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

Back a few months but we appreciate their efforts!

They ‘ran’ through the park collecting trash – much needed!

We hope you have had a chance to visit with BirdLink near Houston Street in SDR Park (Chrystie Street side).

Here are a few photos of the work as it was being built:

Productive Meeting with sharp questions and answers. They will set another meeting, we’ll keep you posted on when on the website.

Glad to have State Senator Brian Kavanagh attend.

Appreciations to CM Chin’s Chief of Staff Gigi Li who organized the meeting with MTA officials and Contractors.

The DOE Food Truck makes this park area safer and more child friendly.

The staff are amazing: kind, welcoming, thoughtful – they are neighbors now.

No documentation, registration, or ID is required to receive these free summer meals. They’re a win-win for parents and children and a wonderful NYC resource.

Music, libations, poetry, food, history, flowers, art, community…and

Dreams…

The Music: Robert Bryan, (with Irving Luis Lattin) and others

Debra Jeffreys-Glass organizer and leader and welcomer. Read: Maya Angelou

The Words: Lamar: “What is Juneteenth?”

The Community:

The Flowers:

The Art:

With special thanks to Councilmember Margaret Chin, Partnerships for Parks (Kirsti, Kyle, and Liam), The MKGardeners, Kim Fong ED BRC Senior Center, and the NYC Parks Department (Angelo, Denard, Misty and all).

Massive amounts of work done in Sara Roosevelt Park’s New Forsyth Conservancy and northern plots near the BRC today.

Thank you to Bloomingdales and the Bloomingdale’s volunteers, Citizens for NYC, Partnerships for Parks, Parks Department staff, and SDR Coalition.

Thank you to Ted, Steve, Bob, Lamar, Prince, K, Andrew, Alba, Kirsti, Kyle, Angelo, Denard, Rob, Barbara, DeMarina! Thanks to Officer Bozzo from the 5th Pct for checking in!

We hauled out 60 bags of garbage, removed old broken fencing, weeded out invasive plants, removed trash, mulched, swept, pruned, and sweated!

Before:

And a visit from the Tenement Museum’s Jason Eisner (whose team with Sarah Tomasewski recreated the New Forsyth Conservancy) and wonderful to meet Athena!

AND AFTER:

North Side in front of the BRC:

South Side of Delancey: