Kensington Prospect

Meeting About Kensington Plaza

The space in front of the Walgreen’s at Church Avene and Beverley Road has seemed like the perfect spot for a community gathering spot–some kind of lush plaza–since it was rehabbed by the DOT back in the summer of 2010. At the time, Jole rightly wondered about the prospect of installing a plaza, and she followed up the idea by having a local landscape designer and a architect/planner propose some initial ideas for the spot.

Well, we obviously couldn’t be happier that there is now a real push for a plaza, starting with a meeting on Monday. From Council Member …

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KWT CSA Sign Up Has Begun

KWTCSA Peaches, originally uploaded by carryboo.

Start dreaming about fresh lettuce and ripe tomatoes: Sign up for the 2012 Summer Kensington Windsor Terrace CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) has begun. The farm is Garden of Eve, located in Riverhead on Long Island, and you can sign up online here.

There are two pick-up options:

Wednesdays 4-6pm at the East 4th Street Community Garden
Members are asked to commit to one volunteer shift during the season; Wednesday shifts are from 3:30 to 6:15pm. Pick-ups begin Wednesday, June 6 and end on Wednesday, November 14.

Saturdays 10:30am-12pm at the …

Donations to Compost for Brooklyn Are Being Matched Today

Kids working in the compost, originally uploaded by compostforbrooklyn.

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, all donations up to $200 to Compost for Brooklyn are matched dollar-for-dollar today only, thanks to the generosity of the J.M. Kaplan Fund and ioby’s Team 365.

Donate at C4B’s ioby site, where they’re raising money to create permanent signage for the garden gates and replicable brochures to inform people about C4B, the composting process, and how they can participate. With the help of DesigNYC’s “Recharging Communities” project, graphic designer Karen Greenberg is volunteering her time and skills to design pictograms for simple, …

Flatbush Community Garden Winterfest at Sycamore This Sunday

Flatbush CommUNITY Garden, located at the end of Albemarle and E 16th St in Ditmas Park, is holding a Winterfest fundraiser at Sycamore on Sunday, February 19. Stop by to have a drink, enter a raffle full of local prizes, and to learn more about the garden:

Come for drinks specials, delicious baked goods, pick up some seed bombs or a coupon book to support our garden, and win a raffle prize! We can also tell you more about the garden, as we expect to have spaces for next spring.

Amazing prizes are donated by your favorite local businesses:

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Community Gathers to Stand Up Against Hateful Graffiti

Dozens of neighbors gathered last night at the vigil organized by Councilmember Brad Lander to stand up against anti-Muslim graffiti found outside of TDS Insurance on Beverley Road.

Mamun Ur Rashid, the owner of TDS Insurance, discovered the Islamaphobic vandalism on his store Monday morning and reported it to police.

“We do not want any religious conflict in Kensington,” he said in a statement released by Lander’s office. “We respect people of all faiths and seek to live together in peace.”

Lander hopes to help build even stronger community bonds by creating “Kensington Plaza,” by adding benches to the space …

Vigil Tonight at the Site of Islamophobic Vandalism

Several incidents of anti-Muslim vandalism have been spotted around the neighborhood recently, and tonight Councilmember Brad Lander will be holding a vigil to gather the community to stand up against the hatred. The vigil is tonight, February 8, at 6pm at the intersection of Beverley and Church, the site of some of the graffiti.

The religiously offensive graffiti has been seen around the site of the vigil–I saw some on a phone booth on Beverley, and a neighbor sent in photos of more on a mailbox nearby on Ocean Parkway. In such a diverse and tolerant community, this comes …

Bring the Kids to Prospect Park for Mid-Winter Recess

Prospect Park will have some great programming each day the kids are off from school from February 20-24:

* The Audubon Center is showing the Discovery Channel series Life at the Boat House all week. Stop by from 12-3pm to learn about the natural history of life on earth, from the strange to the mundane (but all fascinating). Limited seating; groups of 10 or more must call 718-287-3400 x303 for a reservation.

* The Lefferts Historic House is hosting Winter Festival: Coming in from the Cold each day (including the weekends before and after the recess) from 1-3pm. Step back …

Couples/Partners Yoga at Namaste Yoga this Sunday to Celebrate Valentine’s Day

Namaste Yoga is offering couples and partners yoga to celebrate Valentine’s Day:

Bring your husband, fiancee, boyfriend, best friend, neighbor aunt, dad, grandma etc….REGISTER ASAP only SPACE for (10) couples (20)pp.
Only a few spots left, call ASAP.

Space is limited. The cost $50 per couple/$25 per person, which includes a gift bag with two champagne glasses, champagne, and organic chocolate covered strawberries after class.

Namaste Yoga of Kensington
482 Coney Island Avenue, 2nd Floor
347-533-6226 or 6227, Info@mynamasteyoga.com…

Prospect Park Litter Mob Tomorrow

The next Prospect Park Litter Mob meets from 9am to 12pm tomorrow, Tuesday, February 7. Volunteers are always welcome and encouraged to join the effort to clean up the Midwood section of the park. Of course that’s tough for most people on a weekday, but if you’re available, do consider helping.

Contact Inge De Taeye at ingedetaeye [at] gmail [dot] com if can go, and see their website for more information and directions.…