Kids & Family
The stadium erupts and everyone is singing “Happy Birthday” to your child. Does your child love baseball? Are they a die-hard Cyclones fan? Are you looking for birthday party ideas? Enter to win a Birthday Party for 10! [http://s.heyo.com/ddad14] Enter to win by liking the Cyclones
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Video via YouTube [“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22XH4-nNjlA”] In an effort to gain approval for the proposed streetcar line intended to link the waterfront from booming Sunset Park [http://southslopenews.com/blog/business/swift-massive-renovations-industry-city-now-attracting-general-public/] to Astoria, the Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector [http://www.bqx.nyc/] have
Education
Photo by Sunset Park VoiceIn order to provide greater language access for families who speak Mandarin and Spanish, the city’s Department of Education (DOE) is hosting Learning Together [http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/FACE/default.htm], two city-wide parent conferences this June. These sessions will be delivered entirely in
News
Photo via Gothamist [https://www.instagram.com/p/BDeA1W-LEMy/]Donald Trump may not be buried in Central Park, but he has a headstone ready to go in case things change. And it was crafted in our very own Brooklyn neighborhood. Call it an elaborate hoax, a political statement, or a
Education
Photo by suewaters [https://www.flickr.com/photos/suewaters/7564724934/in/photolist-cwtcaY-oNC8bR-ceSzn7-cD7dj7-ijow9x-dLnfno-RoWke-6VUNug-wNZ9qH-6WmWvH-r8Fs8c-cwteaw-9jWxuM-7cqfD3-XxL15-e3y77r-dLgMSP-vKdFRq-e3y79X-e3DLQd-7cm9BZ-mMrpTq-cvXVRb-e3y79e-e3DLNE-gYG1Qp-e3DLMy-5ToB3M-e3y7ak-7bVfT2-7bVfLe-cvXHRJ-e3y78D-pN3ggn-pMzLuV-fh2DQB-cwtbPf-omFv6L-agFk8h-hW2Z6L-4aEHgy-6W3Gan-f86BqV-2Za6bY-cvXWg9-4DSU5g-7cq2HW-9dDhKo-RL7ak-gVUdA2] /FlickrAre you a native New Yorker who is currently in college? Got
Health
Photo via City Parks FoundationFun youth summer programs are coming to a park near you! The City Parks Foundation [http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/] is offering free tennis, golf, soccer, track & field and fitness instruction at nearly 60 locations across the city. The programs begin in early July and run
Police & Fire
Image via Brooklyn DA’s office.A 25-year-old Brooklyn man was sentenced to 17 years to life in prison for fatal shooting man during a confrontation on a Sunset Park stoop in 2013, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced today. Valentin Torres, of 538 82nd Street in Bay Ridge, received
Events
Photo by amyashcraft [https://www.flickr.com/photos/amyashcraft/5700573171/in/photolist-9FJVNk-9FMUDw-bUtB87-sscLUZ-nxKjiB-9FJZai-9FJYbr-9FMBUY-9Fqmon-saB91A-9GKnSs-9GGvPZ-9FJeTc-9GKoJs-9GGvT8-saBgcj-9GKoiu-9GGz7R-9GGvNc-9FK6kp-9GGvWX-9Fru6Y-9GKo19-9GKonm-9GGvRn-9GGziH-9FMapQ-9GKrf5-9GGw1z-9GKqWJ-9GKqUo-9GKqvE-9GKraS-9GGyZa-9FM9Ah-9GGypB-9GKorC-9GKqML-9FJdRa-9GKovu-9GGvFT-9GKoDC-9GKogJ-9GKoL3-saKovH-9GGwBP-9GGzgi-saKep6-9FHXjM-9GKqKU] /FlickrCinco de Mayo is upon us! Often mistaken for Mexican
Arts & Culture
Over the course of four days and six live concert performances, GRAMMY® award-winning and nominated artists will converge in Brooklyn, New York for GRAMMY Park [http://www.grammypark.com/]™, the first GRAMMY-branded, multiday live music experience held May 5-8. The concert series will be held at Brooklyn’s historic Kings
Events
Photo via the Brooklyn Public Library.Are you a cycling book lover? Register now for Bike the Branches [http://misc.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/btb/], a daylong bike ride through the Brooklyn Public Library’s 60-branch system this Saturday. Last year’s event drew nearly 1,000 riders and participants. Enjoy a
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A traffic cone and letter “M” marks the spot where a MuniMeter will go on 7th Avenue in Sunset Park. (Photo by Heather Chin/Sunset Park Voice)Muni-Meters [http://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/service/2184/parking-meters]are coming to portions of Seventh Avenue, although we don’t yet know exactly
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