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From the Department of Sanitation:
The NYC Department of Sanitation will be conducting special collections for mulching and recycling of Christmas trees.
Collections will take place beginning on Wednesday, January 2 through Saturday, January 19, 2013.
Residents are encouraged to put out their discarded trees at curbside as early as possible during the collection period.
DSNY asks residents to remove all tree stands, tinsel, lights, and ornaments from trees before placing them out for collection. DO NOT place trees in plastic bags. Trees will be chipped into mulch that will be distributed to parks, playing fields, and community gardens throughout the city.
New Yorkers can also participate in NYC Parks & Recreation Mulchfest by bringing their holiday trees to designated sites throughout the five boroughs on Saturday or Sunday, January 12 & 13, 2013, from 10 am to 2 pm.
All of the trees will be chipped into mulch that will be used as ground cover to nourish plantings across the City. Before dropping off your tree, please remove all tree stands, tinsel, lights, and ornaments from trees.
Free mulch will be available at Mulchfest locations —bring a bag if you would like to take home some mulch.
Source: Shorefront Y
The following is a press release from the Shorefront Y (3300 Coney Island Avenue):
Over 8,000 toys have been distributed by the Shorefront Y to go directly to children who have been affected by the wrath of Hurricane Sandy in south Brooklyn.
On December 20, 2012 a huge tractor trailer arrived at the Shorefront Y filled with children’s toys. Thousands of toys for children of all ages were donated to the Shorefront Y by Jezreel International, with sponsorship of UJA Federation of NY.
As the Shorefront Y’s disaster relief efforts have been done in collaboration with many local organizations, Shorefront Y reached out to more than 30 local community leaders and organizations offering to share this incredible resource of holiday gifts. Within one day, 17 organizations from Sea Gate, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay, Gerritsen Beach and Canarsie each came to pick up hundreds of toys to distribute to children and families with whom they are engaged. All packages included books, stuffed animals, wall posters, toy trucks, & much more.
“To be able to so quickly and effectively share this incredibly generous donation with families living in all of our south Brooklyn impacted neighborhoods has been incredible and inspirational.” says Sue Fox, Executive Director at the Shorefront Y.
The diversity of the groups who received these donated toys also reflected the diversity of our communities; civic groups, faith based organizations from the Christian, Muslim, & Jewish communities and local immigrant community leaders from the Latino, Haitian, Russian, Filipino, South Asian and Turkish communities all benefitted from the generosity of Jezreel International’s wonderful donation and the Shorefront Y’s collaborative spirit. ”We all need to continue to work together to make sure that all of our south Brooklyn communities and our families continue to recover,” says Fox.
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Taking public transit this Christmas? Make sure you account for the following change:
- Buses and trains run on a Saturday schedule on Christmas Eve. Reduced hours will be enacted for December 25. On December 26, trains will run on a Sunday schedule.
If you’re driving, alternate side parking rules and parking meters are suspended on Tuesday, December 25. Stopping, standing, and parking, is permitted, except in areas where these rules are in effect seven days a week (for example, “No Standing Anytime”).
Visit the MTA’s website or the alternate side suspension calendar for more information.
The following is a holiday greeting paid for by Friends of Steven Cymbrowitz.
Wishing You A Joyous Holiday Season
May our hope and strength as a community grant us resiliency in the face of life’s storms. A healthy and happy holiday season and a wonderful New Year to all.
Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz
2658 Coney Island Avenue (Temporary Office)
Brooklyn, NY 11223
(718) 743-4078
cymbros@assembly.state.ny.us
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‘Tis the season for giving, and despite the continued struggles they themselves face after Superstorm Sandy, Southern Brooklyn residents proved their generosity by doling out more than 9,000 toys for last night’s Toys for Tots closeout party at the 41st Assembly District Democrats Club.
Santa’s little helpers paraded around the mountain of dolls, games, books and crafts carrying signs of the toy totals from every year since the drive kicked off in 2001. Without going down even once, the numbers grew from just 79 to a whopping 9,004, unveiled by Mr. Met and Sandy the Seagull, making a 12-year total of 47,680 gifts given to the program.
“There will be 10,000 young people who will get a gift, put a smile on their face, that they wouldn’t have had otherwise. And that is certainly the gift that we have to give on the holidays,” Councilman Lew Fidler told the dense crowd that packed into the small Marine Park clubhouse at 2952 Avenue R.
Keep reading about our community’s generosity, and view photos and video from the event.
Photo courtesy of the Brian Merlis Collection / www.Brooklynpix.com
Sheepshead Bites wishes our readers a truly Merry Christmas, and a joyous season’s greetings.
As a side note, the site will have a lighter-than-usual publishing schedule between Christmas and New Year’s.
Be well, be warm, be happy.
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It’s the War of the Lights!
After we announced yesterday that we were collecting photos of holiday lights, decorations and displays from across the neighborhood, that dirty rotten blog over in Bensonhurst - Bensonhurst Bean – decided to up the ante. They’re doing the same, and saying the Bensonhurst community can do a whole lot better than us.
Boo! Boo, I say! Boo!
We can definitely put those rabble-rousers over in that other neighborhood to shame. They want a fight? Well, now they’ve got one.
Send your photos to photos [at] sheepsheadbites [dot] com with “Holiday Lights” in the subject line, and let’s show them who’s merrier!
