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Here is What's Happening This Week: Leaf Fest has Wrapped for the Season! Green Shores NYC, Friends of Queensbridge Park and the Astoria Park Allian
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 That's a lot of leaves! |
Leaf Fest has Wrapped for the Season!
Green Shores NYC, Friends of Queensbridge Park and the Astoria Park Alliance in collaboration with Partnerships for Parks and the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation collected over 1,000 bags of leaves (that's about 20,000 gallons of leaves) at Queensbridge and Astoria Parks this November and December!
The collected leaves will be composted by the Parks Department and used in the parks, green streets and street trees throughout our community starting next spring.
HUGE THANKS to dedicated volunteers that joined us from throughout the borough of Queens and the City, including Forest Hills High School, Newtown High School, Newcomers High School, Kaufman Regal Cinemas and TransCanada! |
Celebrate the Season and Support Recycle-A-Bicycle (RAB) at their Annual Benefit!
Monday, December 14, 2015
6pm to 9pm
DUMBO, Brooklyn
RAB has an exciting party in store for you with craft beer generously provided by Rockaway Brewing, delicious appetizers, and a silent auction featuring:
Brooklyn Film Festival tickets, Brooklyn Nets tickets, Chrome messenger bag, CitiBike membership, gift basket of coffee, Ortlieb backpack, Rare Posters gift certificate, Red Beard bicycle swag, Rose Water dinner for two, St. Anne's Warehouse tickets, weekend stay at Brooklyn Airbnb, wheel building lesson at 718 Cyclery, and more!
Tickets and more info HERE. |
Community Chanukah Menorah Lighting Ceremony & Party
6:30pm
Gantry Plaza State Park
Center Blvd & 48th Avenue
Hunters Point, Queens
Community celebration for the Festival of Lights!
All are welcome to celebrate Chanukah with live music, potato latkes, doughnuts, Photo Booth and gifts for children.
FREE
More info:
www.jewishlic.com |
 NYC Parks Commissioner Silver |
Parks Without Borders Queens Community Meeting
6:30pm
Queens Borough Hall
120-55 Queens Blvd
Kew Gardens, Queens
NYC Parks has launched a new design approach and capital funding initiative to improve the areas where parks meet their neighborhoods —Parks Without Borders. This new initiative focuses on improving park entrances, edges, and spaces adjacent to parks. By extending parks into communities, opening sight lines, adjusting gates, and adding furnishings outside parks’ traditional borders, Parks Without Borders (PWB) will improve New Yorkers’ access to quality parks.
Parks Commissioner Silver will present Parks Without Borders during community meetings and asks that community members and organizations join him to share input and nominate their park.
Learn more here:
http://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/planning/parks-without-borders/how-it-works
If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to email community.outreach@parks.nyc.gov. |
Greater Astoria Historical Society Holiday Party
7pm
35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor
Astoria, Queens
Join Greater Astoria Historical Society at their annual holiday party!
This year, help celebrate 100 Years of Ronzoni Pasta with Al Ronzoni, Great-Grandson of the Founder, as he presents a history of the Ronzoni Pasta Company.
PLUS enjoy the standard holiday classics of:
Music by Natalia the Sawlady, Raffles and A dramatic reading of the ‘Visit by St. Nicholas!
FREE!
More info HERE. |
T.A. Queens Activist Committee Meeting
6:30pm
Queens Pride House
76-11 37th Avenue, Room 206
Jackson Heights, Queens
Come hear the latest on the second phase of the Queens Boulevard bike lane, and news on redesigning 111th Street, calming traffic on 21st St, and more.
And meet your friendly neighborhood activists!
More info:
https://www.transalt.org/getinvolved/neighborhood/queens |
 Queens Community Board 1's Geographic Scope |
Queens Community Board 1 Consumer Affairs Committee Meeting
6pm
CB1 Office
45-02 Ditmars Blvd, Suite LL 1025
Astoria, Queens
For more information and to rsvp, contact:
(718) 626-1021
qn01@cb.nyc.gov |
Street Safety & Design Workshop: Hunters Point & Long Island City
6:30pm to 8:30pm
CUNY School of Law
2 Court Square, Room 3
Long Island City, Queens
Join Councilmember Van Bramer and the DOT to discuss the Long Island City/Hunters Point Street Reconstruction Project. The project entails a phased, complete reconstruction of Long Island City/Hunters Point’s streets and infrastructure. Major goals of the project will be to improve pedestrian, vehicle, and bicycle safety and mobility, as well as enhance streetscape design throughout the neighborhood.
For additional information and to notify DOT of accessibility accomodations, contact:
sdolgoff@dot.nyc.gov |
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative Holiday Party
6:30pm to 9pm
The Hop Shop
121 Columbia Street
Columbia Waterfront District, Brooklyn
Meet fellow supporters, members and volunteers at the Brookyn Greenway Initiative (BGI) Holiday party at The Hop Shop craft beer bar in the Columbia Waterfront District.
BGI members and volunteers get in free!
If you're not a BGI member yet, or your membership has lapsed, you can join or renew when you RSVP.
Complimentary fish tank punch bowl, Brooklyn Brewery beer and gourmet hot dogs will be served!
More info and to rsvp, go HERE. |
Long Island City Holiday Lighting
5pm
LIC Bar
45-58 Vernon Blvd
Hunters Point, Queens
Councimember Van Bramer, LIC Partnership, JetBlue, LIC Business Women and LIC Bar Present the Annual
Long Island City Holiday Lighting!
Story Telling, Music, Caroling and more!
All are welcome.
More info HERE. |
NBBC & LICCB Holiday Celebration!
7:30pm to 11pm
Dirck the Norsman
7 North 15th Street
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Join North Brooklyn Boatclub and the Long Island City Community Boathouse for a holiday celebration and to learn more about what's coming up next year for both organizations and our local waterways.
Directions:
To get here: 15 minutes from Hunters Point, 20 minutes from Union Square.
1) B32 from Long Island City or points south will drop you off directly in front of the bar!
2) G to Nassau Ave or L to Bedford Ave. B62 or B32.
More info and to RSVP, go HERE. |
Dutch Kills Civic Association Meeting
7:30pm
St. Patrick's School Hall
39-28 28th Street
Long Island City, Queens
The Dutch Kills Civic Association works to improve the quality of life in its namesake neighborhood.
Meetings are open to all!
More info: www.dutchkillscivic.com |
TOY, FOOD & COAT DRIVE FINAL DAY
The Office of Council Member Constantinides
31-09 Newtown Avenue
Astoria Queens
About 1 out of 10 Queens residents doesn't have enough to eat. Many children in New York grow up without the opportunity to open Christmas or holiday gifts. Help us reach some of these families during this season of giving by donating canned food, coats, and toys.
Help children and families in need during this holiday season by donating holiday toys, non-perishable food, and winter coats.
Winter coats will be donated to New York Cares. Toys will be donated to Urban Upbound and Toys for Tots. Non-perishable food will be donated to a local food pantry.
Email mcorbett@council.nyc.gov with any questions. |
Council Member Constantinides Toy, Food, and Coat Drive
Weekdays through December 11, 2015
31-09 Newtown Avenue
Astoria, Queens
About 1 out of 10 Queens residents doesn't have enough to eat. Many children in New York grow up without the opportunity to open Christmas or holiday gifts. Help us reach some of these families during this season of giving by donating canned food, coats, and toys.
Help children and families in need during this holiday season by donating holiday toys, non-perishable food, and winter coats.
Winter coats will be donated to New York Cares. Toys will be donated to Urban Upbound and Toys for Tots. Non-perishable food will be donated to a local food pantry.
Email mcorbett@council.nyc.gov with any questions. |
Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition
Daily through March 13, 2016
Socrates Sculpture Park
Vernon Blvd & Broadway
Ravenswood, Queens
Fifteen years ago Socrates Sculpture Park inaugurated the Emerging Artist Fellowship (EAF) Exhibition and launched what would become an annual exhibition of “artists to watch.”
This year’s Emerging Artist Fellows were selected through a highly competitive process that attracted over 350 applications, a record number for the program.
The 2015 Emerging Artist Fellows are: Kenseth Armstead, Charlotte Becket & Roger Sayre, José Carlos Casado, Torkwase Dyson, Carla Edwards, Davey Hawkins, Lena Henke, David Horvitz, Charlotte Hyzy, Melanie McLain, Kirsten Nelson, Freya Powell, Leah Raintree, Aaron Suggs, and Noa Younse.
As the culmination of a sought-after fellowship program, the EAF Exhibition is distinct in its commitment to emphasize individual artist projects. Rather than present an overarching theme, the exhibition highlights the singularity of each artist’s vision and subject matter, while providing critical consideration on diverse subjects, processes, and the specificities of site.
More info HERE. |
 Click on image for full schedule and more information. |
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Mobile Library at Hunters Point
Daily Until the Library Opens!
QUEENS LIBRARY & FRIENDS OF THE HUNTERS POINT LIBRARY PRESENT "THE SOLAR POWERED LIBRARY" IN GANTRY PLAZA STATE PARK!
Center Blvd & 48th Avenue
Hunters Point, Queens
Beginning May 31st and continuing on Saturdays, The Mobile Library will be parked each Saturday at Gantry State Park, Vernon Boulevard at 48th Avenue, from 8:30 – 5:30 to offer books and materials for all ages for loan as well as digital downloads onsite and special library offerings.
The Mobile Library will be on site, rain or shine, except during holidays. |
IT'S YOUR WATERFRONT!
Green Shores NYC works to enliven the Astoria-Long Island City waterfront by caring for and advocating for safe public parks, green spaces, street trees, waterways and a waterfront greenway. Visit us online at: www.greenshoresnyc.org
To include your event on our updates and calendar, please email: mail@greenshoresnyc.org
and put "EVENTS" in the subject line. |
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