Protecting and improving the community for the people who live and work here

Delancey Street South between the Hua Mei Bird Sanctuary and the street.

Haircuts today!

Mayor Eric Adams

Senator Brian Kavanagh

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine

CM Chris Marte and CM Carlina Rivera

5th Precinct

Thanks to

Think Chinatown, Chinatown Bid, NYC Parks, NYPD 5th Pct, PEP and all others who made this possible!

Find Wellington Chen!

The fireworks aftermath:

From the Lo-Down 

“Lunar New Year will be celebrated this coming Tuesday, February 1, but Year of the Tiger festivities will continue for several weeks…The annual Firecracker Ceremony will happen on Tuesday starting at 11 a.m. in Sara D. Roosevelt Park.” Visit Better Chinatown and Think! Chinatown for more events and details.”

A good day with big thanks to Dimaira Echevarria who heads up the Parks clean up crew from Houston to Delancey.

And thanks to the City Relief folks who provide a safe haven to see old friends in the Park on the Delancey Street area of Sara Roosevelt Park (between Delancey and Broome area).

Old Friends Bob and Red

We are so lucky and grateful to have them offering different resources, including Goddard outreach workers (and the soup and hot chocolate are delicious).

They also clean up after their time there.

A win/win.

Last: Playgrounds

Even if you see an ’empty playground’ and think it would be a great place to bring your dog on or off-leash?

Don’t.

1. Children/parents may not come in because you are there. Some people are afraid of dogs
2. It signals you expect to be ‘trusted’ more than anyone else who might like to bring their dog into that space, trusted to pick up after any poop or pee. Or, you want your dog to be trusted not to attack a child. We can’t. We don’t.
3. Young children don’t have the option to go somewhere else. You do.
4. Last. If you are an adult – YOU aren’t allowed in there.

It really isn’t asking a lot. Really.

from Tkiya:

“Tkiya uses participatory music experiences to help people of all ages find their unique connection with Jewish culture and to reinvigorate diverse Jewish communities.”

See https://tkiya.org/tu-bshevat/

“How Has a Tree Helped You Today?” by Carla Friend

How has a tree helped you today,
How has a tree helped you today,
How has a tree helped you today,
Oh let us count the ways!

Take a deep breath,
Take a deep breath.
You know the air we breath,
It comes from trees!

…
Oh let us count the ways!

“Tu Tu Tu B’Shevat” by Carol Boyd Leon

Tu, Tu, Tu B’shevat,
Tu B’shevat is on its way.
…

Plant, plant, plant a seed,
Plant a seed right in the ground.
Rain, rain, rain will fall,
Raindrops falling all around.
Sun, sun, sun will shine,
Shining brightly in the sky
To help the trees grow up so high,
Help them grow so high.

Grow, grow, start to grow
Like the trees we see outside.
Stretch, stretch, stretch up high,
Branches reaching very wide.
Sway, sway side to side,
Leaves are dancing in the breeze
To celebrate a birthday,
The birthday of the trees.

…

And, with thanks to Diana Carilli, Labrynth maker:

The Power of Trees

“People need trees. They need to see leaves from their windows, to sit in green spaces, and to play in the shade. Trees draw people out from behind walls of brick and glass, and in coming together, neighbors forge relationships, nurture children, and build a sense of community. Those are key findings from a series of studies conducted by a University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) team.”

http://lhhl.illinois.edu/media/thepoweroftrees.htm

M’Finda Garden Bird Mobile

City Relief – out in force, providing love, hot chocolate, hot soup, a listening ear, resources and clean up!!

The hard-working Ms. Lily whose powers of persuasion on matched by NONE as she provided health care information to many many people today!

The ubiquitous and ever-anchoring Bob Humber.

Mulch pile slowly winnowed down by K Webster!

The super excellent and irreplaceable Denard!!

If you don’t know Denard, you are missing one of the smartest, most gifted, hardest working people!

Thanks to City Relief and all the volunteers and the 5th Precinct!

Felicia Gordon Tenant Association President for Rafael Hernandez Housing Ribbon Cutting today for the New Playground and Senior Seating areas.

Funded by Council Member Margaret Chin’s office and Manhattan Borough President’s office.

Gordon said, “Margaret came and took one look at this and said ‘I don’t need to see any more – we’re getting you the money!”. Chin “NYCHA Housing is our affordable housing – people deserve to live in good housing!”

One young man couldn’t wait for a ribbon cutting and tried out ALL the new equipment.

Big Thank You to the 5th Precinct, ALL the Explorers: Christian, Justin, Karen, and Andy and Sgt Yip, Randy Chan, Shaneek Smith. They came from the Bronx, Queens, and nearby Chinatown.

Thanks also to Marco from International Center for Photography.

And to PO Urena and PO Dhundup for stopping by on your walk-through of the Park.

We worked taking out weeds, clearing trash, removing dead branches, and planting a few bits of green!

We also got to catch a glimpse of a Red Tailed Hawk and got to learn about the Stanton Street CSA who distributes out of M’Finda Kalunga Garden.

More to Come.

And the Red Tailed Hawk (can you spot the hawk?)

Thank you again Sgt Kakit Kip and to our ‘beat cops’ PO Urena and PO Dhundup!

Again this Thursday from 11am to 1pm City Relief is here offering hot soup, hot chocolate and other resources.

The Forsyth Conservancy was built here in the early 1980’s and tended by them for decades (tended by Tenement Museum Staffers in recent years):

City Relief:

Planting in the New Forsyth Conservancy Plots and Un-girdling a Tree!

Trash collects behind the low brick wall.