CRIME PREVENTION OFFICER FROM 66TH PRECINCT WILL SPEAK IN KENSINGTON

Albemarle Neighborhood Association Meeting

Thursday, April 14th, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Thomas Kukla, Crime Prevention Officer at the 66th Police Precinct, will be the guest speaker at the April meeting of the Albemarle Neighborhood Association (ANA). Officer Kukla will discuss issues of interest and importance to our neighborhood.

Members of ANA as well as non-members are welcome to attend all ANA meetings. Admission is free to this and all other ANA monthly meetings. 

Light refreshments will be provided (free) by Foodtown and ANA.

Meeting location
Flatbush and Shaare Torah Jewish Center
327 E. 5th Street 
corner of Church Avenue 
Kensington, Brooklyn 

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 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:

• north: the north side of Caton Avenue
• south: the south side of Beverley Road
• west: the west side of McDonald Avenue 
• east: 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.

LEGO AT LARK: JAPANESE GARDEN AND MINECRAFT

Lego at Lark: Japanese Garden and Minecraft

Saturdays, noon to 1:30 p.m.

Drop-off Lego classes at Lark are back, taught again by Eleanor Rodgers. The classes are for kids aged 4 to 8, and the number of spaces for 4-year-olds is limited. 

Japanese Garden

(loosely based on Brooklyn Botanical Garden)

Saturdays, April 9th and 16th, noon to 1:30 p.m.

The building project will include a cherry blossom tree esplanade, a pagoda, a zen rock garden, a tori (ceremonial archway), and a lake with turtles, stepping stones, and ornamental arched bridges.

Lego Minecraft
Saturdays, May 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th, noon to 1:30 p.m.

The class starts in the forest biome where Steve (or Alex) starts out to explore the Minecraft world. Along the way, s/he’ll build their own house, encounter animals (building the wolves, sheep, pigs, chickens and cows) and other MOBs (villager, creeper, spider), go mining (building a mine, minecart, and tracks), and teleport through portals to the nether.

If most of the above doesn’t make sense to you because your Lego-lover doesn’t play Minecraft, don’t worry--it’s still a fun class for those with only a passing familiarity with Minecraft. In essence, we build a forest, houses, farms, a mine, and a big underground cave full of lava.

Price:
Japanese Garden, 2 weeks, $50
Lego Minecraft, 4 weeks, $95
Sign up for both classes, $140
Sign up for single classes, $25 per class

To sign up, send an e-mail to Eleanor Rodgers at rodgers_eleanor @ hotmail.com.

Location
Lark Cafe
1007 Church Avenue
between E. 10th Street and Stratford Road
Ditmas Park, Brooklyn 
(718) 469-0140
e-mail: info @ larkcafe . com
website:  http://www.larkcafe.com 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/LARK/280529368626056

                                                --Text provided by Eleanor Rodgers

MUSICAL OPEN HOUSE

Pop-up Open House at EzraGuitar

Saturday, April 9th, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

• musical storytime
• family concert
• group guitar lessons for kids
• private guitar lessons for adults 

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

 

FLEA MARKET AND SEEDLINGS SALE

Spring Flea Market

Saturday, April 16th, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 17th, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

Coming soon to a sidewalk near you! On Saturday, April 16th, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Sunday, April 17th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., stop by the East Fourth Street Community Garden's Spring Flea Market--right outside the garden's gates.

You’ll find a great selection of household goods to choose from, including books, toys, clothing, and beauty products. And if you’ve skipped breakfast or lunch, there will be an assortment of baked goods to buy.

This year, the garden is pleased to offer flats of gorgeous seedlings—including flowers, herbs, and vegetables—for your spring planting.

A free children’s activity is planned for Saturday, April 16th, from 10:00 a.m. to noon, inside the garden gates. The craft will be the decorating and planting of mini-gardens for your budding urban farmer to take home.

All flea market proceeds will go to meet the garden's expenses and will help fund this year’s roster of expanded event programming, which will feature a diverse range of concerts, educational and culinary workshops, and readings, to be held at the garden as the season progresses.

The garden is on East Fourth Street, between Caton Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway, in the Windsor Terrace-Kensington section of Brooklyn.

GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SALE -- AN ADDITIONAL LOCATION AND A RESCHEDULED DAY

UPDATE: The cookie sale at the East Second Street Stoop Sale has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 23rd, from 10:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Girl Scout cookies will be sold at these three fairly-nearby locations: the East 2nd Street Stoop Sale, in front of Thai Tony's, and in front of P.S. 10.

Saturday, April 9th, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
East Second Street Stoop Sale
107 E. 2nd Street
between Fort Hamilton Parkway and Greenwood Avenue
Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

Sunday, April 17th, noon to 3:00 p.m.
Thai Tony's
3019 Fort Hamilton Parkway
between E. 2nd and E. 3rd streets
Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

http://thaitonys.com/

Friday, May 6th, 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
P.S. 10 

511 7th Avenue
between 17th Street and Prospect Avenue
Park Slope, Brooklyn

http://ps10.org/

 

These seven types of cookies will be sold:

• Samoas -- caramel and toasted coconut-covered
• Thin Mints (vegan) -- round, mint-flavored cookies with a delicious chocolaty coating
• Trefoils -- shortbread
• Tagalongs -- a layer of peanut butter with a rich chocolaty coating
• Do-si-dos -- sandwich cookies with crisp and crunchy oatmeal on the outside and creamy peanut butter inside
• Savannah Smiles -- zesty, lemon-flavored cookies dusted with powdered sugar
• Rah-Rah Raisins -- hearty oatmeal cookies packed with plump raisins and Greek yogurt-flavored chunks

The cookies sell for $4.00 per box.

Consult the Food Allergens Guide to see which ingredients in each cookie might cause an allergic reaction.

See a list of additional sale locations by entering your zip code here.

"Q TRAIN" QUEER PARTY ON CORTELYOU ROAD

 Q Train 

Thursday, April 7th, 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. 

Ditmas Park's only queer party

in Brooklyn's only combination bar and flower shop

 on the first Thursday of every month 

No cover charge.

 Ariel Speedwagon hosts Bingo at 8:00 p.m.

DJ GoGo Gadget spins music at 10:00 p.m.
  late-night performance by Ariel Italic at 11:00 p.m.

 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

KIDS KNITTING WORKSHOP

                                       Kids Knitting 101
                      Saturday, April 9th, 10:00 a.m. to noon

Introduce your child to knitting at this hands-on workshop for children ages 8 to 12. The workshop is for absolute beginners. Four to six children will be in the group.

The cost of the workshop is $65; materials are included. That includes yarn, needles, a beginning pattern for a scarf, and links to video tutorials. Get 30% off the cost by registering for the workshop online and using the code EmilyM@FY4CW1.

Emily Louick, a member of the Etsy New York Team and Brooklyn Knit and Crochet Guild, is the teacher. See examples of her work on Etsy.

Send her an e-mail at info @ slopegirlknits.com if you want more information.

The workshop will be held at Founders Workspace, a brand-new co-working space in Windsor Terrace.

Founders Workspace
553 Prospect Avenue
between 10th Avenue (John P. Devaney Boulevard) and 11th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
http://foundersworkspace.com
https://www.facebook.com/foundersworkspace

JEWISH/HEBREW ENRICHMENT NEEDS SURVEY

Flatbush Jewish Center's online "Survey of Jewish/Hebrew Enrichment Needs in Kensington, Brooklyn" will be used to assess the need for Jewish and Hebrew enrichment for area children. Input from parents will help the synagogue build a program to meet the needs of as many families as possible.

On the survey form,

• give the age of your child/children,
• describe her/his/their Jewish learning background, skills, and what to improve on,
• rank the importance of various categories of knowledge,
• choose the days and frequency that you would like the instruction to be held, and
• provide your name and e-mail address.

Flatbush Jewish Center is at 327 E. 5th Street, at the corner of Church Avenue, in Kensington.

phone: (718) 871-5200
fax: (718) 871-5204 
e-mail: fandstjc  @  verizon.net
http://www.flatbushjewishcenter.org
https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushJewishCenter

OLDER MAN NAMED AS SUSPECT IN ATTACKS ON OLDER WOMEN

The NYPD is searching for 64-year-old Clarence Jones as a suspect in several armed robberies and assaults. The victims are women who range in age from their 70s to the 90s as well as a 43-year-old man. The perpetrator either hit, choked, or pistol-whipped them and robbed them on all but one occasion.

The attacker was armed at various times with a gun, a knife, and a box-cutter.

The attack in our neighborhood occurred on Ocean Parkway near Beverley Road on Saturday, March 26th. It happened in the daytime, just like the other crimes.

Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said "Jones has 19 prior arrests and spent 14 years in prison for the exact same crime."

The suspect is dark-skinned, has gray hair, is 5'8" tall, and weighs about 202 pounds.

Whoever has information that might help the NYPD can call NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 577-TIPS, or submit a tip through the Crime Stoppers website, or text a tip to CRIMES (274637) and then entering TIP577. All calls are kept confidential.

MUSIC FESTIVAL AT P.S.130

For Immediate Release, April 1, 2016

Kim Smith PR || 917 349 8090 || ksmithpr@earthlink.net

 2nd Annual Music Festival to be at P.S. 130

new Upper School building at 713 Caton Avenue

on Friday, April 15, 2016, at 6:30 p.m.

Musical styles ranging from Appalachian to Latin folk,

traditional Bengali song to blues, and Brazilian jazz to classic rock

Featuring parent performers in a true musical celebration of

our diverse neighborhood and school community

**this event is free, with donations graciously accepted to benefit

P.S. 130 PTA music and arts programming**

On Friday, April 15, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., the P.S. 130 PTA will present their 2nd Annual Music Festival. This concert will feature parent performers representing the cultural diversity of our community.

Admission is free for all! The program will be family-friendly, and it will be presented in the beautiful, multi-use Auditorium in the school’s new 713 Caton Avenue Upper School building.

With musical styles ranging from Appalachian to Latin folk, traditional Bengali song to blues, and Brazilian jazz to classic rock, the P.S. 130 Music Festival will be a musical celebration of our diverse neighborhood and school community.

The line-up will feature P.S. 130 parent performers, both professional and amateur musicians, including: Angi Aramburu, Eli Barua, Debbie Deane, Charles DeWeese, Carolyn Gruber, Paul LaPlaca, Victoria Lavington, Larry May, Sue May, Jill Montagna, John Montagna, Robby O'Sullivan, Bennett Paster, Don Rodríguez Gómez Rosa, Deidre Rodman Struck, Eleanor Taylor, Jim Whitney, and Eldad Zvulun, plus guest drummer Eric Halvorson.

About P.S. 130

P.S. 130 is a public elementary school serving over 700 students in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn. Their students come from dozens of countries, speak over 22 languages, and embody a myriad of ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds. More than 90 percent of their students qualify for free lunch under the federal Title I program. It is the most ethnically and racially diverse school in Brooklyn’s District 15.

The PS 130 PTA Music Committee supports music education at the school and brings visiting artists directly into classrooms. This year’s roster of visiting high-profile teaching artists includes JD Allen, Jaimeo Brown, Martha Redbone and Min Xiao-Fen, plus presentations by parent members of the committee.

P.S. 130 remains dedicated to keeping music in the classroom as an essential part of its mission. The school added a second music teacher to our faculty this year. All students receive general music instruction, including 3 years of keyboard study; electives include guitar club and band. The new Upper School building also includes a music suite with a band room and 2 practice rooms. To equip these rooms, the school received 3 new pianos and a complete collection of new band and rhythm section instruments from the Department of Education.

Admission is free to all, but donations to the P.S. 130 PTA will be graciously accepted. These funds will support the work of the PTA, including their music and arts programs.

Friday, April 15th

6:30 p.m.

P.S. 130 Upper School Auditorium

713 Caton Avenue, between E. 7th and E. 8th streets
Windsor Terrace - Kensington

Admission free; all donations benefit the P.S. 130 PTA.

Open to the public.

www.ps130pta.org

info @ ps130pta.org
@ps130PTA

SOUL FOOD RESTAURANT WILL OPEN ON SATURDAY

The Grand Opening of Butterfunk Kitchen is this Saturday. Reservations are not required. Read an article about the restaurant in DNAinfo.

Thursday nights will feature live blues, performed by Tom Larsen.

Husband-and-wife owners Chris Scott (the chef) and Eugenie Woo also own Brooklyn Commune, located next door to Butterfunk Kitchen.

Hours:
Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday: 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, 5:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Mondays: closed

Butterfunk Kitchen
1295 Prospect Avenue, near Greenwood Avenue 
(917) 909-0421
https://www.facebook.com/butterfunkkitchen
https://www.instagram.com/butterfunkkitchen
http://butterfunkkitchen.com

BANGLA-LANGUAGE FLYER: DISCOVER THE NEW AVENUE C PLAZA: A ONE-DAY PLAZA EVENT

DESCUBRE LA NUEVA PLAZA DE AVE C: UNA "PLAZA POR UN DIA"

DISCOVER THE NEW AVENUE C PLAZA: A ONE-DAY PLAZA EVENT

Performance/Dance Schedule

1pm-1:45pm - The Bond Street Theatre‘s Shinbone Alley Stilt Band. Strut from Avenue C Plaza to Kensington Plaza and back, ending at Avenue C Plaza

1:50pm-2:05pm - Opening Remarks New York City Councilmember Brad Lander, The Kensington Stewards, and others in Bengali and Spanish

2:10-2:35pm - The Famous Accordion Orchestra, led by composer/accordionist Bob Goldberg

240-2:45pm - BIPA (Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts) Performance 1 (Split for Costume Change)

2:55-3:20pm - Feringhees, a Bangladeshi-American Rock Band

3:20-3:25pm - BIPA Performance 2

3:30-4:05pm - Contemporary Variety music (not live)

●      The Singing Winds, Storytelling by Jill Reinier

4:10-4:25pm - " A Dancer's Day," Dance-Cardio Fitness Class by Taseen Ferdous

4:30-5:00pm - Dance Party with Ritmosis, an Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz band.  Taseen Ferdous will encourage participants to dance.

Other Activities

2:30pm-5pm

●      Uni-Project Pop-Up Mobile Reading Room

●      “Energetic Painting” by  Diana Sanzone

●      Plant Workshop & Giveaway by Sue Braverman

●      Cynthia’s Arts & Crafts by Cynthia Fortozo

●      Participatory Budgeting Voting Location

●      Info Table with DOT Street Ambassadors

Grants from The Scherman Foundation to The Horticultural Society of New York’s Neighborhood Plaza Partnership program are partially funding the April 3 program.

The Kensington Stewards are a Project of the Open Space Institute, Inc.

SIP INTO SPRING GALA AUCTION FOR P.S. 230

Sip into Spring Gala Auction

Saturday, April 16th, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Each spring, the P.S. 230 PTA hosts the annual "Sip Into Spring." The proceeds from Sip into Spring go directly toward supporting the various arts residencies at P.S. 230.

To raise funds for these programs, the public is invited to participate in the school's biggest event of the year. Enjoy music, dancing, BBQ bites, and drinks.

Brooklyn jazz musician Brian Newman will perform. Brian is a trumpet player, a singer, and Lady Gaga's jazz bandleader.

Ticket prices (purchase tickets online here)

• General: $55.00 per person
• Sponsor: $125.00 per person. The price will help offset the cost of the teacher/staff tickets. It includes raffle tickets worth $30, which will be available at the event.
• Teacher/Staff: $30.00 per person
• In Spirit: $10.00 minimum. For those who are unable to attend but want to make a contribution.

Event location
Hill Country Barbecue Market
345 Adams Street in Downtown Brooklyn (map)

NATURAL GAS SMELL RETURNS TOMORROW

 

The smell of natural gas may be noticeable in the vicinity of Cortelyou Road and Rugby Road tomorrow--Thursday, 31st--starting between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. The duration will be approximately one hour. During the hour, National Grid will be performing gas system upgrades.

 

MAN WANTED FOR ATTACKING WOMEN IN KENSINGTON, PARK SLOPE, AND ELSEWHERE

The man in the video and on the wanted poster is suspected of attacking at least five women--four of them in their 70s and up--in separate incidents in several neighborhoods. The most recent attack was on an 84-year-old woman at Ocean Parkway and Beverley Road on Saturday. 

He is armed. He is described as in his 40s to 60s, about 5-feet-11-inches tall, and weighing 250 pounds. He wore a dark hoodie, a black jacket, a black wool cap, black gloves, dark shoes, and light pants,

Anyone with information on the robberies should call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477); for Spanish, call 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

USING SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION EQUIPMENT TO BENEFIT LOCAL PARENTS AND STUDENTS

Submitted by a delegate on the Participatory Budgeting Education Committee:

A friendly reminder that the annual Participatory Budgeting vote is upon us. We get to choose how our City Councilmember, Brad Lander, will spend $1.5 million of his budget.

There are MANY worthy capital projects (you get to choose up to five), but I want to make a pitch for the expense fund project I’ve been working on on behalf of P.S. 130 and several other diverse, multi-lingual schools in City Council District 39 (which includes much of school district 15 and some of district 20).

Our local schools need your vote for the Translation Equipment for Multi-Lingual Schools project. This will provide transmitters and head sets for P.S. 130, P.S. 131, P.S. 179, P.S. 230, and M.S. 839 so that translators can provide simultaneous translation, making meetings and school events accessible for non-English speakers.

We encourage everyone in our community to get out and vote for this project.

All residents of New York City Council District 39 (much of school district 15 and some of district 20) who are age 14+ are eligible to vote, regardless of immigration status. All you need to bring to a voting location is an ID, a utility bill, or some other document that states your name and address.

A full list of voting locations is at http://bradlander.nyc/where-to-in-participatory-budgeting.

Closest voting locations:
Saturday, April 2nd, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Windsor Terrace Library
160 East 5th Street at Fort Hamilton Parkway 

Sunday, April 3rd, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
P.S. 230 Upper School
1 Albemarle Road at McDonald Avenue

More info about Participatory Budgeting is at http://bradlander.nyc/PB. Our project is listed on the expense fund ballot, along with five others, at http://bradlander.nyc/pbnyc-2016-expense-ballot.

People can vote for up to three of the six expense projects, in addition to five of the capital projects described at http://bradlander.nyc/2016-pbnyc-ballot.

MAKE DOGGIE DREAMS COME TRUE: VOTE FOR A DOG RUN IN THE PROSPECT PARK PARADE GROUND

A dog run at the Prospect Park Parade Grounds is on the ballot for Participatory Budgeting in Brooklyn Districts 39 and 40. We need your vote! The time has come for action: We need your vote for Participatory Budgeting! We are in the home stretch, and the dog run in Prospect Park Parade Ground can soon be a reality. Councilmembers Brad Lander of District 39 and Mathieu Eugene of District 40 have included our dog run proposal on the ballot for this year's Participatory Budgeting (PBNYC), leaving the decision of funding up to the people of their districts. The PBNYC process gives New Yorkers the power to decide how to spend tax dollars in our neighborhoods. Voting begins this Monday! PBNYC week kicks off on Saturday, March 26th, with voting in Districts 39 and 40 starting on Monday, March 28th, and running through Sunday, April 3rd. Any resident of the neighborhood, age 14 and up, has five votes to use toward any project on the ballot. We have made so much progress since our early stages as an association. We hope to get the votes we need to finally bring a dog run to the neighborhood. Please go out and vote and thank you for spreading the word to your neighbors! Polling times and locations are listed below. Vote in District 39 District 39 is represented by Councilmember Brad Lander and includes the neighborhoods of Windsor Terrace, Kensington, Park Slope, Boro Park, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Columbia Waterfront, and Gowanus. Monday, March 28 - Friday, April 1, 10am-5pm Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St. (at Court St) Tuesday, March 29, 6:30-8:30pm Project Expo and Vote Kick Off at Park Slope Library, 431 6th Avenue, between 8th St. and 9th St. Wednesday, March 30 – Thursday, March 31, 8am-7pm Councilmember Lander's District Office, 456 5th Avenue (3rd Floor), between 9th St. and 10 St.   Thursday, March 31, 2:30-7:30pm  Borough Park Library, 1265 43rd St at 13th Ave Saturday, April 2, 10am-6pm Carroll Gardens Library, 396 Clinton St at Union St The Old Stone House At Washington Park, Between 3rd and 4th St. and 4th and 5th Ave. Windsor Terrace Library, 160 East 5th St at Ft. Hamilton Pkwy Sunday, April 3, 10 am-6pm Carroll Park House, Smith St between President and Carroll Streets Park Slope Armory, 361 15th St between 7th and 8th Ave PS 230 Upper School, 1 Albemarle Rd at McDonald Ave Post submitted by the Kensington Dog Run Association.Please vote for the dog run!  Vote in District 40 District 40 is represented by Councilmember Mathieu Eugene and includes the neighborhoods of Kensington, Flatbush, Prospect-Lefferts, Ditmas Park, East Flatbush, and parts of Crown Heights. Monday, March 28 - Friday, April 1, 10am-5 pm Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St. (at Court St) Tuesday, March 29, 5:30-8:30pm PS 245, 249 E. 17th Street Wednesday, March 30, 11am-5pm Flatbush Library, 22 Linden Blvd Thursday, March 31, 10am-6pm 123 Linden Blvd Friday, April 1, 11am-4pm Crown Heights Library, 560 New York Ave Saturday, April 2, 12pm-4pm Cortelyou Library, 1305 Cortelyou Rd. Sunday, April 3, 11am-2pm Prospect Park (Inside Lincoln Road Entrance) Copyright © 2016 Kensington Dog Run Association, All rights reserved.