Residents of Brooklyn and Queens are up in arms, after learning that state government intends to construct and operate temporary shelters for illegal immigrants at Floyd Bennett Field (FBF) in coming weeks. Those who attended the May 16th meeting of the Marine Park Community Association

The NYPD and the Mayor’s Community Affairs units, with the help of the 63rd Precinct, hosted the first ever NYC Kids Festival Brooklyn in Marine Park on Monday, May 15th. Approximately 1,300 public school kids, including students from P.S. 276 and P.S. 115 in Canarsie, attended

For the fourth time since February, the Canarsie Library, 1580 Rockaway Parkway, was the scene of another Teen Takeover event. The program was instituted by the Brooklyn Public Library and funded by the office of the Mayor as a means of luring local teenagers into

On Saturday, May 13th, members of the Haitian community gathered in “Little Haiti,” at the corner of New York and Foster Avenues, to celebrate Haitian culture at the annual Haitian Culture Day Parade and Street Festival. The Month of May is a very important month

The rainy weather did not deter groups of expectant mothers and couples from attending a baby shower in their honor on Saturday, April 29th. The Beraca Community Development Corporation (BCDC), a not-for-profit organization partnering with Beraca Baptist Church, 9602 Flatlands Avenue, held a community baby

Councilwoman Mercedes Narcisse and environmental organization NYC H2O jointly held a cleanup event at Canarsie Park, located at the corner of Seaview and Remsen Avenues, on Saturday, May 13th. Members of NYC H2O and the Brooklyn Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB), volunteers and Narcisse’s Chief

The May 18th meeting of the Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association (MMHCA), held at the Carmine Carro Community Center in Marine Park, gave residents an opportunity to voice concerns and share community updates, as a scheduled Parent & Teen Workshop on Understanding Teen Dating Abuse was cancelled

The Marine Park Nature Center and a possible, unconfirmed migrant camp at Floyd Bennett Field (FBF) were the main topic of conversation at the May 16th meeting of the Marine Park Community Association (MPCA), held at the Carmine Carro Center, at 3000 Fillmore Avenue. MPCA

Visitors gathered on Sunday, May 14th, at the Salt Marsh Nature Center at Avenue U and East 33rd Street for a hike along the Salt Marsh Nature Trail to observe, from a safe distance, ospreys in their habitat. Urban Park Rangers Melo and Chow guided

May 12th was another fun day for pre-K and 3-K students at P.S. 115 Daniel Mucatel School, 1500 East 92nd Street. In celebration of Mother’s Day, the staff hosted a Muffins With Mom event which involved the participation of the students and their “special ladies.”

On May 3rd, The Vandalia Older Adult Center, at 47 Vandalia Avenue, hosted the final exhibition of a new Brooklyn Arts Council SU-CASA Art Program. This video art program collaborated with 15 older adult participants to create one-of-a-kind and hilarious parody videos – and they

It’s spring, and you know what that means – time to do some spring cleaning and dispose of old papers and unwanted, confidential documents! A Shredding Event held in the Avenue U Parking Lot of Marine Park on Saturday, May 6th made that all possible, thanks

Over 200 mothers of all ages, and young children, showed up for a pre-Mother’s Day outdoor extravaganza hosted by State Senator Roxanne J. Persaud (SD 19) on Saturday, May 6th, at 1222 East 96th Street. The main attraction was the giveaway of a wide array

Even in a community as tight-knit as Bergen Beach, there exists a major divide between those who love and care for the neighborhood feral cat population and those who view them as a nuisance and want them gone. With one cat confirmed dead and two