Category: Community

Neighborhood enhancement through community development. Community Development efforts include community mobilizing and organizing for resident associations within existing and newly constructed developments and creating annual community-based events to increase exposure to arts, culture, and healthy living initiatives. Events include the East Brooklyn 5K Run/Walk; Outdoor Movies@Gateway; and the Outdoor Jazz@Gateway.

  • Penguin Party!

    Sat., December 7, 2019. 11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. New Lots Library, 665 New Lots Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11207 – See directions. Books geared from birth to 5th-grade children. For more information call East New York Reads at (212) 620-5462 ext. 122

  • Census 2020 Job Fair

    Census 2020 Job Fair

    Monday, December 16, 2019, 2 – 5 pm, Apply on-site for Census Jobs.1159 Elton St., Brooklyn, NY 11239 – Get Directions. If you have already applied, come see where you are on the list.Call (718) 676-5920 for more information.Help make sure our community gets counted!Census count determines funding for daycare, schools, senior centers, and other…

  • Holiday Celebration!

    Holiday Celebration!

    Join BMS and East New York Restoration, Friday, December 20, 2019, 2 – 5 pm, BMS650 Ashford Street,Brooklyn, NY 11207 Across from the New Lots Train Station (3)See map/directions

  • NYC BLAC for Census 2020:

    NYC BLAC for Census 2020:

    Black Activist Summit, Weds., December 18, 20196 – 8 pm All Souls Episcopal Church 88 St. Nicholas Avenue (@ 114th St.)Harlem, NY 2,3 or A,B,C to 116th St. — map/directions Each year, the federal government uses census count data to determine how to spend nearly $800 billion dollars. Your community’s census count data determines how…

  • Daughters of the Dust

    Daughters of the Dust

    January 7, 2020, 6 – 7:30 pm, New Lots Library, 665 New Lots Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207 map/directions A film by Julie Dash about Gullah culture in 1902 South Carolina. At the dawn of the 20th century, a family in the Gullah community of coastal South Carolina — former West African slaves who adopted many…

  • Green Basket Ceremony

    Green Basket Ceremony

    Friday, November 15, 2019, at 4 pm. At:Pennsylvania Ave. 2,3,4 Station (map) & Livonia Ave. L train station (map) Join us–we are presenting new green waste bins along the Pennsylvania Avenue corridor between the Pennsylvania Ave. train station and the Livonia Avenue train station. Recycling literature/ Giveaways (Green champs) There will be a Ribbon cutting,…

  • Census 2020 Job Fair

    Census 2020 Job Fair

    Mondays, November 25 and December 16, 2019, 2 – 5 pm, Apply on-site for Census Jobs.1159 Elton St., Brooklyn, NY 11239 – Get Directions If you have already applied, come see where you are on the list.Call (718) 676-5920 for more information.Help make sure our community gets counted!Census count determines funding for daycare, schools, senior…

  • Get a Job With the 2020 Census

    Get a Job With the 2020 Census

    Spread the word and come out on Monday, October 21, 2019, at the New Lots Library.  Census 2020 is crucial for our communities to make sure we get counted and get our share of funding for day care, health care, housing and transportation. You can be part of talking to your neighbors to get us all…

  • The Power of Pink Event

    The Power of Pink Event

    Sat., October 19, 2019, from 10am – 3pm. Join us at Brooklyn Sports Club as we work to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness. We will have activities, games and raffles with prizes, and group classes including: YOGA CLASS at 10 amZUMBA CLASS at 12 noon Our suggested donation for all members and guests to…