On Monday, November 7th, the 69th Precinct Clergy Council held its monthly Prayer Vigil on the corner of Rockaway Parkway and Glenwood Road, near the “L” train station. The group offered supplications for world peace and also for fair elections the following day. Clergy Council

Voter turnout at the General Election, held on Tuesday, November 8th, was high, as local voters cast their ballots, electing the first female Governor of New York, Kathy Hochul. Several incumbents were reelected, and four ballot proposals were overwhelmingly approved. Hochul beat Republican contender, Congressman

Assemblywoman Jaime Williams hosted the Second Annual Veterans Appreciation Day Celebration outside the Carmine Carro Community Center in Marine Park on Saturday, November 5th to honor local veterans. Community members and organizers gathered outside the center to watch Williams recognize seven veterans, who live within

For 50 years, Gateway National Recreation Area has provided New Yorkers with the national park experience, and on Saturday morning, New Yorkers honored its golden anniversary by participating in a cleanup. Organized by the National Park Service (NPS), the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy (JBRPC), Assemblywoman

Nieuw Amersfort Community Association (NACA) President Steve Yamin welcomed back area residents at a packed first general meeting, after an over two-year hiatus, on Tuesday, October 25th in the basement of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at 3913 Avenue J. After a moment of silence in memory

Subway crimes are soaring all over New York City. Plans to put more police officers on trains – and stay posted at various stations – are sporadic. However, due to the shortage of Transit Police citywide, precincts across the board are scrambling to assign their

Frustrated residents aired their concerns about the constant barrage of crimes that they perceived as happening after listening to the monthly crime report at the 63rd Precinct Community Council meeting held on Wednesday, October 26th at the John Malone Center. Commanding Officer Captain Rachael Kosak reported

When Martin Lewis Blumberg published his popular memoir, My Brooklyn, My Way, a collection of short stories and poems about growing up in Brownsville and Canarsie in the 1940s and 50s (see “Memoir Of Old Brooklyn a Hit,” Canarsie Courier, February 25, 2021), he hoped it would