Public safety issues by a neighborhood playground were the hot topic at the 63rd Precinct Sector C (Flatlands/Mill Basin) Build the Block meeting held on Thursday, December 15th at Caribe Hall, 1914 Utica Avenue. Neighborhood Coordination Officer (NCO) James Saintil talked about the usual crimes

You could feel the holiday spirit in the crowded P.S. 233 Langston Hughes School auditorium as young students put on the First Annual Winter Wonderland Showcase, “A Kids Christmas,” Friday evening, December 16th. The recital included performances by the P.S. 233 Rising Stars Steel Band

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! In the spirit of the season, Assemblywoman Jaime Williams and the Flatlands Civic Club, Inc. held a Community Holiday Lighting at the Fox Playground, on Avenue H and East 54th Street, on Tuesday, December 13th. Elected officials,

Several elected officials dropped by the final Mill Basin Civic Association meeting of 2022 on Tuesday, December 13th to apprise roughly 45 residents of recent issues, including state redistricting and an MTA proposal to reroute local bus lines. The meeting was held at Congregation Beit

When it comes to keeping spirits bright, you don’t have to travel all the way to New York City’s highfalutin Radio City Music Hall for a colorful and whimsical show! Kids in our local schools are ringing in the holidays with some truly amazing talent.

On Monday, December 12th, representatives from NYC Kids RISE (NYCKR), the Mayor’s Office of Equity, Department of Education, Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative, Brooklyn Community Foundation (BCF) and the Gray Foundation convened at P.S. 276 The Louis Marshall School, located at 1070 East 83rd Street, to

On Friday night, December 16th members of the Kings Plaza Canarsie Kiwanis Club and Millennium Development held their Winter Wonderland event at the Carmine Carro Community Center in Marine Park, located at 3000 Fillmore Avenue. Kids were greeted with a holiday movie, The Grinch, on a big

With the nights drawing in, the temperature dropping, and holiday plans already being finalized, it’s the time of year when many of us just want to hibernate. Getting out and about in the blistering cold might be the last thing on your agenda, but there’s

A rainbow of diversity filled the room on Sunday night, December 11th as hundreds of guests dressed in colorful and festive attire gathered to celebrate a decade of building bridges between their communities at the Unity in Action 10th Anniversary Gala held at The Bridge

The 69th Precinct Clergy Council has a lot to be thankful for over the past year. They celebrated the year’s accomplishments, while looking forward to a safer New Year and stronger bonds with the NYPD and the community, at the Council’s End of Year Report &

Students from nearby P.S. 119 brought their best artists, decorators, singers and dancers to Amersfort Park on Friday, December 9th to join in on the community holiday lighting event near the gazebo located on East 38th Street and Avenue I.    There was hot chocolate

The last thing Breukelen Houses tenant Wendy McClarin expected to find in her Canarsie kitchen was a creature whose home is normally a cave or desert – maybe even the attic of a house located deep in Upstate New York. “One day in October, I

Members of Community District Education Council 22 (CEC 22) met virtually on Tuesday evening, December 6th via Zoom for the much-anticipated presentation of the proposed 5-Year Capital Plan (2020-2024) given by Yvette Knight of the School Construction Authority (SCA). The SCA performs major capital improvement

Firefighters battled an all hands house fire in a three-story brick home in Canarsie on Thursday, December 8th. Units arrived at the attached private residence located at 982 East 88th Street, off the corner of Avenue J, around 9 a.m., where there was heavy fire