AIKIDO DOJO OPENS IN KENSINGTON

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                                   Aikido Dojo Opens in Kensington
                              Training for the Mind and Body
                    Self Protection - Self Improvement - Fitness

Jikishinkan: Kensington is a new Aikido dojo offering classes for adults and kids at the Church Ave Yoga & Bodywork Center in Kensington.

From their website:

Jikishinkan Aikido Dojo has been serving the community since 1985. We operate two locations in Brooklyn; Boerum Hill and Kensington. Our mission is to provide training of both body and mind through the traditional Japanese martial art of Aikido in combination with Zen meditation.

We aim to calm the mind, see things just as they are, and act decisively in even the most intense of situations.

Jikishinkan: Kensington offers a trial membership for adults. You can schedule an appointment to watch a class.

Location
Jikishinkan: Kensington
@The Church Avenue Yoga & Bodywork Center
338 E. 5th Street, #2D
Kensington, Brooklyn
admin @ directmind.com
https://kensington.directmind.com
https://www.facebook.com/jikishinkankensington

SPEED HUMPS AND ZIKA ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR COMMUNITY BOARD 7 (WINDSOR TERRACE AND SUNSET PARK)

Community Board 7 Monthly Meeting

Wednesday, September 21st, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The regular monthly meeting of Community Board 7 will be held on Wednesday, September 21st, at the board's office, located at 4201 4th Avenue. The entrance is on 43rd Street.

The Board meets on the third Wednesday of each month (except on holidays and during July and August) from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The usual meeting place is the Board's office at 4201 4th Avenue, at the corner of 43rd Street.

The meeting is open to the public.

This is the proposed agenda for the meeting:

1.     The Pledge of Allegiance

2.     Opening of the meeting

3.     Adoption of the agenda

4.     Adoption of the Minutes of the Meeting of June 15, 2016

5.     Presentation by El Puente--Green Jobs, Green NYC

6.     Public Comment

7.     Committee Reports:

   A)  Health Committee

1)  Presentation by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene about the Zika virus

   B)  Transportation Committee

1)  Proposed speed hump for 27th Street between 4th and 5th avenues

2)  Proposed speed hump for 41st Street between 5th and 6th avenues

3)  Street corner renaming in honor of Charles Sferrazza at the northwest corner of 8th Avenue and 44th Street

 8.     Elected Officials and Representatives

  9.    District Manager’s Report

10.    Chairperson’s Report

11.    Old Business

12.    New Business

13.    Public Comment

14.    Adjournment

Meeting location
Community Board 7 Office
4201 4th Avenue (entrance on 43rd Street)
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
phone: (718) 854-0003
fax: (718) 436-1142
communityboard7 @ yahoo.com
new website: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb7/index.page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brooklyn-Community-Board-7/195263140637225

MAKE A TALLIT: A WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS

Tallit-making Workshop

Sunday, September 18th, and Sunday, September 25th

noon to 2:00 p.m.

Learn about the ritual of tallit-wearing and make one of your own at Flatbush Jewish Center's tallit-making workshop, led by Lizzi Mazal, director of FJC's Jewish Explorer Club.

The workshop will take place in two Sunday sessions: September 18th and 25th, both from noon to 2:00 p.m. The cost for materials is $10, to be paid at the first session. For the second session, bring your own fabric to complete your tallit.

People of all ages are welcome; adults and older children will benefit from the workshop the most.

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

THE HUMMINGBIRD FESTIVAL: A MULTICULTURAL "BACK-TO-SCHOOL" CELEBRATION

The Hummingbird Festival

Saturday, September 17th, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The Singing Winds at P.S. 230 will present The Hummingbird Festival, a multicultural "back-to-school" celebration, in Albemarle Playground, with free activities for all ages.

At 11:00 a.m., Higher Levin (founded in 2006 for students at Meyer Levin School for the Performing Arts in Brooklyn) and Triumphant Stars will perform steel pan music.

Also at 11:00 a.m., crafts, games, and mask-making will take place.

At noon, dance and storytelling will feature P.S. 230 alumni and friends, Cetiliztli Nauhcampa performing an Aztec dance, Latin Dance Fever dancing salsa and merengue, Los Tecuanes de San Rafael, Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts, and more.

Albemarle Playground is behind P.S. 230. Enter on Dahill Road, between Albemarle Road and 12th Avenue.

66TH PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL HAS NEW MEETING NIGHT

 66th Precinct Community Council Monthly Meeting
Monday, September 19th, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The 66th Precinct Community Council will hold its monthly community meeting at the office of Community Board 12, 5910 13th Avenue, in Borough Park.

Residents are invited to meet the precinct's Commanding Officer, Captain Kenneth Quick, who will update the community on the latest crimes in our neighborhood and what is being done about it.

There is also an opportunity to bring any crime issues you may have to their attention.

You can also find out about the different programs available that may be of interest to you.

The Community Council provides the critical interface between citizens and police through regular monthly meetings. They are held on the third Monday of the month. The council does not meet in July and August.

66th Precinct Community Council e-mail: 66precinctcc @ gmail.com

72ND PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETINGS RESUME

72nd Precinct Community Council meeting

Tuesday, September 13th, 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Voice your concerns about crime in Windsor Terrace and Sunset Park at tomorrow's meeting of the 72nd Precinct Community Council. Talk to the officers about whatever is on your mind--armed robberies, assaults, home break-ins, stolen bicycles, package theft, speeding cars, and other crimes. 

The precinct covers Windsor Terrace and Sunset Park. Everyone who lives or works within the boundaries of the precinct is invited to attend the Community Council's meetings. Contact the Community Affairs officers at (718) 965-6526 if you have any questions.

The 72nd Precinct Community Council meets on the second Tuesday of the month, from September through June, from 7:30 p.m. to, normally, 8:30 p.m.

This meeting will be at the usual meeting-place: Marien Heim of Sunset Park Senior Housing, 4520 4th Avenue, between 45th and 46th streets.

The 72nd Precinct House is at 830 4th Avenue, between 29th and 30th streets, in Sunset Park. Phone number: (718) 965-6311. Website: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_072.shtml. CompStat report (crime statistics) is at http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-072pct.pdf.

LIVE IRISH MUSIC IN A NEIGHBORHOOD BAR

Live Irish Music

Wednesday, September 14th, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Traditional Irish music--sometimes exhilarating, sometimes sweet, sometimes solemn. Enjoy the music's diverse sounds every Wednesday night at Shenanigans Pub.

It's an open session, so all players and singers are welcome to bring their instruments and their voices.

Location 
Shenanigans Pub 
802 Caton Avenue
at the corner of E. 8th Street 
Kensington, Brooklyn 
(718) 633-3689 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shenanigans-Pub/167371376609304

TWIN LIGHTS, TRIBUTE TO SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

FREE OUTDOOR BANGLADESHI DANCE CONCERT

Bangladeshi Dance Concert

Saturday, September 10th, 4:00 p.m.

 
The Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts (BIPA) will perform this Saturday at Greenwood Playground. BIPA's colorful performances will include folk, modern, and classical-based dance as well as two songs by BIPA singers. Feel free to dance along.

You can also get a henna tattoo, done by one of the henna artists who will be at the playground during and after the performances.

All Friends of Greenwood Playground's events are free to the public.

Location
Greenwood Playground
E. 5th Street
between Fort Hamilton Parkway and Greenwood Avenue
one block from the Windsor Terrace - Kensington border
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Greenwood-Playground/223014854379847

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fogp1/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/fogp1

Hashtag: #FOGPFUN

GUITAR SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE FOR ALL AGES (FREE)

EzraGuitar Open House

Sunday, September 11th, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

At EzraGuitar's open house this Sunday, meet the school's faculty, find out about all of its upcoming programming, and take advantage of free trial guitar lessons for all ages all day long.

The school has established classical guitar classes for early childhood age, youth, adults, and professionals. Programming offered includes guitar lessons, master classes, audition prep, and concerts.

Maoz and Leilah Ezra founded the classical guitar conservatory in 2008.

Location
Ezra Guitar 
785 Coney Island Avenue

between Cortelyou Road and Dorchester Road

Ditmas Park-Kensington, Brooklyn 

(718) 434-2103

https://www.ezraguitar.com/

https://www.facebook.com/EzraGuitars

DOG BEACH IS BACK, AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

Dog Beach, at Long Meadow in Prospect Park, has reopened much earlier than expected. Dogs can again use the swimming area during the hours that they are allowed to be off their leashes in the park.

Restoration and reconstruction began in early July; the beach wasn't scheduled to reopen until early 2017. During the project, pavement was replaced with natural stone slabs, chain link fencing was replaced with underwater fencing that separates dogs from wildlife, and invasive plants were replaced with native ones.

Off-leash hours in Prospect Park are every day from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. During those off-leash hours, dogs are also allowed off-leash at the Long Meadow, Nethermead, and the Peninsula.

The Brooklyn Borough President’s office, councilmembers Brad Lander and Stephen Levin, and the Brooklyn Delegation provided funding for the project.

ALTERNATE SIDE RULES FOR 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 from Monday, September 12th, through Wednesday, September 14th, for Eid al-Adha (Idul-Adha).

Parking meter regulations will not be suspended.

Street cleaning will be suspended.

JAPANESE DRUMMING PERFORMANCE IN THE GARDEN (FREE)

Bang the Drum! Kaoru Watanabe Taiko Ensemble
Sunday, September 11th, 1:00 p.m.

A taiko drum ensemble will give a free performance in the East Fourth Street Community Garden. The ensemble will be comprised of students from the Brooklyn-based Kaoru Watanabe Taiko Center, a Japanese drumming studio.

The musicians will be Eriq Robinson, Rachel Daddino, Rassi, and Richie Arbas.

From the KWTC website:

The Kaoru Watanabe Taiko Center preserves, teaches, and promotes various styles of taiko (Japanese drumming) and fue (bamboo flutes), shares elements of Japanese music and culture with students and creates a community among taiko players, musicians, and others.

Taiko has roots both as a living folk art and in classical traditions; and the music and associated choreography has evolved to be used in many forms ranging from grassroots community celebrations to sophisticated jazz compositions.

In Japan, there are many local festivals which for generation after generation have featured taiko. These can serve as a profound means for building energy, unifying groups of people, and inspiring individuals to push their own limits in creating something greater for a community.

Location
The East Fourth Street Community Garden
179 E. 4th Street
between Caton Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway
Windsor Terrace - Kensington, Brooklyn 
http://eastfourthstreetgarden.tumblr.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/246036418909475

NEW MOVIE THEATER COMING TO PAVILION SITE

The Pavilion will close at the end of October, to be replaced by a theater called Nitehawk Prospect Park. Nitehawk Cinema will completely renovate the existing building and make it into a seven-screen, 650-seat movie theater with an accompanying restaurant and bar, scheduled to open in the early fall of next year.

The theater is located at 188 Prospect Park West, between 14th and 15th streets.

Nitehawk's other Brooklyn theater is in Williamsburg. It opened in 2011. 

The Pavilion's predecessor, The Sanders Theater, opened in 1928 under the ownership of The 15th Street Amusement Company. The Sanders was named for its owners, Harry and Rudolph Sanders. Prior to that, the Marathon Theater, a nickelodeon also owned and operated by Harry and Rudolph Sanders (1908 to 1927), stood on that spot. When the Marathon was torn down, the Sanders was built.

The once-vibrant Sanders laid empty from 1978 to 1996, to the despair of its neighbors. Would it become a co-op? Would it become stores? Neither. It continued to be a theater. In 1996, it became the Pavilion Theater, owned by Norman Adie and John and Phil Castaldi.

Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. acquired the Pavilion from Pritchard Square Cinema in February 2005. They used the nine-screen digital theater as a digital cinema test site and a showcase for its integrated digital cinema technology.

Hidrock Realty bought the theater's property and the property next to it (192 Prospect Park West, formerly Circles restaurant) in 2006, with a plan to build luxury condos. Instead, the site will remain a movie theater, one with "a double kitchen, two bar areas, a restored atrium overlooking the park, and in-theater dining."

Read more about these new plans in an article in The New York Times.

KENSINGTON'S CHURCH AVENUE STREET FAIR THIS SUNDAY

Church Avenue Street Fair
Sunday, September 11th, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Food, games, rides, and shopping--they'll all be at the 66th Precinct Community Council's Church Avenue Street Fair this Sunday, September 11th, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The fair will be on Church Avenue from Beverley Road to East 3rd Street, rain or shine.

Vendor space is still available. For information, call the event planner, Meteor Festivals, at (718) 444-6028 or send an e-mail to info @ streetfairsny.com.

WERE YOU A WITNESS TO THE CRIME AGAINST THIS CHILD? PLEASE RESPOND.

Please help this parent and this child.

Child Crime Victim,

seeking witness

$500 Reward

For information leading to arrest of perpetrator.

In THIS neighborhood:

On the morning of Tuesday,

August 2nd at about 11 AM.

Did you see my child??? My child was

blindfolded and handcuffed and forced to

walk around this neighborhood. My child

was taken to a nearby location and brutally

victimized.

Please Call or Text: 347-725-7089

E-mail: help5hundred @ gmail.com

 

RECYCLE ELECTRONICS YEAR-ROUND AT DITMAS PARK HELPERS

Ditmas Park Helpers' End-of-Summer Electronics Recycling Campaign

At the drop-off site on the final day

                                                                                        YouTube

Ditmas Park Helpers' first End-of-Summer Electronics Recycling Campaign was a big success. During the month of August, more than 60 major electronics (lots of computers and air conditioners) and 100 cans of used paint were properly recycled and disposed of, convincing the Helpers of the importance of turning it into a year-round campaign.

 
These are the items that the Helpers will accept:

• electronics
• air conditioners
• TVs, VCRs, DVRs, DVD players, Blu-ray players
• speakers/music equipment
• computers (laptops, desktops)
• tablets
• e-readers
• audio-visual equipment
• video games
• cell phones
• cans of paint*

They won't accept these items:

• microwaves
• refrigerators
• smoke detectors
• carbon monoxide detectors
• media: CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, cassette tapes
• dehumidifiers
• tires

If you have any questions about what they will or won't accept, call them at (347) 228-2625 or send an e-mail to ditmasparkhelpers @ gmail.com.

Ditmas Park Helpers, founded by Anthony Finkel, offers professional services for anything that people in the vicinity of Ditmas Park need help with: home cleaning, furniture assembly, pet-sitting, house-sitting, laundry, grocery shopping, car washing, and more, more, more.

Ditmas Park Helpers
(347) 228-2625

ditmasparkhelpers @ gmail.com

http://anthonyjfinkel.com

https://www.facebook.com/DitmasParkHelpers

https://www.instagram.com/ditmasparkhelpers

https://soundcloud.com/anthony-shagadelic-finkel/ditmas-park-helpers

PARKING RULES AND TRASH COLLECTION SUSPENDED ON LABOR 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 Monday, September 5th, for Labor Day.

Parking meter regulations will also be suspended.

Street cleaning will be suspended. 

Garbage, recycling, and organics collection will be suspended. If you normally get your garbage and organics collected on Mondays, put your trash and organic materials at the curb after 4:00 p.m. on Monday, September 5th, for Tuesday pick-up.

If you normally get your recycling collected on Mondays, put your items at the curb after 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 11th, for pick-up on Monday, September 12th.

POLICE OFFICERS PATROLLING WINDSOR TERRACE WILL MEET WITH RESIDENTS

Meeting with Neighborhood Coordination Officers

Saturday, September 17th, 10:30 a.m.

The two Neighborhood Coordination Officers (NCO) who patrol Windsor Terrace (Sector A within the 72nd Precinct) will meet for a second time with Windsor Terrace residents.

The meeting will be held on Saturday, September 17th, at 10:30 a.m., in M.S. 88 (Peter Rouget), at 544 7th Avenue, between 18th and 19th streets. 

The NCOs serving Windsor Terrace, Police Officers Daniel McGrath and Wilfredo Montes, are interested in hearing about the concerns of Windsor Terrace residents. Concerns might include

• violent street crime,
• home burglaries,
• packages stolen from front porches,
• street safety (such as advocating for a crossing guard at Caton Avenue and the east side of Ocean Parkway), and
• whatever else is important to you.

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.

The meeting is open to the public; everyone is welcome and is encouraged to attend.

Phone numbers and e-mail addresses for the two officers:

• Danny McGrath: (917) 853-2601, daniel.mcgrath @ nypd.org
• Wilfredo Montes: (917) 912-0960, wilfredo.montes @ nypd.org

DECIDE HOW $1 MILLION OR MORE SHOULD BE SPENT IN YOUR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT

From our New York City Councilmember, Brad Lander:

It’s that time of the year again: our 6th cycle of Participatory Budgeting NYC (PBNYC) is about to kick off, and we need your help – and your ideas – to make this another fantastic year of grassroots democracy.

Last year over 67,000 people voted citywide, funding $38 million worth of projects in 28 districts around the city.

Here in our district you voted on $1.5 million worth of projects – including translation equipment in 5 public schools, bus countdown-clocks for the B67/B69, new laptop carts for a high school, new “mobile art studios,” and so much more.

If you’ve had a good experience with PBNYC in the past, we hope you’ll continue – and even increase – your involvement this year. 

Submit an idea to improve your neighborhood, help out at a neighborhood assembly, or join a delegate committee to see how these projects make it to the ballot, from start to finish. PBNYC only works because people like you step up and make it your own.

You can give your idea to improve your neighborhood, and learn about the many ways that you can get more involved at our upcoming PBNYC assemblies this fall.

Some of our assemblies will feature conversations focused on specific issue areas (per the descriptions below) but there will be room for general discussion at all of them.

Join us for one (or more, if you’re interested) of the following events:

PBNYC Assembly at Carroll Gardens Library

Focus on Arts and Education

Monday, September 19th

6:30 p.m.

396 Clinton St. (near Union St.), Brooklyn, NY

RSVP for the PBNYC Assembly at the Carroll Gardens Library here.

PBNYC Assembly at Park Slope Library

Focus on Streets & Transit, Parks, and the Environment

Thursday, September 22

6:30 p.m.

431 6^th Ave. (near 9^th St.), Brooklyn, NY

RSVP for the PBNYC Assembly at the Park Slope Library here.

For Kensington and Windsor Terrace:

PBNYC Assembly at PS 230

Wednesday, September 28

6:30 pm

1 Albemarle Rd (btw Dahill Rd. and McDonald Ave), Brooklyn, NY

RSVP for the PBNYC Assembly at PS 230 here.

We’re also collecting ideas online. If you can’t make it to one of our neighborhood assemblies, submit your PBNYC idea here.

Brad