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/summer-reading/weekend]eekend [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/summer-reading/weekend], June 9 and 10, featuring performances at library

Announcements

What The Cluck? Did You Lose A Chicken?

PARK SLOPE – Not to ruffle your feathers, but a young chicken was founding clucking around Park Slope. Now, it’s in Nikki Burst’s home waiting for its owner. It started off like any ordinary day. Burst was walking down 6th Avenue toward the Park Slope Library branch to pick

Announcements

Pablo Was Delivering Pizza. Now He’s Facing Deportation.

Chica with her youngest daughter. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BAY RIDGE – A 35 year old man from Long Island was delivering pizza to the US Army Garrison Fort Hamilton base last week. He showed his IDNYC and got inside, just like all the other times he delivered pizza there. But

environment

See What Was Found In The Gowanus Canal During The 4th Street Basin Dredging

[UPDATED: Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 11:15am] This post has been updated to include additional photographs provided by Jonathan Bream, an archeologist with AHRS [http://ahrservices.com/]. GOWANUS – On Monday afternoon, the EPA [https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0206222] presented some of the debris construction

Business

Got Older Relatives In Nassau County? Brooklyn Task Service Umbrella Is There Too!

Photo credit: LongIslandExchange.comLast month [/meet-the-grandmother-and-grandson-behind-umbrella/], we interviewed Sam Gerstenzang, the co-founder of Umbrella [https://www.askumbrella.com/], a service aimed at providing affordable, friendly help with everyday tasks to Brooklyn seniors. Gerstenzang mentioned that they recently expanded from Brooklyn to Nassau County. In prior posts, we’ve shared some

Business

New York City Economic Development Corporation Looking To Help Diverse Vendors Access Public Projects

Since taking office in 2014, Mayor de Blasio has made diversity a central focus of his administration. There have been diversity initiatives in agencies ranging from the Department of Cultural Affairs to the Department of Education and others. It’s no different at New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)

community

Park Slope Neighbors Meet To Map Out Dangerous Roads And Intersections

PARK SLOPE – The cafeteria of MS 51 was packed Wednesday evening with concerned locals eager to voice their concerns about dangerous Park Slope streets to Council Member Brad Lander and the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT). Park Slope Street Safety Town Hall (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Organized by the

Borough Park

Dome Playground – Transformation Complete

Kensington/Borough Park – It is amazing what a lot of determination and a bit of money can accomplish. When Kensington neighbor Jole Carliner started advocating for improvements to Dome Playground [/tag/dome-playground/] back in 2010, it was rather neglected. Situated on the edge of Kensington and Borough Park, where Cortelyou

Announcements

June is Gun Violence Awareness Month

The Empire State building lit up in orange—during National Gun Awareness month, orange is the color worn to honor victims of gun violence (Via Gun Violence Awareness Month [http://www.gunviolenceawarenessmonth.com/])Brooklyn politicians and communities are speaking out and hosting events to kick-off June’s Gun Violence Awareness

Announcements

Serving Food, Fighting Hunger, Restoring Dignity – Masbia

Photo: Zainab IqbalFLATBUSH – It’s early morning on a warm Thursday in May and there’s a line of over two dozen people in front of a small building on Coney Island Avenue between Avenues J and K. A woman wearing a green apron sits in front of the door

Announcements

Share Ideas On Improving Street Safety In Park Slope Next Wednesday

PARK SLOPE – Council Member Brad Lander, NYC Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] (DOT), and the Park Slope Street Safety Partnership [https://www.facebook.com/ParkSlopeStreetSafetyPartnership/] are hosting a Street Safety Town Hall next Wednesday (May 30) to pinpoint dangerous locations across the

Gowanus

Coalition Proposes Gowanus Landmarks Prior To Rezoning

GOWANUS- A group of Gowanus residents and community leaders gathered at the Union Street Bridge Tuesday morning to call on the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) to consider key historical sites in the neighborhood for landmark designation. L-R: Brad Vogel, Simeon Bankoff,