NO WEEKEND F TRAINS FROM CHURCH AVE. TO CONEY ISLAND

On the F subway line, work on the signal modernization project continues to take place every weekend, weather permitting, through December 21, 2020, with the exception of the weekends of October 9th-12th, 16th-19th, and 23rd-26th and the weekend of November 27th-30th (Thanksgiving).

Work will resume on January 8, 2021, and continue every weekend through August 2021, with the exception of Passover, Easter, and the July 4th weekends.

F trains run between 179th Street and Church Avenue. They do not run between Church Avenue and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue.

Customers traveling between Church Avenue and Coney Island can use D, N, and Q trains and local buses to complete their trip. Free shuttle buses are not available. 

Work begins on Fridays at 9:45 p.m. and ends at 1:00 a.m. Then, from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m., the subway system is closed to clean and disinfect the trains and the stations. Stations reopen on Mondays at 5:00 a.m.

PASTRAMI SANDWICH POP UP AT DELLA RESTAURANT & BAR

Pastrami Pop Up at Della

Saturday, August 8th, noon to 6:00 p.m.

Get a delicious Friedman's pastrami sandwich with fresh rye bread from baker Jared Batson outside of Della Restaurant & Bar on Saturday, August 8th, between noon and 6:00 p.m.

The pastrami is made from premium Wagyu (Japanese beef cattle) brisket supplied by D'Artagnan. 

All proceeds will be donated to Feeding America, the largest domestic hunger relief organization in the United States.

Location
Della Restaurant & Bar
1238 Prospect Avenue
at Reeve Place
Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn
(718) 633-0249
info @ DellaRestaurant.com
https://www.dellarestaurant.com
https://www.facebook.com/dellarestaurant
https://www.instagram.com/dellarestaurant

NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE FOR WINDSOR TERRACE WILL MEET WITH THE PUBLIC IN AUGUST

"Build the Block" Neighborhood Policing Meeting

Tuesday, August 25th, 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Doors Open at 7:00 for Refreshments

Residents and business owners are invited to meet with the Neighborhood Coordination Officers assigned to the 72nd Precinct's Sector A (Windsor Terrace, Greenwood Heights, and South Slope) at the next "Build the Block" neighborhood policing and safety meeting.

Join Detective Specialist Daniel McGrath and Police Officer Francis Ghanney at International Baptist Church on Tuesday, August 25th, from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. as they update the community about public safety issues in Windsor Terrace, Greenwood Heights, and South Slope, answer your questions, and listen to your concerns, complaints, and suggestions.

The doors will open at 7:00 p.m. for refreshments to be served.

The link to the most recent crime statistics for the precinct is on the precinct's web page at https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/72nd-precinct.page.

Contact information for Sector A's Neighborhood Coordination Officers:

• Detective Specialist Daniel McGrath: (917) 853-2601, daniel.mcgrath @ nypd.org

• Police Officer Francis Ghanney: (929) 343-7645, francis.ghanney @ nypd.org

Meeting location
International Baptist Church
312 Coney Island Avenue
between Caton Place and Ocean Parkway Service Road
Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

72nd Precinct contact information
Phone number: (718) 965-6311
web page: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/72nd-precinct.page
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYPD72Pct
Facebook page for 72nd Precinct:  https://www.facebook.com/NYPD72pct/
Facebook page for 72nd Precinct Community Council: https://www.facebook.com/72nd-Precinct-Community-Council-1611883092371304

FREE GROCERIES, MASKS, AND HAND SANITIZER

Free masks, hand sanitizer, groceries, and fruit will be distributed on Wednesday, July 29th, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., on a first come, first served basis.

Sponsored by a partnership between Little Bangla Pharmacy, NYU CSP (NYU Langone Department of Population Health Community Service Plan), and Orbit Cricket Club.

Location
Little Bangla Pharmacy
401 Church Avenue
northeast corner of E. 4th Street
Kensington, Brooklyn

ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING WILL BE SUSPENDED AGAIN

Alternate side of the street parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended from Monday, July 27th, through Sunday, August 2nd. Regulations governing parking meters will be in effect.

Alternate side parking will be back in effect from Monday, August 3rd, through Sunday, September 5th.

For information on the recent changes to alternate side parking rules on streets with more than one alternate side parking day per side, click here. The changes went into effect on Monday, June 29th.

The 2020 Alternate Side Parking Calendar is posted here.

72ND PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL WILL MEET WITH THE PUBLIC IN PERSON (FREE)

72nd Precinct Community Council Meeting

Tuesday, July 28th, 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 

The first meeting since March of the 72nd Precinct Community Council will be held on Tuesday, July 28th, from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The in-person meeting is open to people who live in or work in Windsor Terrace, Greenwood Heights, South Slope, or Sunset Park. To allow for social distancing, only twenty-five people will be allowed to attend the meeting.

Meet with commanding officer Captain Ernesto Castro and other police officers to discuss past crimes--the types of crime that have been taking place, their frequency, why they happen, and how the public can help prevent them. Find out what the precinct is doing to prevent future crimes. 

Protective face masks and gloves will be distributed at the meeting.

In normal times, meetings take place on the second Tuesday of each month (except July and August) at 7:30 p.m.

Location

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Gymnasium

558 59th Street

between 6th and 5th avenues

Sunset Park, Brooklyn

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72nd Precinct contact information
Phone number: (718) 965-6311
web page: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/72nd-precinct.page
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYPD72Pct
Facebook page for 72nd Precinct:  https://www.facebook.com/NYPD72pct
Facebook page for 72nd Precinct Community Council: https://www.facebook.com/72nd-Precinct-Community-Council-1611883092371304

PROTECTED BIKE LANE PROPOSED FOR FORT HAMILTON PARKWAY

Fort Hamilton Parkway Bike Lane

Monday, August 3rd, 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 

The Department of Transportation will make a presentation online about the proposed protected bike lane for the Windsor Terrace portion of Fort Hamilton Parkway.

The DOT will meet online with Community Board 7's Transportation Committee meeting on Monday, August 3rd, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the public. 

Originally scheduled for March, the meeting was postponed because of the pandemic. The DOT proposes to make improvements on Fort Hamilton Parkway, between Dahill Road and Park Circle, for safer, more direct bicycle routes connecting Prospect Park to Windsor Terrace and Kensington.

 

To attend the meeting, register at https://nyccb.webex.com/nyccb/onstage/g.php?MTID=e22245cee60150ad64aa5030127ae92be. 

Misinterpretation of last May's DOT presentation to the committee led to the spread of misinformation that alleged that twenty-five parking spaces would be lost. The net loss will be one space. See page 17 of the proposal (https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/fort-hamilton-pkwy-aug2020.pdf) for details.

HOW TO MAKE PLANET EARTH FROM CLOTHES: AN ACTIVITY FROM THE SINGING WINDS (FREE)

                                      (posted at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PEC3DVaHdk)

From The Singing Winds

Have you ever made a picture without pencils, pens, or paint? 

Introducing: CLOTHES ART
In this video, Ivana will show you how to make art with your everyday clothes!

See if you can make a picture of our planet Earth. What else can you create using just your clothes?  Can you create a butterfly or a flower? An animal? Or, even a person?

Send us a photo of your creation and we will share your artwork in our #SingingWindsSummerFun online gallery!

Share it with us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/SingingWinds

Direct Message us on Instagram:@singing_winds

We look forward to seeing what you create!

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The Singing Winds is offering a free virtual playground every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday through August 20th. Its free programs for children and families--arts & crafts, games, science projects, and storytelling programs--normally take place in the summer at Albemarle Playground in Kensington. This year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the playground has moved online. 

E-mail:  thesingingwinds @ gmail.com

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/ SingingWinds

Instagram:  @singing_winds

VIRTUAL PLAYGROUND REPLACES ALBEMARLE PLAYGROUND FOR THE SINGING WINDS' ACTIVITIES (FREE)

The Singing Winds Virtual Playground

Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, July 21st through August 20th

From Jill Reinier, Director of The Singing Winds and Parent Coordinator at P.S. 230:

Dear Friends,

Each summer, The Singing Winds brings free arts & crafts, games, science projects, and storytelling programs to Albemarle Playground in Kensington, Brooklyn.

This year, The Singing Winds Virtual Playground will be online!

Each Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from July 21st through August 20th, the Singing Winds Summer Team will post links to new activities for children and families via email, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.  

If you enjoy the activity and create the project at home, you are invited to post your creation to the #SingingWindsSummerFun online gallery.

Keep an eye out for live events in the playground--but until we can gather in person, look for us online!

E-mail:  thesingingwinds @ gmail.com

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/ SingingWinds

Instagram:  @singing_winds

ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING IS BACK

Alternate side of the street parking regulations will resume on Monday, July 20th, to allow street cleaning.

Residential streets that have multiple alternate side parking days will be cleaned--with vehicles required to be moved--only on the latest day in the week on each side, as indicated on each street’s currently posted signage. Streets that have just one day of alternate side parking regulations on each side will not change.

More information on alternate side parking reform is posted at https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/alternate-side-parking.shtml#reform.

The 2020 alternate side parking calendar is posted at https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/alternate-side-parking.shtml#cal20.

LITTER CLEANUP ON A SECOND BLOCK OF OCEAN PARKWAY BY NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS

before Saturday's community cleanup

after the community cleanup

 
Ocean Parkway Cleanup,

Beverley Road to Avenue C (East Side)

Saturday, July 18th, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Fresh off of Wednesday night's successful cleanup of the east side of Ocean Parkway from Church Avenue to Beverley Road, neighborhood residents will do a second cleanup.

This time, the east side of Ocean Parkway from Beverley Road to Avenue C will be cleaned up.

Meet up with your neighbors tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. on the east side (odd-numbered addresses) of Ocean Parkway where it intersects with Beverley Road.

Bring trash bags and grabbers, if you have them, and wear a face mask (Stamp out COVID-19!) and gloves to protect your hands.

Invite other neighborhood adults and children to join in on this ongoing community project.

These cleanup events are organized by Ocean Parkway Cleanup, a newly-formed grassroots group of people working together to beautify their neighborhood.

LITTER CLEANUP ON OCEAN PARKWAY: NEIGHBORS WORKING TOGETHER

Ocean Parkway Street Cleanup

Wednesday, July 15th, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Ocean Parkway is a beloved and historic boulevard, used for living, strolling, jogging, sitting, playing chess and checkers, driving, and bicycling. The nation's first designated bicycle lane is on Ocean Parkway.

Ocean Parkway will be made even more beautiful and appealing tonight through community members working together to pick up litter.

Neighborhood residents will join together from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. to pick up and bag the litter on the east (odd-numbered) side of Ocean Parkway, between Church Avenue and Beverley Road. 

Meet on Wednesday, July 15th, at 7:00 p.m. at the Ocean Parkway-Church Avenue intersection.

Wear a mask to protect others and gloves to protect yourself. Bring trash bags and, if you have them, brooms, rakes, and a reacher/grabber that looks something like this.

This is the first cleanup event organized by the newly-formed Ocean Parkway Cleanup. Follow it on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/324239235266854/ for updates and future events.

FAMILIES AT THE HOMELESS SHELTER IN KENSINGTON NEED A FEW ITEMS

A note to residents about The Kensington family shelter:

Hello neighbors,

Hope everyone is doing as well as can be expected in this challenging time. We have checked with the Kensington shelter staff, and they are not accepting donations at this time except for these three things:

1. Pull-up diapers size 6/7

2. Baby wipes

3. Small new or lightly used pots and pans -- quart-size only since these will be used on small stoves that are more akin to a hot plate.

These can be dropped off or shipped to the shelter attention Uniquia Parker. The address is 385 McDonald Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11218.

Please do not bring any other donations by the shelter; they will not accept them. We will keep checking back and will let you know when the situation changes.

Thank you very much for your continued generosity and stay safe!

Tracy and Catherine

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Bring your donations into the shelter through the main entrance between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

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Tracy and Catherine are neighborhood residents who began volunteering five years ago as liaisons between the shelter and the Kensington and Windsor Terrace neighborhoods.

Periodically throughout the year, Catherine and Tracy send e-mail to neighborhood residents with information about what the families need. Sometimes it's clothing, sometimes it's personal care products, sometimes it's holiday gifts, and sometimes, when we aren't social distancing, it's participation at parties or other events. 

To be added to the mailing list for updates from Tracy and Catherine, send an e-mail to them at givemeshelterbk @ gmail.com.

ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING SUSPENDED AGAIN

Alternate side of the street parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended from Monday, July 13th, through Sunday, July 19th. Regulations for parking meters will remain in effect.

STERLING NATIONAL BANK RESUMING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS

Sterling National Bank's Financial Centers will return to their normal business hours on Monday, July 13th. Some locations will remain closed on Saturdays and Sundays, so go to snb.com/locations for up-to-date information, including a list of locations and their hours of operation.

The bank's Contact Center will return to normal business hours the following Monday, July 20th, where Client Service professionals are available by phone at (855) 762-7500 Mondays through Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

DOGS RUN FREE AT THE NEWLY-OPENED KENSINGTON DOG RUN

The Kensington Dog Run had its grand opening in Prospect Park Parade Ground on Monday, July 6th. The dog run is open seven days a week from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Within the 7,000 square feet of fenced-in space are separated areas for large dogs and small dogs, canine-friendly turf, benches made from reclaimed wood, water fountains, new trees, dog-waste-resistant shrubs, and waste receptacles.

Grassroots planning and organizing by neighborhood residents brought the idea of a dog run to fruition. In 2014, dog owners started talking with each other about creating a nearby dog run where dogs could enjoy the benefits  of exercising, socializing, and breathing fresh air off-leash. First they talked as individuals, then they met as a group, and then they formed the Kensington Dog Run Association and became a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization.

They raised awareness in the neighborhood about their goal, they petitioned Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and they rallied the support of local leaders. They collaborated with the Parks Department and the Prospect Park Alliance, they continued building community support, and they searched for and secured funding. Finally, construction began in June 2019, and the groundbreaking ceremony took place the following month.

The cost is covered by Participatory Budgeting funds from City Councilmember Mathieu Eugene of District 40 and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams' capital allocations, with the balance coming from City Councilmember Brad Lander of District 39.

"The Kensington Dog Run is the result of several years of advocacy by our neighbors,” said Salvatore Garro, President, Kensington Dog Run Association. “The Kensington Dog Run Association banded together over our shared love of dogs and community. We engaged with our leaders and proudly campaigned for our four-legged friends who needed a place to play, exercise, and have fun. We are truly impressed by the beautifully executed design by Prospect Park Alliance, and we are forever grateful for the funding provided by our Council Members through the Participatory Budgeting process, as well as the Brooklyn Borough President. This park encapsulates community and will forever be an example of what civic engagement can achieve."

Location
Prospect Park Parade Ground
Coney Island Avenue at Kermit Place
between Parkside and Caton avenues
(map)

Kensington Dog Run Association is on social media at
https://www.facebook.com/pg/KensingtonDogRun/posts/?ref=page_internal and 
https://twitter.com/KensingtonDog?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING SUSPENDED FOR A WEEK

Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended from Sunday, July 5th, to Sunday, July 12th. Parking meters will remain in effect.

As a reminder, alternate side parking and meters are suspended on Friday, July 3rd, and Saturday, July 4th, for Independence Day.

PARKING RULES SUSPENDED FOR HOLIDAY

Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations and meters will be suspended on Friday, July 3rd, and Saturday, July 4th.