As the weather gets warmer, people are anxious to get out of the house — on Saturday afternoon, May 2nd, visitors gathered at the Carmine Carro Community Center, 3000 Fillmore Avenue, in Marine Park, for the first event of the spring/summer season. The Dancing into

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A sizeable crowd gathered at the corner of East 92nd Street and Conklin Avenue on Friday, May 1st, for the 2nd Annual Jane’s Walk — a global festival of volunteer-led community tours, in partnership with the Canarsie Merchant’s Association and the Canarsie Historical Society. Current

Marine Park Alliance (MPA) has been awarded a $75,000 grant through the Hudson River Foundation’s (HRF) “Advancing Habitat Restoration with Community” initiative to develop a community-driven restoration framework for Marine Park. According to the April 30th award announcement, the project will guide future restoration of

Under a chilly spring sky, dozens gathered on Sunday morning, April 19th, at Holocaust Memorial Park, at West End Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, for the annual “March of the Living: Walk to Remember,” a solemn and powerful tribute marking Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). Participants,

Liberty Hall Cathedral of Praise, located at 1387 East 96th Street, was packed with clergy leaders and other guests who attended the 3rd annual Prayer Breakfast, hosted by Consuming Fire Ministries International Inc. (CFMII), on Saturday, April 25th. The prayers offered were as liberal as

The cafeteria at I.S. 68 Isaac Bildersee, located at 956 East 82nd Street, was all abuzz on the evening of Friday, April 17th, with families, students and teachers who got together and welcomed spring with a Multicultural Celebration and Community School Forum that showcased their

Sixty-five years ago, on the Canarsie Courier’s 40th anniversary, Walter S. Patrick, who, on April 22, 1921, established the Courier together with Lester J. Stillwell, returned to Canarsie to commemorate the occasion. He and his successors, Edward M. Herrschaft, Joseph B. Samitz and Robert M.

By Ira M. Kluger  Co-President, Canarsie Historical Society  Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Canarsie Courier’s 100th anniversary edition, which was published on April 22, 2021. On the occasion of the Canarsie Courier’s 91st anniversary, I prepared a history of Canarsie’s early newspapers, which preceded the

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In an era where understanding the fine print of the law can change the trajectory of a life, the East Kings County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. stepped up on Saturday, March 21st, to bridge the gap between the courtroom and the

To celebrate cherry blossom season, the Marine Park Alliance (MPA), with support from Assemblywoman Jaime Williams, invited the community to gather under the trees in the grove located at East 36th Street and Avenue U, on Saturday afternoon, April 4th, for authentic and contemporary taiko

Triple Promise Academy, Bay Ridge’s premier performing arts school for kids and teens, is turning the world of theatre education upside down this spring! Founded in 2022 by Jill and Nicholas Hudson, Triple Promise Academy for the Performing Arts offers a plethora of classes and

Guy Zoda, aka “King Henry,” the on-field entertainer and community ambassador for the Brooklyn Cyclones baseball team, performed his magic show at the Gerritsen Beach Library, located at 2808 Gerritsen Avenue, on Thursday, March 26th. More than 75 children from P.S. 193 Gil Hodges, located