The Brooklyn Chinese-American Association will be organizing its annual Chinese New Year parade this Sunday, February 21. It will begin with a cultural performance at 8th Avenue and 50th Street from 11am-1pm. Then, the parade goes down 8th Avenue to 60th Street from 1pm-2:30pm.
Lots and lots of pictures from the 2009 celebration here.
Happy Presidents’ Day everyone! Hopefully you’re able to stay at home from work today. Not just because off-days are fun, but because the MTA is catching up from weekend service work that was canceled in advance of last week’s storm by working through the entire three-day weekend.
The Bally Bunion Bar on 95th Street in Bay Ridge will be playing host to the Ridge’s popular two-headed cover band, Head Over Heels and the Southern Comfort Band. From the Southern Comfort web site:
HEAD OVER HEELS was started almost 30 years ago. It has evolved into The Southern Comfort Band (a.k.a. Head Over the Hill). HEAD OVER HEELS has evolved into a premier PARTY and WEDDING Band. The Southern Comfort Band (a.k.a. Head Over The Hill) is a way for us to play the music that started it all. We are now taking it back to where it all started. In the South. (South Brooklyn) Together, we are Bay Ridge’s longest running Band.
The fun starts tonight at 10pm.
It happened it South Brooklyn this week:
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Thursday, February 11, 2010: Schools will reopen. Alternate-side parking rules will be suspended, but meters will be in effect.
There is little that can be said about the January 30th blaze under the 86th Street el that hasn’t already been said. Quite simply, the man once thought to be a hero for saving a two-year old from the fire was the man who started it in the first place out of thoughtless, drunken anger. The languages of the world only have so many words for “heartbreaking” and “tragic” – we’re using them all up trying to describe what happened here.
Here’s a part of the story that I think needs a little more attention (from Feet In Two Worlds):
The fire that killed five Guatemalan immigrants last Saturday when it ravaged a building in the Brooklyn immigrant neighborhood of Bensonhurst has laid bare many of the features of the life of the undocumented in the U.S. It has shown what it means to be incapable of going back home, even after the saddest of family tragedies, and also how a deportation does not always mean permanent removal from this country.
Councilman Domenic Recchia has set up a victims fund in conjunction with the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty.
These families lost everything they had. Many of them have only the clothes on their backs, and they need our help. New Yorkers consistently show a charitable spirit when tragedy strikes. We need that charitable spirit right now. I am asking New Yorkers to dig deep into their pockets and help however they can.
Checks should be made out to “Bensonhurst Fire Victims Fund c/o Met Council” and sent to:
Bensonhurst Fire Victims Fund
c/o Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty
80 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038
The New York City Community Boards – the 50 member panels forming the hyper-local level of city government – are accepting applications until Monday, February 22. For nearly half a century, the Boards have served as a go-to resource for residents who need help from the city government, and they also serve an advisory role to city decision-making including land use, zoning, and project funding. Though many of their functions have recently been duplicated by the launch of the citywide 311 system, advocates around the city continue to laud local community boards for their personal, human service and their role as the first line of community advocacy – while the 311 system is mired in criticism.
Last week, Sheepshead Bites teamed up with BK Southie to pick the mind of Theresa Scavo, the Chairperson of Board 15 (Sheepshead Bay, Gerritsen Beach, and Manhattan Beach). We discussed the importance of the Boards to the communities they serve, the benefits of community service, and where Boards need to be strengthened. Scavo has been a member of Community Board 15 since the 1990s, and has been the Chair since 2006, a run she described as “sometimes weird but always rewarding.”
If you don’t know what Community Boards are, or you’re interested in getting involved in your community’s future, this interview is the place to start.
QUESTIONS:
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It’s the day-late edition of the blogwrap! It’s going to be another busy week for me on the homefront. I’m already behind schedule. Damn it, these rooms aren’t painting themselves!
Informed sources say that the new projected opening date for the 69th St Key Food is Sunday Feb 28.
They didn’t say which year
We at BK Southie have been running at half-speed this week. Personally, I am gearing up for a very busy weekend with no Internet access. I know we’re missing some noteworthy stories this week… I promise I will get caught up on some of these stories early next week.
That didn’t take long – the ink was barely dry on my story about the naming rights on the Cyclones stadium, and the team totally ignored my suggestions and sold the naming rights to a credit union. Not a bank, a credit union. The Chases and the Future Chases of the world are reported to be “disappointed.”
The Municipal Credit Union – the City’s largest credit union – will be picking up the tab that Keyspan Energy/National Grid is leaving behind, and the stadium will become MCU Park. The Brooklyn Paper reports:
“MCU and the Cyclones are a great fit,” said Cyclones General Manager Steve Cohen. “All of their members are workers like firefighters and cops — and that really matches our fan base.”
Later, he added, “Hey, at least we’re not selling out to TARPBank like the parent club, right?” (No, I’m kidding, he didn’t really say that.)
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