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“We need the South Bronx Greenway. Demand that the Harlem River Rail Yards make it happen with NYCEDC. They lease OUR public land and need to provide access to the public for this important project! They want Fresh Direct and all that truck traffic in our high rate of asthma community. We need the greenway and more!”
Historic Districts Council Announces
2012 “Six to Celebrate,” Six NYC Neighborhoods Meriting Preservation
The Port Morris Gantries, in the South Bronx, are one of the initiatives selected.
Check out the NY Daily News article here.
The Historic Districts Council, New York’s city-wide advocate for historic buildings and neighborhoods, announces 2012 Six to Celebrate, an annual listing of historic New York City neighborhoods that merit preservation attention. This is New York’s only citywide list of preservation priorities.
The Port Morris Gantries, in the South Bronx, are one of the initiatives selected.
The groups will be formally introduced at the Six to Celebrate Launch Party on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 5:30-7:30pm at the Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery at East First Street). For more information or tickets, visit www.hdc.org.
The six neighborhoods were chosen from applications submitted by neighborhood groups around the city on the basis of the architectural and historic merit of the area, the level of threat to the neighborhood, strength and willingness of the local advocates, and where HDC’s citywide preservation perspective and assistance could be the most meaningful. Throughout 2012, HDC will work with these neighborhood partners to set and reach preservation goals through strategic planning, advocacy, outreach, programs and publicity.
“Neighborhoods throughout New York are fighting an unseen struggle to determine their own futures. By bringing these locally-driven neighborhood preservation efforts into the spotlight, HDC hopes to focus New Yorker’s attention on the very real threats that historic communities throughout the city are facing from indiscriminate and inappropriate development.” said Simeon Bankoff, HDC’s Executive Director. “As the only list of its kind in New York City, the Six to Celebrate will help raise awareness of local efforts to save neighborhoods on a citywide level.”
“We look forward to the attention that Six to Celebrate will garner to help protect a valuable piece of New York’s nautical history and make better use of a public space for our local community. The historic resources of the South Bronx deserve the same attention and investment as other waterfronts of the City.” said Harry Bubbins of Friends of Brook Park.
Founded in 1971 as a coalition of community groups from New York City’s designated historic districts, the Historic Districts Council has grown to become one of the foremost citywide voices for historic preservation. Serving a network of over 500 neighborhood-based community groups in all five boroughs, HDC strives to protect, preserve and enhance New York City’s historic buildings and neighborhoods through ongoing programs of advocacy, community development and education.
Port Morris Gantries, The Bronx
Photo by http://www.aecphotography.com/
Learn more about the other selections here.
Contact: Simeon Bankoff, Executive Director, Historic Districts Council
212-614-9107, sbankoff AT hdc.org
Saturday, January 7
Sunday, January 8, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Bring your holiday tree to Brook Park, where we’ll turn it into mulch for healthy ground cover. Watch your tree go into the chipper and become environment-friendly mulch. Plus, you can take some home for your own yard or garden! Please remove all decorations from the trees.
Volunteer!
Help assist people who bring their trees in for recycling by removing ornaments and distributing mulch.
Join Friends of Brook Park,
Council Member Melissa Mark Viverito,
NYC Department of Transportation,
Community Ribbing Cutting for the Speed Bump
Community Board #1 and your neighbors to mark the successful advocacy campaign we led and that our Council Member responded to and implementation of the new
SPEED BUMP ON 140th Street!
Thanks to all who signed our petition of over 500 signatures!
Thanks also to our allies on the block: Casa Atabex Ache, Freedom Community Center and St. Peter’s Church.
The speed bump will help to protect our children and elders crossing the street.
Learn more about traffic calming measures here.
East 140th Street near Brook Avenue, in front of Brook Park
Thursday December 22nd, 2011
Speed Bump event: 1:20PM to 2PM
But come hang out in Brook Park!
Classes that come out can work in the garden too before or after, with a campfire and marshmallows!
RSVP
Thanks!
Speed Bump Being Installed
Joe Perez, Director of Freedom Community Center, Cedric Loftin, District Manager of Community Board #1, Council Member Melissa Mark Viverito, Dawn Cherry, Friends of Brook Park parent, Diana Ayala of Council Member Viverito's staff. August 2010
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Previous post here.
Friends of Brook Park needs your help.
While we are proud to bring you our environmental programs, we need your support to keep us going. Whether you’ve just met us, known us for a season or our ten plus years, now is a great time to help us out with a generous end-of-year donation. Donate today.
Your contribution is fully tax-deductible and will go directly to offering nature education activities, making New York a greener, healthier place to live.
In the words of a ninth grader:
Today I visited Brook Park and I loved being there feeling the air on my face and tasting nutrients that are fresh and clean and from mother nature herself. Places like this are important because they let people stop and think and breathe in the good nature air and take a step back to what we have to do to keep our planet healthy and clean. Brook Park is called Brook Park because there was/is a body of water under all… that there is right now. What I loved about this experience was that I did a lot of things I never thought I would be able to do. All that was new to me, and I’d love for someone else to have an experience with places like Brook Park.
Make your 2011 tax deductible contribution by December 31!
Donate today!
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On Dec. 3rd, 2011, buildOn teen volunteers performed outstanding tree maintenance work. 
Meeting at Brook Park for an orientation and tool pick-up, we then dividing into three teams consisting of 5 students and an adult supervisor. Each group attended to a share of the 47 trees in our street tree planting project. We picked up trash, aerated the soil, tightened arbor ties, and planted bulbs at the perimeter of the tree pits. Adult facilitators Kimmy Kunkle, Lille Smallwood, and Carol Zakaluk–thanks for helping! This was just part of the students’ important volunteer work that day.
For more about our Mott Haven Tree Planting project, click here.
Carol Zakaluk is guiding this unique effort. Email Carol
Wednesday NYC Hearing 11-30-11
DEC Public Hearing on Fracking: New York, NY
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) released
a ludicrous draft environmental impact –
statement and issued draft regulations for fracking. News article with us denouncing the false study. They want to
start right away, but WE WON’T LET THEM.
DEC will hold four public hearings on these drafts. Each hearing will
have an afternoon session from 1pm to 4pm and an evening session from
6pm to 9pm. They will accept comments in written and oral format at
the hearings. Feel free to take the stage to speak at any time, or
from the audience, or outside, or inside.
It is extremely necessary that we flood these hearings with
supporters like you who are fighting for a BAN on fracking. Carry
Ban signs and reject talk about safe fracking or
“regulations”, a moratorium, a divide and conquer strategy or the
false promise of jobs.
Event LocationTribeca Performing Arts Center
199 Chambers Street
New York, NY 10007
Get involved!
See the March and Rally video coverage by Channel 5 News here.
This Saturday, November 19th at 1pm the Congress is having a Poverty & Violence March and Rally.
All organizations and community members should meet us in front of St. Pius Church located at 414 E. 145th St. between Willis and Brook Avenues at 1pm.
Organizations are encouraged to bring banners, posters and informational flyers that can highlight these issues as well as other issues that our respective organizations are working on.
We will be marching to Brook Park (E. 141St. & Brook Ave.) where we will have a huge Rally and raffle off a turkey or two for the community!
For any donations to help purchase one of the turkeys or any other questions please contact Maxi at (347) 645-7604
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La Marcha sobre la Pobreza y Violencia es manana sabado, 19 de noviembre a la 1pm.
Reunase con nosotros al frente de la Iglesia St. Pius localizada en el 414 de la calle E. 145 St. entre avenidas Willis y Brook.
Vamos a marchar hasta Brook Park localizado en la calle E. 141 St. y Brook Avenue.
Todas las organizaciones y miembros de la comunidad estan envitados.
En el Parque Brook todas las organizaciones y communidad van ha poder hablar sobre qualquier tema y tambien vamos a rifar algunos pavos para la comunidad.
Para mas informacion llame a Maxi al (347) 645-7604.
Attached is a copy of the flyer.
Incluido esta el flyer.
Qualquiel informacion sobre el Congreso por favor mandemelo a este nuevo correo electronico: ecolon718@gmail.com.
We sure had a lot of marigolds in the garden, thanks Flores!
Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in many cultures. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where it attains the quality of a National Holiday, and all banks are closed. The celebration takes place on November 1–2, in connection with the Catholic holidays of All Saints’ Day (November 1) and All Souls’ Day (November 2). Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts.
Scholars trace the origins of the modern Mexican holiday to indigenous observances dating back hundreds of years and to an Aztec festival dedicated to a goddess called Mictecacihuatl. The holiday has spread throughout the world: In Brazil, Dia de Finados is a public holiday that many Brazilians celebrate by visiting cemeteries and churches. In Spain, there are festivals and parades, and, at the end of the day, people gather at cemeteries and pray for their dead loved ones. Similar observances occur elsewhere in Europe, and similarly themed