NO ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING ON ALL SAINTS DAY

Alternate side of the street parking regulations--normally in effect on weekdays and Saturdays so that streets can be cleaned--will be suspended on Tuesday, November 1st, for All Saints Day.

Parking meter and all other regulations will not be suspended.

Street cleaning will be suspended.

DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION (FREE)

                                  Dia de los Muertos Celebration
                 Saturday, October 30th, 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Celebrate a 3,000-year-old Mexican tradition at Avenue C Plaza tomorrow--Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). The lively holiday celebrates the lives of family and friends who have passed away but who return for twenty-four hours to reunite with the living.

Tomorrow's event will feature a mariachi band, two Mexican folk dance troupes, poetry, face painting, mask making, creative crafts making with Jill Reinier of The Singing Winds, and free snacks and treats.

Help build and decorate a communal ofrenda (altar) to honor the deceased. Local Teaching Artist Cynthia Cantor-Fortozo will lead a workshop on how to make the shrine.

Expect to be in the company of plenty of skeletons and skulls!

Avenue C Plaza
557 McDonald Avenue
at the corner of Avenue C
Kensington, Brooklyn

SECOND SUNDAY OF BOOKS ON WHEELS IN AVENUE C PLAZA (FREE)

Books on Wheels

Sunday, October 30th and November 6th

noon to 4:00 p.m.

A free pop-up library on wheels visited Avenue C Plaza last Sunday and will return for the next two Sunday afternoons. The Uni Project's outdoor reading room offers books on a variety of subjects to Kensington's children of all ages as well as to adults, for reading in the plaza. 

Children can also take part in other activities, including drawing. 

The Uni Project is a nonprofit organization. Its mission is to bring learning opportunities to New York City's parks, plazas, play streets, and other public spaces. Uni partners with the local library branch near each location it visits.

Uni will be at Avenue C Plaza on these dates:

Sunday, October 30th, noon to 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, November 6th, noon to 4:00 p.m.

Avenue C Plaza is at the intersection of Avenue C and the east side of McDonald Avenue. (map)

HALLOWEEN DANCE PARTY AT SYCAMORE BAR (FREE ADMISSION)

All Hallows Eve Dance Party

Saturday, October 29th, 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

Sycamore Bar and Flowershop's Halloween dance party will feature DJ Classy Chris from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. The Best Costume will be chosen at midnight.

Food from Trini Pastelles will be served in the garden.

Admission is free.

A note about Trini Pastelles: Their artisanal-style pastelles, a popular food on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, are hand-crafted, freshly made, gluten-free, and preservative-free. The pastelles are made from stewed, ground, pasture-raised meats wrapped in a corn flour fold and steamed in banana leaves.

Sycamore Bar and Flower Shop 
1118 Cortelyou Road
between E. 11th Street and Argyle Road
Ditmas Park
(347) 240-5850
sycamorebrooklyn @ gmail . com 
http://www.sycamorebrooklyn.com/
https://www.facebook.com/sycamore.brooklyn
https://twitter.com/SycamoreBklyn 
http://instagram.com/sycamoreflowershopbar

ONE-WAY STREET AND SPEED HUMP PROPOSED FOR WINDSOR TERRACE

              Community Board 7 Transportation Committee Meeting
                 Monday, November 14th, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The proposed conversion of Seeley Street to a one-way street and a proposed speed hump on Prospect Avenue, between 8th Avenue and Prospect Park West, will be the agenda items for this Community Board 7 Transportation Committee Meeting.

Seeley Street would run east to west--from Prospect Park Southwest to McDonald Avenue--but would continue to be two-way between 18th and 19th streets.

Neighborhood residents are invited to observe the meeting.

Meeting location
P.S. 154
1625 11th Avenue
between Windsor Place and Sherman Street
Windsor Terrace

GENTLE YOGA RESCHEDULED

Monday Gentle Yoga Class for Beginners
with Fanny Crismali, certified yoga instructor

Only two dates left in the fall series:
November 7th and 14th, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Fanny Crismali would like to start a permanent Monday evening practice and start a new series special in November. These last two classes can be used as a jumping-off point.

Studio 1203
1203 Church Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11218

Single class: drop-ins $10

Please bring a yoga mat.

To reserve your spot, contact Fanny at fcrismali @ gmail.com.

website: www.fcrismali.wix.com/fannycrismali

 

HALLOWEEN PARTY AT THE ADIRONDACK

Halloween Party at The Adirondack

Saturday, October 29th, 9:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m.

The Adirondack is going to throw a Halloween party that will curdle your blood. Hosted by Kristen and Amanda, the party will include spine-chillers, like

• A costume contest, with prizes that include Adirondack gift certificates, brewery schwag, New York Islanders hockey tickets, and more,
• Sweet, spooky, swinging sounds, courtesy of Kyle Brown from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., and 
• A Vincent Price movie marathon, which tentatively includes 
• "The Pit And The Pendulum,"
• "The Abominable Dr. Phibes," 
• "Scream And Scream Again,"
• "Madhouse," and 
• "The Masque Of The Red Death."

Look for the drink specials and the new fall cocktails.
 

Don't be afraid to go!

Event location
The Adirondack
1241 Prospect Avenue
between Greenwood Avenue and Reeve Place
Windsor Terrace
(718) 871-0100
theadirondackbar @ gmail.com
http://www.theadirondackbar.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_Adirondack
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theadirondack

ROCKY'S PIZZERIA IS NAMED TO THE HALL OF FAME

Eater NY agrees with the locals that Kensington has got some fine pizza.

Eater NY's senior critic, Robert Sietsema, named Korner Pizza as one of his ten favorite New York City pizzerias in July. He inducted Korner and the other nine pizzerias into the Eater NY Neighborhood Pizzeria Hall of Fame.

This month, he chose ten more favorites to induct, and Rocky's Pizzeria is one of them.

At Korner, "The regular cheese slice is perfection itself." And at Rocky's, "The plain cheese slice is great, but why not go for the more spectacular ziti slice." 

For a pizzeria to qualify for the Hall of Fame, "It must sell pizza by the slice; cook its pies in stacked gas ovens that burn at around 550 degrees or below; and, in general, not be part of a chain with multiple outlets." 

Korner is at 226 Church Ave., at the corner of E. 3rd Street. Rocky's is at 474 Coney Island Avenue, at the corner of Church Ave.

PRESIDENT HILLARY CLINTON AS SUPERHERO

"Superheroes and the 45th US President" 

Through Sunday, October 30th

The art exhibit "Superheroes and the 45th US President" depicts superheroes, Hillary Clinton in real life, and Hillary Clinton, world leaders, dogs, and cats as superheroes.

The exhibit opened on Friday, October 14th, in Best Buy Art Gallery on Church Avenue in Kensington, where it will remain through Monday, November 14th.

The gallery is open from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., seven days per week. The price of a ticket to view the exhibit is $20. For tickets inquiries, send an e-mail to tickets @ arteventgroupus.com.

Included in the exhibit are

• 73 paintings from the life of the 45th president, Hillary Clinton: with her family, with world leaders, in portraits, and during major events in her life
• sizes: 36x40 inches, 32x36 inches, 30x36 inches, and 24x36 inches,
• 30 paintings of superheroes
• size: 14x20 inches,
• 25 paintings of Hillary Clinton and world leaders as superheroes
• size: 24x36 inches,
• 25 paintings of cats as superheroes
• size: 20x30 inches, and
• 25 paintings of dogs as superheroes
• size: 20x30 inches.

The exhibit will travel to at least thirty-nine states by the time it closes in November 2017.

An exhibit dedicated to Hillary Clinton's first 100 days as the 45th President of the United States will be shown in Washington, D.C. and New York City in early May 2017.

And in November or December 2017, Art Event Group Inc. will release a book about Hillary Clinton and an art calendar by Ivanna Urban that will be dedicated to Hillary Clinton.

Location
Best Buy Art Gallery
515 Church Avenue
between E. 5th Street and Ocean Parkway
Kensington, Brooklyn
info @ arteventgroupus.com
www.arteventgroupus.com
http://fowllow.com/1arteventgroup
https://www.instagram.com/1arteventgroup

BINGO NIGHT!

IHM Girl Scout Bingo
Saturday, November 5th, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Play Bingo--and while you play, you'll be supporting the Girl Scout troops of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Bingo night partially funds all of the programming for four troops, which have a total of more than 100 girls in them.

This is family-friendly Bingo, so everyone is invited. No alcohol will be allowed on the premises.

Winners will have many baskets to choose from (no cash prizes).

Tickets cost $5 per person at the door. That price includes two hard boards. Paper tickets for specials will be sold that night for $1 each.

Bingo chips and daubers will be sold there, but you're welcome to bring your own.

In addition to a bake sale, hot dogs, desserts, cans of soda, and bottles of water will be sold. As always, coffee is free.

Location
Brooklyn Prospect Charter School
3002 Fort Hamilton Parkway
between E. 2nd and E. 3rd streets
Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

BOOKS ON WHEELS RETURN TO AVENUE C PLAZA (FREE)

The Uni visits Kensington neighborhood in Brooklyn, April 2016. 

from Uni Project on Vimeo.

Books on Wheels

Three Sundays: October 23rd and 30th and November 6th

noon to 4:00 p.m.

A free pop-up library on wheels will visit Avenue C Plaza for the next three Sunday afternoons. The Uni Project's outdoor reading room will offer books on a variety of subjects to Kensington's children of all ages as well as adults, to read in the plaza.

Children can also take part in other activities, including drawing.

This won't be Uni's first visit to Avenue C Plaza: it participated in the plaza's inaugural event in April (pictured in the video above).

The Uni Project is a nonprofit organization. Its mission is  bringing learning opportunities to New York City's parks, plazas, play streets, and other public spaces. Uni partners with the local library branch near each location it visits.

Uni will be at Avenue C Plaza on these dates:

Sunday, October 23rd, noon to 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, October 30th, noon to 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, November 6th, noon to 4:00 p.m.

Avenue C Plaza is at the intersection of Avenue C and the east side of McDonald Avenue. (map)

"HOW DO WE TALK ABOUT ISRAEL?"

"How Do We Talk About Israel?"
Sunday, October 30th, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

"How Do We Talk About Israel?" is the first talk in the 2016-2017 Speaker Series from The Institute for Living Judaism in Brooklyn. The speaker will be Noam Gilboord, the Director of Israel and International Affairs for the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York and a member of the Flatbush Jewish Center board.

The aim of Mr. Gilboord's talk is to provide authoritative information and increase the audience's sensitivity to all sides of the issues. The hope is that this talk will foster civil conversation both within the Jewish community as well as with other people.

The suggested donation for the event is $10.

For more information, call The Institute for Living Judaism in Brooklyn at (718) 339-0230 or go to their Facebook page.

Location
Flatbush Jewish Center
327 E. 5th Street, corner of Church Avenue
Kensington, Brooklyn
phone: (718) 871-5200
fax: (718) 871-5204
e-mail: office @ flatbushjewishcenter.org
http://www.flatbushjewishcenter.org

ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING SUSPENSION NEXT WEEK

Alternate side of the street parking regulations--normally in effect on weekdays and Saturdays so that streets can be cleaned--will be suspended on Monday, October 24th, for Shemini Atzereth and on Tuesday, October 25th, for Simchas Torah.

Parking meter and all other regulations will not be suspended.

Street cleaning will be suspended.

NEW BENGALI-SPEAKING LIAISON TO COUNCILMEMBER LANDER WILL HAVE OFFICE HOURS IN KENSINGTON

Starting next week, Councilmember Brad Lander's new Bengali-speaking liaison, Rubina (Ruby) Abdul, will have office hours in Kensington to help Bengali speakers with government services, such as

• signing up for SNAP benefits,
• Medicaid/Medicare issues,
• following up on 311 complaints with city agencies,
• guidance and advice on tenant rights and eviction prevention, and
• connecting with organizations for special services.

The satellite office will be open every week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Next week, the office will be open on Tuesday, October 25th, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Wednesday, October 26th, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Ms. Abdul can be contacted by e-mail at rabdul @ council.nyc.gov or by phone at 718-499-1090.

Location
Saboor Waizun Medical Office
486 McDonald Avenue
between Church Avenue and Avenue C
Kensington, Brooklyn

POLICE OFFICERS PATROLLING WINDSOR TERRACE WILL MEET WITH RESIDENTS

Meeting with Neighborhood Coordination Officers for Windsor Terrace
                            Thursday, October 27th, 7:00 p.m.

The two Neighborhood Coordination Officers who patrol Windsor Terrace, Greenwood Heights, and South Slope will meet again with residents and business owners in those three neighborhoods.

Police Officers Dan McGrath and Francis Ghanney will hold the third monthly community meeting on Tuesday, October 27th, at 7:00 p.m. 

The meeting is only for people living and/or working in the three neighborhoods, shown as Sector A within the 72nd Precinct on the map below.

McGrath and Ghanney will be updating the community about crime and other conditions that they address and are currently combating.

They invite you to voice your concerns and complaints and tell them about any conditions you're dealing with that would be of interest to the police.

Concerns might include

• violent street crime,
• home burglaries,
• stolen packages,
• pedestrian and bicyclist safety, and
• persistent loud noise.
  

The 72nd Precinct was divided into four sectors several months ago, as part of a new policing model ("community policing"). Before that, the precinct had eight sectors. As a result of the reapportionment, additional officers were assigned to the precinct.

An article in Brooklyn Reporter explains the significance of this new way of policing.

Officer McGrath's phone number is (917) 853-2601. His e-mail address is daniel.mcgrath @ nypd.org. Last October, he was named Police Officer of the Year.

Meeting location
Shepherd's Hall
Holy Name of Jesus Church
245 Prospect Park West
between Prospect Avenue and Windsor Place
Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

Enter Shepherd's Hall through the parking lot next to the church.

END SPEEDING ON 11TH AVENUE IN FRONT OF P.S. 154

Car and truck drivers on 11th Avenue in front of P.S. 154 need to slow down. They speed past the school, endangering children and adults.

The Department of Transportation has implemented quite a few of the traffic-calming requests made by residents. One much-needed street safety improvement in Windsor Terrace has been the addition of speed humps to side streets.

11th Avenue needs a speed hump too, along with other traffic-calming measures that will slow down speeding cars and big trucks coming from the Prospect Expressway.

The majority of P.S. 154's students and staff cross 11th Avenue twice a day on their way to and from the school. A crossing guard is there in the morning and again in the afternoon at pickup time. But frequently, the guard must step in front of moving vehicles to perform the job of getting children, their families, and school staff safely across the street.

During the hours that the guard is not on duty, students, their families, school staff, and the neighbors cross at an even greater risk to themselves.

The importance of smoothly-flowing traffic on city streets is understood. Still, the danger posed at the intersection requires an urgent remedy in the form of a speed hump and either a stop sign or traffic light to slow drivers down.

Please sign a petition on the Transportation Alternatives website requesting those traffic-calming measures. The petition will be delivered to our City Councilmember, Brad Lander.

NEED A DOSE OF LAUGHTER? GO TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMEDY SHOW (FREE)

                           The Our Neighborhood Comedy Show
                   Monday, October 24th, 9:00 p.m. to 10:45 p.m.

The Our Neighborhood Comedy Show, a free monthly stand-up comedy showcase at Bar Chord, will be hosted this month by Andy Bankin and Matt Rain. Other comics appearing will be

• Douglas Widick,
• Mamoudou N'Diaye,
• Lauren Vino,
• Usama Siddiquee,
• Brandon Scott Wolf,
• Cate Weinberg,
• etc.

The line-up is subject to change.

Location
Bar Chord
1008 Cortelyou Road
between Coney Island Avenue and Stratford Road
Ditmas Park, Brooklyn
(map)
phone: (347) 240-6033
website: http://barchordnyc.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BarChord

NEED FOR CROSSING GUARD IS ADDED TO AGENDA FOR COMMUNITY BOARD 7 MEETING

                       Board Meeting of Community Board 7
               Wednesday, October 19th, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 

UPDATE: The board will address a street safety issue: the lack of a crossing guard at Caton Avenue and Ocean Parkway East.

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Community Board 7 will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 19th, in the board's office. Community Board 7 represents Windsor Terrace, East Windsor Terrace, South Park Slope, Greenwood Heights, and Sunset Park.

This is the proposed agenda:

1. The Pledge of Allegiance
2. Opening of the meeting
3. Adoption of the agenda
4. Adoption of the Minutes of the Board Meeting of September 21, 2016
5. Adoption of the Minutes of the Public Hearing of October 13, 2016
6. Public Comment
7. Presentation: Dr. Rudy from NYU/Lutheran Medical Center on their Community Programs
8. Committee Reports:
    A) Education
      1) Presentation by Make Space for Quality in Sunset Park concerning its campaign and platform
      2) Presentation by Kathleen Corradi from the Department of Education, Office of Sustainability on Zero Waste Schools
    B) Capital & Expense
      1) F.Y. 2018 Capital & Expense Budget Priorities
    C) Membership & Attendance
      1) Review attendance record for Mr. Andrew McCreary
    D) Public Safety
      1) New liquor license application for M3 Karaoke Bar Inc. located at 317-319 39th Street
      2) New liquor license application for El Tahur Bar and Restaurant Corp. located at 4402-4404 3rd Avenue
      3) Alteration – liquor license application for Los Tres Potrillos Restaurant Bar Inc. located at 1004 4th Avenue (39th Street between 4th & 5th Avenues)
9. Elected Officials Representatives
10. District Manager’s Report
11. Chairperson’s Report
12. Old Business
13. New Business
14. Public Comment
15. Adjournment

Meeting location:
Community Board 7 Board Room
4201 4th Avenue (entrance on 43rd Street)
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
phone: (718) 854-0003
fax: (718) 436-1142
e-mail: communityboard7 @ yahoo.com
website: http://www.brooklyncb7.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brooklyn-Community-Board-7/195263140637225

GOODBYE PARTY FOR THE PAVILION THEATER

Pavilion Theater Farewell Party

Tuesday, November 1st, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Nitehawk Cinema is throwing a farewell party for the Pavilion Theater, the theater that it will replace. The "Pour One Out for the Pavilion" party on Tuesday, November 1st, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., will have a cash bar, live music provided by the Street Beat Brass Band, and free popcorn.

After the theater is renovated, it will reopen in 2017 as Nitehawk Cinema, showing independent, blockbuster, and family films on seven screens.

Noteworthy changes in the new theater will include new theater seats, a double kitchen, two bar areas, a restored atrium overlooking Prospect Park, a modernized space with an elevator, and cosmetic refurbishments in all of the public spaces.

"Pour One Out for the Pavilion" is a free event (aside from the cash bar), and everyone is invited to attend. Register here.

Location
The Pavilion Theater
188 Prospect Park West
Park Slope, Brooklyn

FAMILY SHELTER REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE GUEST SPEAKERS AT ANA MEETING (FREE)

Albemarle Neighborhood Association Meeting:

 The Kensington Family Shelter

Thursday, October 20th, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

At the next community meeting of the Albemarle Neighborhood Association (ANA), guest speakers Claire Harding-Keefe and Dante Thomas will discuss the operation of The Kensington Family Shelter.

Ms. Harding-Keefe is Senior Vice President for Family Support, Housing at CAMBA, which operates The Kensington Family Shelter. Mr. Thomas is CAMBA's Director of Security and Operations.

The shelter is located on McDonald Avenue, across the street from Foodtown. It opened in December 2015.
 
Foodtown and ANA will provide refreshments, to be served after the meeting. 

Members of ANA as well as non-members are welcome to attend all ANA community meetings. Admission is free.

Meeting location
Flatbush Jewish Center
Hanid Room
327 E. 5th Street
corner of Church Avenue
Kensington

Enter the synagogue via the ramp on E. 5th Street. Use the stairs or the wheelchair-accessible elevator to go downstairs to the Hanid Room.

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About Albemarle Neighborhood Association

Albemarle Neighborhood Association (ANA) is the oldest neighborhood association in Brooklyn. Since its founding in 1973, it has worked to advance Kensington's quality of life. ANA's meetings are free and are open to the public. They provide a place for Kensington's residents to address safety, security, and quality of life issues.

ANA helps create a safe and stable neighborhood by working closely with its members, other neighborhood residents, city agencies, and elected officials to address key issues.

New members are welcome to join. This strengthens ANA's impact. Membership is open to everyone who resides in or owns a business in the geographic area ANA that serves:

• northern border: the north side of Caton Avenue
• southern border: the south side of Beverley Road
• western border: the west side of McDonald Avenue 
• eastern border: the east side of Ocean Parkway

An individual or family membership costs $20 per year. Associate Membership dues for business owners cost $25 per year.

Meetings are held in March, April, May, June, September, October, and November.

BAKE SALE AND COLLECTING SUPPLIES FOR SEAN CASEY ANIMAL RESCUE

Bake Sale and Collection Station
Friday, October 21st, 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Immaculate Heart of Mary Brownie Troop #2662 will be selling baked goods to raise money for Sean Casey Animal Rescue (SCAR), a no-kill shelter. The troop will also, on behalf of SCAR, be accepting cash donations and collecting donated supplies.  

The Brownies will be outside of Brooklyn Prospect Charter School on Friday, October 21st, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

These are the supplies that they'll be collecting:

• any brand of canned cat food,
• any brand of canned dog food,
• paper towels,
• latex gloves in all sizes,
• regular unscented bleach,
• pillowcases,
• sheets,
• blankets,
• towels, and
• newspapers.

Location
Outside of Brooklyn Prospect Charter School
3002 Fort Hamilton Parkway
between E. 2nd and E. 3rd streets
Windsor Terrace - Kensington