It’s no April Fool’s joke! Although it started as a rainy, dreary morning, by the time the 13th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade kicked off in Gerritsen Beach on Saturday, April 1st, the rain was tapering off. Some might say it’s the Luck of the Irish,

In honor of Women’s History Month, the Rosetta Gaston Neighborhood Senior Center, 460 Dumont Avenue, held its 28th Annual Women’s Day Celebration on Friday, March 31st. The party room was full of women who were excited to celebrate the event, as well as men who

Representatives from the Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit tackled questions involving quality of life issues at the March 28th meeting of the 69th Precinct Community Council, held at the Hebrew Educational Society, 9502 Seaview Avenue. Before taking questions from attendees, Deputy Commissioner of External Affairs Valerie

It’s not every day you see a cow running around on Avenue L, but that was the unusual scene near East 96th Street on Tuesday, March 21st when a young black calf, about 4 months old, managed to escape from a van belonging to a

Board members voted against a proposal to co-name a section of Utica Avenue to “Guyana Avenue” at the March 15th meeting of Community Board 18 (CB18). At the February 15th meeting, a vote on the proposed co-naming of Utica Avenue, from Eastern Parkway to Avenue

The Brooklyn Public Library wants to encourage Brooklyn teenagers to visit and utilize their local libraries, so it started the Teen Takeover program in several pilot locations, including the Canarsie Library, at 1580 Rockaway Parkway. Teen Takeover events are held after the library closes and