Sorry for the late information, but last night’s salsa and reggaeton concert at Asser Levy Park was tiring! [More on that later.]
That was where we heard about the 60 Precinct Multicultural Information Festival happening today from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
So, yeah, it’s 11 a.m., now. But, there’s still plenty of time to head over, as the flyer says, to get free: mammogram testing; hair makeovers; iPod, cellphone and bike etchings; immigration consultation; Foodstamps screening; DCA financial screening; eye exams; and much more.
Details:
60th Precinct Multicultural Information Festival
Free Services, Information, and Giveaways
Friday, August 21, 2009
12:00 p.m. – 5;00 p.m.
Asser Levy Park
on Ocean Parkway between Sea Breeze Avenue & Surf Avenue, at West 5 St
This summer heat can take its toll on a cart. Even under the shade of the greenway trees, the heat coupled with the exhaust from the excessive Ocean Parkway traffic is enough to melt my plastic.
It’s not easy rolling around with all this water. What do these people think I am? A camel? Shoot, I’m not even a Hippo Water Roller. At least that thing makes carrying water “meta” efficient. I hate to admit it, but this has got to be the most inefficient way of getting water out to the thirsty.
Used to be that I would come in stacked high with bottles and by the end of the day, I could get some relief on the roll home when all the bottles were gone. But, my job out here doesn’t seem to be worth the effort now that the recession is causing dwindling sales of bottled water.
I don’t want to be dragged out of the cool garage where I could be resting all day. So, they whet my appetite for public service by telling me that I’m helping parched people stay hydrated — until I realized that this ain’t the middle of the desert!
At first, they christened me as the “Ocean Parkway Water Carrier” and smashed a bottle of Perrier on my front side. That made me feel all important thinking I was some huge ocean carrier with some precious cargo on board. But, then I heard some smart aleck pedestrian reciting the official definition of water carrier and I realized that I was neither a person, a ship, or even a pipe or duct for conveying water. No, I wasn’t a ship at all. I’m a shopping cart filled with unwanted plastic bottles.
Now that the TapIt Water project is getting everyone on the band wagon of filling their own bottles with tap water, who needs me? Even the bicyclists riding down the greenway bring their own bottles. I would have been better off carting produce in an air conditioned megastore.
Really, I don’t think I can last the whole summer like this. If you’re driving down Ocean Parkway and I come rolling into your vehicle, don’t be surprised. Just let’s just hope your insurance covers collisions with suicidal water carriers.
We just got wind of this today, so this article is geared more towards the “Driver’s Beware” part of the headline. New York Road Runners has planned a mini-marathon tomorrow that will close down a large section of Ocean Parkway, making a cross-Brooklyn commute quite a hassle. The marathon begins on Center Drive in Prospect Park and runs down Ocean Parkway until the Coney Island boardwalk. NYC.gov has issued the following information about closings (though they describe the course in reverse):
The following streets in Brooklyn will be closed from 9:00 am to noon for the Brooklyn Half Marathon: Start on the Coney Island Boardwalk at West 2nd Street, head west to a turnaround located at West 37th Street. Proceed east to West 10th Street. Exit off West 10th Street to Surf Avenue. East on Surf to Ocean Parkway. Left/north on Ocean Parkway to Prospect Expressway. Prospect Expressway to Park Circle. Enter Prospect Park at Park Circle onto South Lake Drive. Head east on the South Lake Drive. Follow to East Drive around the northern end of the Park, and then head south on the West Drive. Left/east onto Hill Drive to East Drive. Left/north onto East Drive to Central Drive. Left/west on Central Drive. Finish in Prospect Park, on Central Drive.
Because of the race – and normal weekend traffic conditions – expect the Belt Parkway to be backed up and plan accordingly.
On the upside: if you have no plans tomorrow, consider heading to Coney Island. As part of the promotion for the marathon, NY Road Runners has arranged discounts for many Coney Island businesses and attractions. Not a runner? Don’t worry – the organization has posted printable “bibs” that anyone can use to take advantage of the deals. (Click here to see participating businesses.)
There will also be a beach party and post-race festival near the finish line at the West 2nd Street boardwalk ramp.
Talk about “Awaken Brethren with a Cheerful Heart” – this guy takes Hava Nagila to a new level!
A burglar was arrested after he told police that he got drunk at a bar mitzvah and woke up at the crime scene, authorities said yesterday.
Alen Ildatov, 22, allegedly shattered a window at a Jewish community center on Ocean Parkway near Avenue S in Gravesend at 6 a.m. Monday.
Ildatov climbed inside and swiped two toolboxes belonging to a contractor doing work at the facility, sources said.
Minutes later, he ran into a cop nearby and said he had passed out at the center after a party. He was charged with burglary and criminal mischief.
[via New York Post's Brooklyn NYPD Daily Blotter]
