ALTERNATE PARKING RULE SUSPENDED THIS WEEK

Alternate side of the street parking regulations for street cleaning will be suspended this Thursday and Friday, May 2nd and 3rd, for Holy Thursday (Orthodox) and Good Friday (Orthodox). All other parking regulations, including those for parking meters, will remain in effect.

OCCUPY MAY MEETINGS

 

Occupy Kensington meets every two weeks. May meetings will be at the corner of E5th St and Church Avenue (on E5th, at the side of the shut down restaurant) in case of rain/cold we move

indoors to 309 E5th further down the same block.

Sunday, May 5, 7:00pm

Topic: Fighting Low Pay in Kensington

Update on Golden Farm, and a discussion on how to

tackle low paid work in the neighborhood particularly in

regard to immigrant workers.

Sunday May 19h 7:00pm

Topic: We need public space!

Kensington is an extremely diverse neighborhood with a

growing youth population. We have no public open

space and no community center. Nowhere for people

of all backgrounds to come together. How can we fight to

change this?

SHOPPING ASSISTANCE FOR OLDER WINDSOR TERRACE RESIDENTS

Are you willing and able to shop for an elderly resident

in Windsor Terrace? Contact Sarah Josephson of

Heights and Hills at sjosephson @ heightsandhills.org.

WORLD PREMIERE OF SEAN CASEY MOVIE

RESCUE! BROOKLYN World Premiere
Wednesday, May 15th, 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

"RESCUE! BROOKLYN," a documentary about Sean Casey Animal Rescue (SCAR), will have its world premiere at the opening night of the 3rd Annual Art of Brooklyn Film Festival at St. Francis College on Remsen Street.

The cost per ticket is $10 plus a $1.54 fee. Buy tickets online; use promotional code RESCUE to get a $2 discount on each ticket.

Director Charlie Spickler describes the documentary:

"RESCUE! BROOKLYN is a documentary film about Sean Casey Animal Rescue, a small rescue shelter and adoption center in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn NY. It is a very special place and an integral animal rescue resource in the NYC area.

Sean's "community first" approach toward how he runs his shelter and how he interacts within the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and the New York City area are what make SCAR not only unique, but also the success that it is. Success is measured by impact and not dollars, and SCAR is very successful. While Sean is well known in the New York area, what he is doing should be the model for No Kill shelters all over the country. Director Charlie Spickler hopes this documentary will inspire others to take up the fight and do what Sean is doing in their own communities. 

RESCUE! BROOKLYN also tells the story of John the dog, a stray puppy who was found in a parking lot, emaciated and unable to move. Sean wasn’t sure that John would even live through the night, but somehow he survived. His slow, steady journey of recovery became a global Facebook phenomenon, with animal lovers from all over the world donating to John’s medical expenses and drawing inspiration from his story."

Donations and support from admirers of Sean Casey Animal Rescue made the creation of this film possible.

WORKING ON THE FARM

Work Day at Prospect Farm

Sunday, May 5th, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Choose the job you'd like to do:
build raised beds,
turn and sift compost,
plant seeds,
pull weeds, and
water and mulch the beds.
If you bring children with you, supervise them closely.

Prospect Farm
1194 Prospect Avenue, between Seeley and Vanderbilt streets

e-mail: prospectfarmbk @ gmail.com

http://prospectfarm.org

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ProspectFarmBK
Google group: http://groups.google.com/group/prospectfarm?pli=1

G TRAIN WILL SKIP EIGHT STOPS LATE NIGHTS FOR TWO MONTHS

 

Mondays through Fridays, from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.--starting tomorrow (April 29th) and ending June 28th--the G train won't make these stops (but the F train will):

• Bergen Street,
• Carroll Street,
• Smith-9th Street,
• 4th Ave-9th Street,
• 7th Ave,
• 15th Street-Prospect Park,
• Fort Hamilton Parkway, and
• Church Avenue.

During those hours, the G will operate in two sections:

       1. between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand Avenue, and

       2. between Bedford-Nostrand Avenue and Hoyt-Schermerhorn.

Riders can still transfer

• between G trains at Bedford-Nostrand Avenue,
• between A and G trains at Hoyt-Schermerhorn, and
• between A and F trains at Jay Street-MetroTech.

AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR WORKERS AND IMMIGRANTS

Worker and Immigrant Rights Rally

Sunday, April 28th, 3:00 p.m.

Join Occupy Kensington for teach-ins, activities, and a May Day celebration in Kensington Plaza, at the intersection of Church Avenue and Beverley Road, near McDonald Avenue.

The main speaker at the rally will be from Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM), a group that organizes Bangladeshi women. Additional speakers will be from Fast Food Forward, Golden Farm, and the Movement of Radical Educators (MORE).

PRETEND SYCAMORE BAR IS IN NEW ORLEANS

4th Annual Crawfish Boil

Saturday, May 4th, at 1 p.m., 3 p.m., or 5 p.m.

A down-home Crawfish Boil with the Abita Brewing Company. $25 lands you a large bucket of crawfish and a pint of seasonal Abita Beer. Tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets. Specify when you'd like to be there--1:00, 3:00, or 5:00.
Sycamore Bar and Flowershop

1118 Cortelyou Road, between E. 11th Street and Argyle Road, Brooklyn

(347) 240-5850

sycamorebrooklyn @ gmail.com

http://sycamorebrooklyn.com

SPRING DANCE AND SILENT AUCTION

Spring Dance and Silent Auction

Friday, April 26th, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

P.S. 130's annual fund raiser presents music, hot food for sale, items up for bid at a silent auction, a raffle, a 50/50, and grab bags.

Many unique treasures and experiences will be up for bid or raffled off. Among them are a soccer lesson, a knitting lesson, accent reduction classes, birding in Prospect Park, gift certificates from Brancaccio Food Shop and Le Paddock, a family membership to the New York Transit Museum, a family pass to MOMA, toys (including a Lego set), games, jewelry, and much much more. Take a look at the full list of auction and raffle items at http://www.ps130pta.com/uploads/auction_list_2013.pdf.

The suggested donation for tickets:

• Purchased on pre-sale: $8, to be picked up at the door.
• Purchased at the door:$10.
• Children ages three and under will be admitted free.

P.S.130, The Parkside School 

70 Ocean Parkway

between Fort Hamilton Parkway and Caton Avenue
Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn
http://ps130brooklyn.com

Enter through the school yard.

FREE TALKS ABOUT ADULTS' AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH

Free Heart, Vascular, and Pediatric Symposium

Thursday, May 2nd, 6:00 p.m.

Free dinner, free gift, and free raffle to win an iPod.

P.S. 230

1 Albemarle Road, between McDonald Avenue and Dahill Road

Kensington, Brooklyn

PROSPECT PARK CRAFT FAIR

                                               Prospect Park Craft Fair
                                Saturday, May 4th, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Arts and crafts for sale, activities for kids, a raffle....

More than fifty local artists and crafters will sell their handmade goods at this annual event to benefit the host, the PTA of P.S. 154. Those goods include home decor/housewares, jewelry, accessories, fine art and ceramics, clothing, paper goods, and baby and kid wares.
Activities for kids include face painting from 10:00 a.m. to noon, button making with Brooklyn Design Lab from noon to 3:00 p.m., and flower planting with the garden club from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Raffle Tickets will be sold at the PS 154 table. Attendees will have the chance to win some select items made by the artists and crafters.

All proceeds from the raffle will be used to support the arts and enrichment programs at P.S. 154.

The location of the Prospect Park Craft Fair will be at the Bartel Pritchard Square entrance to Prospect Park at 15th Street and Prospect Park West.

craft fair's blog: http://www.prospectparkcraftfair.blogspot.com 
craft fair's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ProspectParkCraftFair

P.S. 154
1625 11th Avenue, between Sherman Street and Windsor Place

Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

phone: (718) 768-0057
fax: (718) 832-2573 

website:  http://www.ps154.org

PTA website: http://ptaofps154brooklyn.org
PTA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=ptaofps154bklyn
PTA e-mail: http://ptaofps154brooklyn.org/contact-us

BEGINNING RUNNERS PROGRAM FOR WALKERS

Ditmas Park Dashers is Bill Boyle's running program for beginners. The ten-week walk-to-run class meets in Prospect Park twice a week. The program will begin this coming week. To sign up, send an e-mail to ditmasparkdasher @ gmail.com. Or call (718) 853-1600.

SHOW OFF YOUR VOCAL CHOPS TO BENEFIT DOGS, CATS, AND OTHER CREATURES

   Karaoke FUNdraiser for Sean Casey Animal Rescue
 Saturday, May 25th, 8:00 p.m.

Karaoke with Mike Sisco

beer specials

raffles

Sing whether you sing well or not!

Patrons must be 21 or older

 Suggested cover charge: $20

Old Carriage Inn

   312 7th Avenue, at 8th Street
 Park Slope, Brooklyn

Sean Casey Animal Rescue

153 E. 3rd Street, between Fort Hamilton Parkway and Caton Avenue
Windsor Terrace, one-half block from Kensington

(718) 436-5163

nyanimalrescue [at] yahoo.com

http://scarnyc.org

http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/NY637.html

https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue

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PROPOSED EXTENSION OF B67 BUS

The broken line indicates the proposed extension of the B67 bus.

The MTA wants to extend weekday B67 bus service to Williamsburg, starting in September 2013, having concluded that public transportation in that neighborhood is inadequate for an area whose population is growing rapidly. The bus would still begin its route in Kensington on McDonald Avenue at Cortelyou Road and travel to Downtown Brooklyn.

The extended part of the route would stretch from Jay Street to Front Street in DUMBO to York Street to Gold Street to Sands Street, go around the edge of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, to Kent Avenue, and end at Division Avenue. Riders could transfer to the York Street subway station or to the B62 bus on Wythe Avenue.

The new service would operate every thirty minutes between 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on weekdays.

A public hearing about the proposal will be held on Monday, April 29th, at 6:00 p.m.in the Brooklyn Borough Hall Court Room, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn.

People who want to speak at the hearing can register between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Everyone who registers will be permitted to speak for up to three minutes.

Online registration is also available. Register here to speak at the hearing.

People who would like to comment but won't be able to attend can type their comments on the form here and then click "Submit." 

Hearing-impaired people who would like to have a sign language interpreter available should call Lois Tendler of New York City Transit Government Affairs at (646) 252-2660. Or send her a fax at (646) 252-2661.

For more information about the proposed service changes or to pre-register to speak at the hearing, call or write to:

     MTA NYCT Government Affairs
     2 Broadway, 17th Floor
     New York, NY 10004
     (646) 252-2660

STABBING ON MCDONALD

A man was stabbed yesterday (Monday, April 22nd) at 3:16 a.m. on McDonald Avenue, between Greenwood Avenue and Vanderbilt Street, in the 72nd Precinct. The suspect fled in a vehicle.

PHONE STOLEN AT CHURCH AVE. F/G STATION

Four boys stole a cell phone from a teenage boy two weeks ago on the afternoon of Monday, April 8th, inside of the F train's Church Avenue station in Kensington. The four teens then tried to rob a teenage boy at the 7th Avenue station in Park Slope.

A photo of the four boys walking toward the subway entrance and a seven-second video showing them starting to walk down the steps to the station are at "Police: Group Robbed 2 Boys Within 20 Minutes At Brooklyn Subway Stops."

The suspects are teenage black males. Their heights and weights are 5-foot-8, between 140 and 150 pounds; 5-foot-9 and 145 to 155 pounds; 5-foot-7, between 160 and 165 pounds; and 5-foot-10 and 200 pounds.

To provide information to the NYPD, either call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477), report it on the Crime Stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or text it to 274637 (CRIMES) and then enter TIP577.

MISSING CHILD LEVI JENNINGS IS SAFE

Levi Jennings is safe. He has been found in North Carolina with family members.

Levi, age 2, was abducted from his home on Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Tuesday, April 16th. New York State Troopers canceled the Missing Child Alert yesterday morning (Monday) at 9:24.

SIDEWALK SALE AND ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN

Sidewalk Sale

Saturday, April 27th, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday, April 28th, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Children's Project (Origami Wish Tree and Other Activities)

Saturday, April 27th, 10 a.m. to noon

at the

East Fourth Street Community Garden

179 E. 4th Street, between Fort Hamilton Parkway and Caton Avenue

in Windsor Terrace, half a block away from Kensington

blog: http://eastfourthstreetgarden.wordpress.com

MISSING CHILD ALERT CANCELED: LEVI JENNINGS

The New York State Troopers canceled the Missing Child Alert for Levi Jennings at 9:24 this morning. The announcement didn't include an explanation of the outcome of the search for the child. We hope he's unharmed.

OUTSIDE AT HAMILTON'S

Hamilton's
2826 Fort Hamilton Parkway

southeast corner of E. 4th Street
Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

one block from the Kensington border

(718) 438-0488

hamiltonbkny @ gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/hamiltons2826?ref=ts

http://hamiltonsbrooklyn.com

SPRING EXTRAVAGANZA AT IHM

Spring Extravaganza

Saturday, April 27th, 6:00 p.m. 

Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish will hold its 50th Anniversary Spring Extravaganza--aka Card Party--this Saturday. More than $500 has already been collected for the Super 50/50.

Tickets to the Extravaganza cost $20 per person; that includes a light supper. Tickets will not be available at the door. To purchase them, call (718) 871-1310, extension 10. The evening's proceeds will be used to help support the parish's Faith Formation Programs for children and adults.

BELT OUT A TUNE AT DENNY'S

DJ Coco-Pop is hosting karaoke night at Denny's Steak Pub and featuring all genres: pop, rock n' roll, R&B, soul, oldies, Broadway, 80s, 90s, and current hits. Everyone is welcome to sing--you know you want to!

Stop by any Thursday, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. ( through June). Patrons must be 21 or older. Get there early for Happy Hour, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., when drinks are two for the price of one.

Denny's Steak Pub
106 Beverley Road, corner of Church and McDonald avenues
(718) 435-2156

LADIES' NIGHT OUT: DINNER AND A BELLY DANCE SHOW

April Ladies' Event: Namaste Yoga's Belly Dance Showcase

Sunday, April 28th, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Delight in the taste of the Middle Eastern cuisine of Zaytoons in Fort Greene with a buffet dinner that includes appetizers, salads, main courses, desserts, and coffee, tea, and soft drinks. Zaytoons doesn't sell liquor, but you're welcome to bring your own alcoholic beverage.

After the meal, watch and enjoy belly dancers from Namaste Yoga of Kensington--as well as founder Wilhyn Larsen herself--demonstrate their talents.

Only fifty people can be accommodated, so call (347) 533-6226 or 6227 soon to reserve a ticket for your seat. Reserved tickets cost a total of $40 per person for the buffet dinner plus the belly dance showcase. Pay Namaste $20 in advance, and pay the other $20 (cash only) at the door. The price of a ticket sold at the door--if any are still available--will be $50 per person.

The restaurant will prepare food based on the number of pre-paid tickets. Anyone who pays at the door will have a meal prepared à la carte, which will take more time and will have you eating out-of-sync with others. Instead, make your reservation in advance!

Zaytoons
472 Myrtle Avenue, between Washington Avenue and Hall Street
Fort Greene, Brooklyn

RALLY FOR WORKERS' AND IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS

Workers' and Immigrants' Rights Rally 

Sunday, April 28th, 3:00 p.m.

Kensington Plaza, corner of Beverley and Church

Occupy Kensington
https://www.facebook.com/groups/381317025244534

EARTH DAY SCHEDULE AT GREENWOOD PLAYGROUND EXTRAVAGREENZA

Earth Day Extravagreenza

Sunday, April 21st, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

In celebration of Earth Day, created on April 22, 1970, Friends of Greenwood Playground presents:

• 11:45 a.m.
• Mike Gold the Ballooniac , specialist in twisting balloons into "crazy hats, animals, and a space alien riding a motorcycle"
• 12:30 p.m.
• singer/songwriter Tom Chapin
• 11:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• earthy face painting
• glitter tattoos
• 1:00 p.m.
• recycled arts and crafts with Karen of Barking Cat Studio
• a composting demonstration by Prospect Farm
• a Youthmarket table
• information about recycling
• Project Eats

Greenwood Playground is on E. 5th Street, between Fort Hamilton Parkway and Greenwood Avenue in Windsor Terrace, near the Windsor Terrace/Kensington border.

Friends of Greenwood Playground

(347) 497-3490 

http://friendsofgreenwoodplayground.org

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Greenwood-Playground/223014854379847

SUPPER CLUB AT BROOKLYN COMMUNE

Supper Club at Brooklyn Commune
Saturday, April 27th, 6:00 p.m.

At Brooklyn Commune's monthly Supper Club dinner, meals are served family-style at the communal tables. Bring your own beer or wine.

                                               The Menu for April

Peel & Eat Shrimp, Mango Ginger Cocktail Sauce

Grilled Asparagus, Shaved Egg, Truffled Hollandaise

Spinach Salad, Candied Nuts, Crumbled Gorgonzola, Sun Dried Tomato

Chipotle Hangar Steak, Warm Fingerling Potato Salad, Pancetta-Maple Marmalade

Southern Style Banana Pudding, Bourbon Creme Anglaise

 includes coffee & tea with dessert

Cost: $40 per person (excluding tax and gratuity) for the five-course meal,

payable through PayPal.

A $20 deposit will be charged when making a reservation.

Cancellations with 48 hours or more advance notice will be refunded.

Cancellations with less than 48 hours notice will not be credited or refunded.

Click here to make a reservation .

Brooklyn Commune

601 Greenwood Avenue, at the corner of Prospect Avenue Windsor Terrace
(718) 686-1044
e-mail: feedme @ brooklyncommune.com
http://brooklyncommune.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brooklyn-Commune/109783589077211?ref=ts&v=wall

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