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St. Marks Employs Tech To Fund Basketball Program

The St. Mark Catholic School (2602 East 19th Street) has launched an online store to bring in some bucks for the basketball program, hoping to reach their goal of $3,000 in the coming weeks. The...

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Tomorrow: Aishel Shabbat Chinese Auction

Aishel Shabbat’s 9th Annual Gala Auction event kicks off Saturday night, March 26, at 8:30 p.m. There will be a full dairy buffet, and the auction book can be seen online. For phone orders and auction...

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Photos & Video: Grillin’ On The Bay Wrap Up

Smoke billowed from St. Mark School’s yard (Avenue Z and East 18th Street) on Saturday, March 26, while chili and beer flowed freely inside the building itself. And now another Grillin’ On The Bay is...

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Sunday: Annual Walk For Autism

It is Autism Awareness Month, and with one in every 150 children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, for which there is no known cure, Southern Brooklyn families who have been touched by this...

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November Is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month; Here Is A Local’s Take

The following was submitted by Jeanine Grimaldi, a Sheepshead Bay resident whose family wrestles with the effects of Alzheimer’s every day. November starts Alzheimer’s Awareness month, a disease that...

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“Friend In Need Benefit” At Tamaqua Bar To Benefit Grieving Kin Of Joseph Avena

They are the words no mother should ever have to say: “On Christmas morning God called my son, Joseph, to join Him in Heaven.” But that was the December 27 Facebook status the broken-hearted Kathleen...

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Marine Park Dad Shaves Head In Solidarity With Child Cancer Sufferers

“Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.” ― Fred Rogers, who would have been 84 years old today. On St. Patrick’s Day, lifelong Marine Park resident Joseph Savarese, 39,...

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Walk For Autism Looking For Registrants – Get Involved Today And Help A...

Our friends at the Shorefront Y, the Kings Bay Y and the Marks JCH of Bensonhurst are putting together their second annual Walk for Autism event, slated for April 22. In advance of the event, they’ve...

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Photos: MBNA Softball Match Raises Funds For Bay Academy

Community Board 15′s coach, Tony Scavo, husband of Chairperson Theresa Scavo, was already grumbling when I showed up an inning or two into the charity softball game, in which the Board faced off...

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Brooklyn Takes Part In The Fight Against Alzheimer’s

The following was submitted by Sheepshead Bay resident Jeanine Grimaldi, whose family wrestles with the effects of Alzheimer’s disease every day. Alzheimer’s disease, a form of dementia, affects an...

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Women’s Self Defense Seminar At LA Boxing To Benefit Local Charities

Our friends at LA Boxing of Brooklyn (16 Brighton 11th Street), which will soon celebrate its grand opening, dropped us a note saying that they will host a Women’s Self Defense seminar which will...

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Coney Island Church Needs Help For Damages Caused By Sandy

A Coney Island church that played a major role Sandy relief efforts is now in need of help, according to a story in The New York World. According to the article, the largest church in Coney Island, the...

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Sunday: Shorefront Y Holds Its Third Annual Autism Walk

The Shorefront Y will be teaming up with the Brooklyn Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (BASDI) to host its Third Annual Walk for Autism, this Sunday, May 19 at 11:00 a.m. along the Coney Island...

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Shorefront Community Stands Together for the Third Annual Autism Walk

When the Southern Brooklyn community wants to raise awareness for a good cause, they know how to do it – even in stormy weather. On Sunday, May 19, approximately 170 Southern Brooklyn locals gathered...

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Need Some Children’s Books? Check Out The Shorefront Y Book Fair On Sunday

The Shorefront Y is hosting a Children’s Book Fair on Sunday, November 24, from 12:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. to help raise money for the institution’s special needs children, seniors and early childhood...

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Coney Island Hospital Doles Out 102 Thanksgiving Turkeys To Pediatric...

Eleven years ago, a doctor at Coney Island Hospital (2601 Ocean Parkway) decided to do more than heal his patients, he wanted to ensure they had full stomachs on Thanksgiving eve. So Dr. Warren Seigel,...

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Get Your Name On The Wall Of NY Aquarium’s New “Sharks!” Building

Superstorm Sandy dealt some devastating damage to the New York Aquarium in Coney Island, and much of it still remains closed today. But the institution says they’re seeing this as an opportunity to...

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NY Aquarium Begins Construction On New Shark Exhibit

The New York Aquarium in Coney Island broke ground on Friday on a new shark exhibit officials hope will revitalize the institution. The 57,000-square-foot facility called “Ocean Wonders: Sharks!” will...

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Buy Coffee, Help Benefit Kids With Special Needs

The folks over at Tete-a-Tete Cafe (2601 East 14th Street) are teaming up with the Shorefront Y, the Kings Bay Y, the JCC of Bensonhurst and several other organizations to help raise money for area...

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Shorefront Y, Local Orgs, To Host Autism Walk This Sunday

The following is a press release from the Shorefront Y: This Sunday, June 8, 2014 at 11:00 a.m., the Brooklyn Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (BASDI) & the Shorefront YM-YWHA of...

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