- Commissioner Stern joins city officials
and community members to cut the ribbon at
the city's 2,001st Greenstreet
at 11:00 a.m. today. The site is located at
the intersection of Christopher Street, Grove
Street, West 4th Street, and 7th Avenue South
in Manhattan. More
info>>
- On Saturday, December 29 at 10:30 a.m.,
Commissioner Stern joins elected officials
and children at the ribbon cutting ceremony
for the grand re-opening of Cromwell Recreation
Center in Staten Island after its $5 million
reconstruction. Massive preparations have
been made throughout the week, including cleaning,
painting, and carpentry. The Cromwell Recreation
Center is located at Pier 6 and Murray Hulbert
Avenue. More
info>>
- Cromwell
Recreation Center hosts the Evergreen
Cup Basketball Finals on Saturday, December
29 from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The three-day
basketball tournament, which began on Thursday,
December 27, enables kids ages 8-17 to compete
in a fun citywide tournament on their vacation
between Christmas and New Year's Day. Commissioner
Stern is scheduled to speak at the event at
12:30 p.m. More
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- The design has been completed for the project
to construct the park and comfort station
in Barretto Point Park in the Bronx. A bid
date is pending legal review of the contract.
- At 1:00 p.m. today, December 29, and December
30, Lefferts Homestead in Brooklyn opens the
door to 19th century Dutch farming life in
Old Flatbush with its interactive tools, toys
and games. Fun family activities will include
Scharen-Knippen cutouts and sewing.
Lefferts Homestead is located on Flatbush
Avenue at Empire Boulevard in Prospect Park.
- Bronx Operations recovers 70 belgian blocks
(cobblestones) from the 47th Precinct. The
blocks had been stolen from Parks property
on Bronx Boulevard and East Gun Hill Road.
More
info>>
- Seven wild dogs attacked two people on the
Rockaway
Beach boardwalk on the morning of December
27. Parks
Enforcement Patrol officers, Urban
Park Rangers, the Parks district manager,
and NYPD Emergency Services scoured Rockaway
Beach, Queens and the surrounding area for
the dogs involved in the attack. NYPD has
now darted and captured all seven dogs, who
were transported to the Center for Animal
Care & Control.
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