| A new coffee shop: Breukelen Coffee House, is opening where Point de Couture used to be at 764 Franklin (and St. Johns) Their hours will be: M-F 7am-7pm/Sat 7am-6pm/Sun 7am-5pm. Let's all give them a warm welcome to Crow Hill |
CHNA's 3rd annual House Tour
Sponsored by the Crown Heights North Association, Inc. (CHNA)
Date: Oct. 3rd, 2009
Starting Location: St. Gregory's R.C. Church, 919 St. John's Place and Brooklyn Ave.
Opening Ceremony: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Self-Guided Tours: 12:00noon - 5:00pm
Other activities: Information tables and representatives from city agencies and community non-profit organizations (10:30 - 12:30)
Raffle: Prizes: Spa Gift Basket; Dinner for Two; Wine Gift basket; Decorative Throw Pillows; Grand Marnier Cake; Red Velvet Cupcakes
Our tour this year features the homes of artists, artisans and entrepreneurs. We once again visit homes brought back from the ruins, as well as some of the newest homes in the neighborhood. We also feature two very different and magnificent sacred spaces, all worthy of your attention for their architectural beauty and for the services they provide to the community. We celebrate our Children’s Museum, as well as a museum dedicated to our famous West Indian Day Parade, and we invite you to visit our beautiful and award winning Community Garden.
Please visit our website: www.crownheightsnorth.org
| The updates regarding the Bed-Atlantic Intake Center plan follow: 1. There have been rumors that we have stopped the plan to place an intake center for homeless men at the Bedford Atlantic Armory shelter/assessment center. These rumors are not true. We have slowed the city down but we have not yet stopped this plan. We must keep up our opposition with petition signatures, phone calls and attendance at rallies and press conferences. 2. The Task Force's Executive Committee met with our lawyers this week. The lawsuit is prepared and ready to go, when and if we need to deploy that strategy. In the meantime, Councilmember James is planning a press conference for right after Labor Day to highlight the spate of shootings on Franklin Avenue near Bedford-Atlantic and the overall increase in gang activity in the area, in order to drive home the point that this is already an overstressed neighborhood, . We also plan to have another rally in opposition to a Bedford-Atlantic intake center at the end of September. It is urgent that we to keep the pressure on. Everything we're doing is having an effect. So be prepared for a phone call or email asking for your help to bring people out to both the press conference and the rally. In the meantime, keep those signed petitions coming in.. |
