NO F TRAIN FROM CHURCH AVE. TO CONEY ISLAND FOR SEVERAL WEEKENDS

Weekends through Monday, July 27th, from Fridays at 9:45 p.m. through Mondays at 1:00 a.m., due to the signal modernization project,

• F trains will not run between Church Avenue and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue.

• F trains will run between 179th Street and Church Avenue.

• Nearby D, N, and Q trains and local buses will provide alternate service between Church Avenue and Stillwell Avenue.

• For direct service between Manhattan/Downtown Brooklyn and Coney Island, take the D, N, or Q train instead.

• For West 8th Street-New York Aquarium, take the Q train instead.

Manhattan transfer stations:		Brooklyn transfer stations:
34 St-Herald Sq | and		Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr |
W 4 St | and		4 Av-9 St and
B'way-Lafayette St | and		Coney Island-Stillwell Av |

Station	Alternate service/nearby bus
Church Av |	B35 - Church Av at McDonald Av Connect with the at 9 Av or at Church Av
Ditmas Av	B35 - McDonald Av at Church Av Connect with the at 9 Av or the at Church Av B8 - McDonald Av at 18 Av Connect with the at Newkirk Plaza or the at 18 Av
18 Av	B8 - 18 Av at McDonald Av Connect with the at Newkirk Plaza or the at 18 Av
Avenue I	B11 - Avenue I at McDonald Av Connect with the at Avenue J or the at 50 St
Bay Pkwy	B6 - Bay Pkwy at McDonald Av Connect with the at Avenue J or the at Bay Pkwy
Avenue N	• Nearby Bay Pkwy station B9 - 60 St/Avenue N at McDonald Av Connect with the at Avenue M
Avenue P	B82 - Kings Hwy at McDonald Av Connect with the at Kings Hwy or the at Kings Hwy B9 - 60 St/Avenue N and McDonald Av Connect with the at Avenue M
Kings Hwy	• Nearby Kings Hwy station B82 - Kings Hwy at McDonald Av Connect with the at Kings Hwy or the at Kings Hwy
Avenue U	• Nearby Avenue station B3 - Avenue U at McDonald Av Connect with at Avenue U or the at Avenue U
Avenue X	• Nearby 86 St station B1 - Avenue X at McDonald Av/Shell Rd Connect with the at Ocean Pkwy Connect with the at 86 St B4 - Shell Rd at Bouck Ct/Avenue X Connect with the at 86 St
Neptune Av	• Nearby W 8 St station B68 - Neptune Av at W 6 St Connect with the at Coney Island or the at Ocean Pkwy
W 8 St
Coney Island-Stillwell Av

FREE ANTIBODY TESTING ON JUNE 5TH FOR ALL RESIDENTS IN KENSINGTON

Free COVID-19 Antibody Testing

Friday, June 5th, noon to 5:00 p.m.

Free COVID-19 antibody testing will be available in Kensington for all residents on Friday, June 5th, from noon to 5:00 p.m., at Kensington Plaza. You don't need an appointment. People will be tested on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Bring identification with you. If you have insurance, bring it with you. You will get services regardless of your status and your insurance.

Thank you to Mamnunul Haq, one of the organizers of the event, for providing the information for this blog post.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say this about antibody testing:

"Antibody tests check your blood by looking for antibodies, which can show if you had a past infection with the virus that causes COVID-19. 

Depending on when someone was infected and the timing of the test, the test may not find antibodies in someone with a current COVID-19 infection.

Antibody tests should not be used to diagnose COVID-19. To see if you are currently infected, you need a viral test. Viral tests identify the virus in samples from your respiratory system, such as swabs from the inside of your nose.

If you test positive or negative for COVID-19 on a viral or an antibody test, you still should take preventive measures to protect yourself and others. We do not know yet if people who recover from COVID-19 can get infected again. Scientists are working to understand this.

A positive test result shows you may have antibodies from an infection with the virus that causes COVID-19, or possibly from infection with a related virus from the same family of viruses (called coronavirus), such as one that causes the common cold.

We do not know yet if having antibodies to the virus that causes COVID-19 can protect someone from getting infected again or, if they do, how long this protection might last.

If you test negative, you may not have had COVID-19 before. Talk with your healthcare provider about your test result and the type of test you took to understand what your result means. You could still have a current infection."

For more information, go to the CDC page at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/testing/serology-overview.html.

Location
Kensington Plaza
at the intersection of Beverley Road, Church Avenue, and McDonald Avenue
Kensington, Brooklyn

SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, FREELANCERS, AND GIG WORKERS IN WINDSOR TERRACE AND SUNSET PARK: A SURVEY ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC

Community Board 7 understands that small business owners, freelancers, and gig workers in Windsor Terrace and Sunset Park have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. CB 7 is interested in learning how they've been affected and what needs to be done to help them recover.

Dear Neighbor:

As we continue to figure out how we move forward in unprecedented times, with so many uncertainties ahead of us, Community Board 7/Brooklyn is seeking your help in resolving problems and eliminating barriers to recovery and success for our entire community.

One area we are choosing to focus on is the impact the shutdown and economic crisis has had on our local businesses and their employees. We are hopeful that we can reach out to all of the businesses in our district so we can get a greater understanding of their issues and needs as we advocate for better policies for our neighborhood’s recovery.

 

This is where you can help. We are certainly reaching out through business organizations, social media and email, but we do not have the ability to reach everyone on our own.

So we are asking you to help with outreach to your local businesses, freelance and gig workers, people who have their own businesses, any business that you can think of, to ask them to complete a brief survey to help us better understand their issues and concerns.

 

Please share the following link with every business you can in our district. Currently, it is available in English and Spanish, but we hope to have it in Chinese soon.

Additionally, paper surveys will also be available next week through the office, but our preference is email.

If you or a business owner have any questions, please contact us at bk07@cb.nyc.gov

 

Sincerely,

Cesar Zuniga

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Cesar Zuniga
Chairperson

Community Board 7

City of New York 

4201 4th Avenue 

Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232

www.nyc.gov/BK07

Phone: 718-854-0003

ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING SUSPENSION IS BACK

UPDATE: The suspension has been extended to Sunday, June 21st.

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Alternate side of the street parking regulations will be suspended from Tuesday, May 26th, through Sunday, June 7th, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All other parking regulations will remain in effect.

Parking meter regulations are only suspended on these major legal holidays: New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY CHURCH'S RULES FOR ITS LIMITED REOPENING

Starting tomorrow (Tuesday, May 26th), Immaculate Heart of Mary Church will be open for private prayer every day from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with these rules:

• Only 10 people at a time will be permitted inside the church.
• You must wear a face mask.
• Do not touch the statues.
• The bathroom will be closed.
• Sanitize your hands frequently.
• Social Distancing is a must.

Mass will not be celebrated publicly and Communion will not be distributed.

These will be allowed:

• Personal and Private Prayer
• Funerals (Funeral Liturgy outside of Mass)
• Baptisms and Weddings require a meeting with a staff member and permission from The Chancery Office

Location
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
2805 Fort Hamilton Parkway
between E. 4th and E. 5th streets
Windsor Terrace - Kensington, Brooklyn
phone: (718) 871-1310
website: https://ihm-brooklyn.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IHMBKNY/