PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLOSED TOMORROW AND TUESDAY

Due to winter weather conditions, the New York City Department of Education has announced that all public schools will be closed tomorrow, March 4th, and Tuesday, March 5th. Student after school activities and PSAL games are also cancelled. For more information, please visit nyc.gov/schools.

FREE SUMMER MEALS FOR EVERYONE 18 YEARS OLD AND UNDER

All school-aged children and teenagers (ages 18 and under) are eligible for a free breakfast and lunch Mondays through Fridays until Friday, September 1st, while school is out of session. Just walk in and be served a meal.

New York City residency is not necessary. No registration, documentation, or ID is required or requested in order to receive a free breakfast or lunch.

The July breakfast menu is here. The July Breakfast Express menu for pools, parks, and libraries is here.
 
The July lunch menu is here. The July Express Cold Lunch menu for pools, parks, and libraries is here.

In libraries, lunch will be served in the libraries’ meeting rooms.

The free Schoolfood Feed Your Mind app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch is in the App Store. The one for Android is in Google Play.

The Department of Education's Office of Schoolfood's annual Summer Meals Program is available at hundreds of public schools, community pool centers, parks, libraries, New York City Housing Authority complexes, and other locations around the city.

In addition to those locations, four food trucks visit beaches, parks, and playgrounds throughout the city every day of the week and hand out free, delicious, nutritious lunches.

The Brooklyn food truck stops at Fox Playground, 5324 Avenue H, between E. 54th and E. 55th streets. The July food truck menu is here.

To find a meal site near you, click here, type your address or zip code, and click Search. Click the name of a school, library, etc. to see if it serves both breakfast and lunch or lunch only and to see what times the meals are served.

Searching zip code 11218 leads to a list of sites that includes these as well as other sites further away:

• P.S. 249, The Caton, 18 Marlborough Road,
• J.H.S. 62, Ditmas, 700 Cortelyou Road,
• P.S. 217, Colonel David Marcus School, 1100 Newkirk Avenue,
• Borough Park Library, 1265 43rd Street,
• Parkside Preparatory Academy, 655 Parkside Avenue, and
• Kensington Library,, 4207 18th Avenue.

This is a nationwide program.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLOSED TOMORROW

All public schools will be closed tomorrow, March 14th, because of the expected blizzard, the New York City Department of Education has announced.

Tomorrow's student after-school activities and PSAL games have been canceled. All yellow bus service will be suspended.

Call 311 if you have any questions. For additional information, see nyc.gov/schools.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLOSED TOMORROW

A snowstorm is predicted for tomorrow, February 9th, and the New York City Department of Education has announced that all public schools will be closed.

Student after-school activities and PSAL games have been canceled, and all yellow bus service has been suspended. 

Call 311, if you have any questions. For additional information, visit nyc.gov/schools.

SUSPENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES FOR THE KING HOLIDAY

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, January 16th, for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Parking meter regulations and all other parking regulations will be in effect.

Garbage, recycling, and organics collections will be suspended.

New York City subways and buses will operate on a weekday schedule with minor timing changes. Give yourself extra time for your commute.

Public schools, post offices, banks, and federal, state, and city agencies will be closed.

EDUCATION CHANCELLOR FARINA WILL TALK WITH DISTRICT 15 PARENTS

The District 15 Community Education Council presents

"Town Hall with Chancellor Carmen Farina"

Tuesday, November 24th, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Chancellor Carmen Farina will address issues and concerns in School District 15 as she continues to make the rounds of Community Education Councils throughout the city.

The audience is invited to ask questions and make comments.

On-site interpretation services will be available.

Meeting location

P.S. 516 (Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School)

4222 4th Avenue

between 42nd and 43rd streets

Sunset Park, Brooklyn

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