Boerum Hill
PARK SLOPE – The diverse group of Brooklynites packed into the auditorium of PS 133 Thursday night shared two opinions—they all wanted both Rikers Island and the Mayor’s borough-based jail plan shut down. Rendering of the expanded Brooklyn Detention Center, 275 Atlantic AvenueMayor Bill de Blasio committed in 2017
Boerum Hill
PARK SLOPE – The diverse group of Brooklynites packed into the auditorium of PS 133 Thursday night shared two opinions—they all wanted both Rikers Island and the Mayor’s borough-based jail plan shut down. Rendering of the expanded Brooklyn Detention Center, 275 Atlantic AvenueMayor Bill de Blasio committed in 2017
community
PARK SLOPE – It’s Election Day 2017! Today, New Yorkers get to vote [/remember-to-vote-new-yorks-elections-are-tomorrow/] for Mayor, Pubic Advocate, Comptroller, Borough President, and City Council representatives. Three ballot proposals [http://www.nyccfb.info/nyc-votes/vgwelcome/general-election-2017/ballot-proposals/?languageType=English] —including the contentious Constitutional Convention [/constitutional-convention-debate-lamp-post/]—are up for decision as well.
admissions
If your child was born in 2009, the time has finally come to send in those kindergarten applications. This year, the Department of Education has introduced Kindergarten Connect [http://schools.nyc.gov/ChoicesEnrollment/Elementary/kindergarten.htm], an online system that allows you to complete the application process online. You can
Education
The construction of a new building [/blog/events/ps-133-open-house-and-info-session-tomorrow] for PS 133 [http://ps133brooklyn.org/the-new-building/] on 4th Avenue between Baltic and Butler has been chugging along. This morning, Brooklyn Spoke [http://brooklynspoke.com/] noticed that the temporary construction barriers along the sidewalk on 4th Ave were finally removed [https:
PS 133
Taking a page out of the PS 39 parents’ handbook, Northwest Slope neighbors are mobilizing to fight the rezoning proposal the CEC will soon consider [/blog/education/the-re-rezoning-of-park-slope-public-schools]. To avoid being zoned out of PS 321, the group has lined 5th Avenue with fliers inviting neighbors to join the Facebook