Public Hearing: Barclays Center Liquor License

WHEN: Tuesday, April 10, 6:30 PM
WHERE: 78th Precinct, 65 6th Avenue (btwn. Bergen/Dean Streets)

Dear Neighbors:

The new operators for the Barclays Center arena are applying to the State Liquor Authority for a full liquor license to serve the estimated 18,000 patrons that will be at each arena event. But at this date, neither the arena operators nor the City has presented information to local residents about plans to control the sale and consumption of alcohol at the arena, or how such sales may affect the quality of life in surrounding neighborhoods. Keep in mind arena patrons are being routed from the arena patron parking lot to the arena via Dean and Pacific Streets.

Please go to the meeting and ask the State Liquor Authority to make Barclays Center’s operations safer for our neighborhoods with these steps:

• Stop alcohol sales 45 minutes before the end of an arena event, after half time at an NBA basketball game, or at 11:00PM, whichever comes first.
• Sales of alcoholic beverages should occur only during events.
• No more than two twelve-ounce beers, or four and a half ounce wine or cocktails should be sold per purchase.
• No sales of alcoholic beverages outdoors.
• Ask the Community Boards for a public hearing before the license is renewed so problems can be addressed.

“When the Ground Breaks: Walk About Series” with Artist Elaine Angelopoulos

When the Ground Breaks: Walk About Series

Walk About’s are inspired group walks led by artist, Elaine Angelopoulos into neighborhoods that hug the Atlantic Yards Project. Together we will meditate on the sites of the neighborhood and its functionality as a urban community, despite the ongoing construction nearby. Walks will occur monthly, beginning at 1pm, in front of Soapbox Gallery, located at 636 Dean Street. All Walk About’s will be an hour long. Story Collection sessions will follow from 2-3pm in Soapbox Gallery.

October 1, 2011
October 29th, 2011
November 19, 2011
December 17, 2011
January 28, 2011
February 25,2011

RSVP by the day before, (the latest) at apoulet@earthlink.net.

Both events will be recorded and annotated for an upcoming webpage. (Anonymity and Privacy will be respected upon request of attendees).

Speak Up For Brooklyn on October 13 with Majora Carter!

Join BrooklynSpeaks for a special benefit to fight for accountable, sensible development at Atlantic Yards, and enjoy some great spicy flavors from Prospect Heights’ favorite southwestern kitchen!

You’ll hear about how other communities are working for sustainability from Majora Carter, internationally-recognized authority on community development, environmental justice, and green job training, a MacArthur “genius,” and host of the NPR series, “The Promised Land.” And you’ll have a great time with friends sharing a vision for community engagement in Brooklyn’s biggest development project.

Speak Up For Brooklyn!

Thursday, October 13, 2011

7:00PM

Piquant NYC
259 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Limited space available! Get your tickets NOW!

Two course dinner and complimentary glass of wine or beer

$175 per person ($120 tax deductible)

Annual Meeting – August 8, 2011 – 7:30PM

TIME: 

Monday, August 8th,  7:30 – 9:00 pm

PLACE: 

638 Dean Street, between Carlton and Vanderbilt

AGENDA:

• Election of Board Officers
  
• New officers are always welcome. If you are interested in running, please notify the block association secretary at tc@3c.com
• If you are unable to attend, you can vote by proxy 
  
• Review of the activities of last year

• MOVIE NIGHT: Saturday, August 13th in Dean Playground

YOUR INPUT IS ESSENTIAL - EVERYONE IS WELCOME

Our 2011 Block Party was a great time!

  

  

Click here to see photos

Thanks to everyone who came out and made our block party a success, with special shout outs to the organizers, BBQ grillers, face-painters, game-organizers, raffle-ticket-sellers, street-cleaners, Millie & Ed Barreto, Brad White of Primerica and DJ Felix!

Thanks to the following businesses and organizations for their generous donations!

Ample Hills Creamery
Beast Tapas Bar, Restaurant, Lounge
Cataldo’s Restaurant & Pizzeria
Christie’s Jamaican Patties
Dubai Mini Mart
FDNY Engine Co. 219 & Ladder Co. 105
James Restaurant
Kaz An Nou French Caribbean Restaurant
Maya Taqueria
Met Foods
Tracy Collins Photography
Wine Exchange

Block Party! This Saturday, June 25

Dean Street Block Party

Saturday, June 25, Noon – 6PM

Invite your family and friends! Bring out your lawn chairs, grills, coolers, frisbees, footballs and games!  The block will be closed to traffic so we can enjoy the space!

There will be a firehouse and ambulance tour for the kids, as well as games and always popular face painting!

DJ Felix will be providing the music.  Work on your moves for the dance contest!

Local stores and restaurants are generously donating food or funds.  Thank you!  (I’ll give them a proper shout-out when I know the full list)

We have lots of great donations for our raffle so far, including many from local restaurants. Tickets are only $1.

NOTE: There will be NO PARKING on Dean Street between 6th & Carlton Avenues during our block party.

More information? Want to help?
Please contact Rhona Hetsrony, 516-509-3890 or rbk888@aol.com

See you Saturday!

 

 

 

 

 

WHEN THE GROUND BREAKS by ELAINE ANGELOPOULOS at Soapbox Gallery

WHEN THE GROUND BREAKS by ELAINE ANGELOPOULOS

In part of The Kickin’ It group exhibition curated by Suzan Shutan

EXHIBITION: Sunday, MAY 29 – Wednesday, JUNE 8, 2011

Reception: Saturday June 4, 2011 4:00-7:30pm

A giant window map with arranged artifacts and ephemera loaned from residents of the neighborhoods surrounding the Atlantic Yards Project pays homage to the local community conscious of and dedicated to challenge big business and government dealings surrounding the Atlantic Yards Project.  With a flyer titled “Loan Me Your Stuff”, Angelopoulos asked residents to loan her anything that reflected their experience of living in Brooklyn pre and post Nets invasion.

The perception she envisioned for her artwork was to translate the Soapbox piece into a public, live, and thriving material archive, reliquary, and or shrine. The array of objects and ephemera combined allow an openly fragmented narrative of the several neighborhoods directly affected by the changes that bind them together.

Angelopoulos extends a big thank you those who donated items to the installation, who donated funds on Kickstarter, to Jimmy Greenfield, Director of Soapbox Gallery, and to Suzan Shutan, Curator of the Kickin’ It Exhibition.

STORY COLLECTION:
Saturday June 4th, 2011 2:00 – 4:00pm (and through opening)
Sunday   June 5th, 2011 4:00 – 6:00pm

Angelopoulos will be recording locals and visitors who wish to recollect their thoughts on urban change and development.

Contact info:  Apoulet@earthlink.net

To view the video shown on the installation monitor:  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1399894388/when-the-ground-breaks?ref=live

Artist seeks materials for Soapbox Gallery exhibit

CALLING ALL BROOKLYN CITIZENS … I NEED YOUR HELP!!

KINDLY LOAN ME … for 10 days ( from May 28 to June 8 ) … an artifact, piece of furniture, photograph, poem, story, sign, or any product that reflects your experience pre and post NETS neighborhood construction …. for the window of Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn.

I am an artist who was invited to exhibit in “Kickin It”, a six-week series of community engagement events starting April 30 and running every Saturday & Sunday (mid day-eve) through June 23. The success of my work depends upon collecting objects, which will get incorporated into a new artwork for the window.

I want the Soapbox space to be perceived as a public, live, and thriving material archive, reliquary, and or shrine. At the end of my exhibition, all loaned items will be returned to their rightful owners. Your work will be documented and you will be credited in an online archive.

If you are interested, please contact ASAP Elaine Angelopoulos:  Apoulet@earthlink.net

Soapbox Gallery is located at 636 Dean Street, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, NY 11238. Visit on the web at http://soapboxgallery.org/

Block Party this Saturday!

Invite your family and friends! Bring out your lawn chairs, grills, coolers, frisbees, footballs and games!  The block will be closed to traffic so we can enjoy the space!

There will be a firehouse and ambulance tour for the kids, as well as games and always popular face painting!

DJ Felix will be providing the music.  Work on your moves for the dance contest!

Local stores and restaurants are generously donating food or funds.  Thank you!  (I’ll give them a proper shout-out when I know the full list)

We have lots of great donations for our raffle so far, including many from local restaurants:

• Kaz An Nou has given a dinner for two!
• The Wine Exchange has given a variety of wines!
• Woodwork has given a $35 gift certificate!
• Beast has given two $25 gift certificates!
• Bark has given a $25 gift certificate!
• Cataldo’s has given a $20 gift certificate!
• Plain Janes has given green cleaning supplies with a $50 value!

Tickets are only $1!

Proceeds will go toward block beautification and next year’s block party.

See you Saturday!

Summer Streets & World Cup – This Saturday on Vanderbilt Avenue

From the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council (www.phndc.org):

Summer Streets comes to Vanderbilt Avenue this Saturday – ESPN to screen World Cup games on the avenue

The kick-off for Summer Streets on Vanderbilt begins this Saturday, June 12 with a World Cup celebration including a screening of the World Cup matches outdoors on Vanderbilt Avenue. ESPN will be sponsoring an open-air viewing of the games on a large high-definition projection cube that will be set-up in the middle of Vanderbilt Avenue between Dean and Bergen Streets.  ESPN will also be sponsoring the ESPN Interactive Zone, which will include lots of games and give-aways. Outdoor screening of matches begins at 10 am with the Argentina-Nigeria match and continues at 2:30 pm when the USA faces England.

This Saturday, June 12th, and on Sundays June 20th and 27th from 12 pm to 5:00 pm, Vanderbilt Avenue between Dean Street and Park Place will trade cars for pedestrians, and honking horns for dancing beats.  Four blocks of the avenue will be closed to traffic and transformed into a pedestrian plaza for the second annual Summer Streets on Vanderbilt.   In addition to the World Cup events, there will be inflatable bouncy castles, face painting and hula hoop contests, capoiera and fashion shows.    Local bands will take center stage and restaurants will flood into the street with outdoor dining.

Presented by the Vanderbilt Avenue Merchants District (VAMD) and the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council (PHNDC), 2010 will mark the second annual Summer Streets on Vanderbilt.

More information about the event can be found at www.vanderbiltave.com.
To volunteer, contact danaeo@optonline.net or 718-772-3074.