Amanda Salazar

The Salt Marsh Alliance, a nonprofit that hosts events and programming in the Marine Park Salt Marsh, hosted the Parks Department’s Director of Natural Areas Management Kip Stein, who spoke about restoration projects all over the salt marsh.

Following a rally at 2134 Coyle Street over a planned homeless shelter near the border of Sheepshead Bay and Marine Park, a large crowd gathered at the Carmine Carro Community Center, located at 3000 Fillmore Avenue, on Tuesday, March 18th.

The IHOP in Sheepshead Bay, located at 2951 Avenue U, is known for its comforting food and inviting atmosphere — but also for its community events. The restaurant hosted its most recent event, a fundraiser for P.S. 312 Bergen Beach, on Monday, March 10th. Between the hours of 3 and 10 p.m., 20% of all checks paid at the pancake joint were donated to the public school.

A giant light-up rainbow shines out of a pot of gold on a lush green lawn. A leprechaun dances a jig in the front bay window. Shamrocks adorn the façade of the house, mixing in with bright green lights. This is St. Patrick’s Day at Brooklyn’s Home for the Holidays, a private home in Georgetown adorned with decoration displays for every major holiday.

Happy guests shriek as they plummet down a 52-foot drop. Children excitedly interact with princesses and talking animals during a midday parade. Fireworks bloom in the sky every night, to an uplifting soundtrack that I passionately belt along to, even though I can’t sing.
This was my experience at work every day for nine months in the most magical place on Earth as an attractions staff member.

Councilwoman Farah Louis held a Town Hall at the Tuesday, February 25th Nieuw Amersfort Community Association (NACA) meeting to discuss quality of life issues in the neighborhood.

The deadline for the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy’s (JBRPC) annual Wetlands Fellowship application is fast approaching on Friday, March 7th.

Canarsie Community Development Inc. (CCDI) and the Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN) are beginning a three-phase project in Canarsie to study residents’ experiences with flooding and sinking and to, hopefully, identify some potential solutions.

The Tuesday, February 11th meeting of the Mill Basin Civic Association (MCBA) provided attendees with a rundown of community news, events and issues, featuring a number of speakers from political offices and local businesses.

It’s official: the fastest kid in Canarsie, 3rd-grader Benjamin Jerome Mack Cartwright, Jr., also known as BJ, can now also be called the fastest kid in the world, having won first place in the Millrose Games’ “Youth Boys’ (U-8) Fastest Kid in the World” 55-meter race.

Nearly a dozen developers and casino operators are looking to win a downstate casino license by the end of the year, but it’s unclear whether those winnings will economically benefit the communities surrounding those casinos.

The New York City Council’s Parks and Recreation Committee and Fire and Emergency Management Committee held a hearing about wildfires, at which Marine Park Alliance Executive Director Scott Middleton testified about southeast Brooklyn’s brush fires this past fall.

A giant wicker candy basket sits on the main lawn, overflowing with jumbo pieces of candy. Colorful light-up flowers popping up out of the soil in front of real bushes. And a massive “L-O-V-E” sign created out of PVC pipes and string lights. This is what the Valentine’s Day display looks like at Brooklyn’s Home for the Holidays, a private home in Georgetown that creates magical holiday displays for every major holiday.

The fastest kid in Canarsie has qualified for the “Youth Boys’ (U-8) Fastest Kid in the World” 55-meter race at Manhattan’s Millrose Games, an annual indoor track and field competition for all ages, to be held on February 6th through 8th at The Armory.

At the age of 70, Larry Silverstein, the founder and chairman of Silverstein Properties, fulfilled his lifelong dream of buying New York City’s tallest buildings, the twin towers. It was supposed to be his final big project before taking more time to spend with family.
Just seven weeks later, the towers were demolished and almost 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.