It’s that time of year again…
7th Annual 23rd St. Mega Stoop Sale
(23rd St. between 6th & 7th Aves.)
“Come one, come all to our block-long stoop sale.”
20+ households will be ready for you with our stuff!
Saturday, May 18
11:00 a.m.
-to-
4:00 p.m.
Houses will have lots of stuff for sale, at, of course, very reasonable prices! (or you can just haggle with everyone)
The folks at SPRiG (Sunset Park Revitalization and Improvement Group) reached out to us to help promote the event with Sunset Park Garden Club on May 5th as part of It’s My Park Day in NYC. We love Sunset Park and our neighbors to the south, so here’s the skinny:
We received a note for CM Sara Gonzalez’s office in regards to the continued delays to the opening of the rebuilt Slope Park on 6th Ave. Looks like it’s been bumped again till the end of June (good news for Greenwood Park). From the note:
Councilwoman González has allocated approximately $2 Million dollars in capital funds for the complete renovation of the playground. She requested an explanation [ from Brooklyn Borough Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey] as to why work was delayed on behalf of her constituents who have been eagerly awaiting the Park’s opening.
Well, our neighborhood of Greenwood Hts. is ALWAYS interesting, we had another day gone “afowl” (literally) when 23rd St. neighbors Linda, Julian, Toby and Steven cornered and escapee chicken waking up the block…probably from one of the Hallal slaughterhouses in the neighborhood.
From our fav local blog South Slope News about Greenwood Ht.s own Xmas dynamic duo.
Giant congratulations and spiked eggnog toasts are in order for our local elves, Ryan Powers and Chris Schneider, and their 2012 Holiday Light Spectacular, North Pole’s Got Talent. The duo scored a first place win in the national Seasonal Entertainment lighting competition.
OK, we’re not to the 10-12 inch mark yet, but blustery Nemo is certainly here. Have fun in the snow and be safe! And send us your pix to post.
May the Sanitation God’s be good to us and plow the streets…unlike Snowmageddon!
Once again, neighbors Chris and Ryan pull off another spectacular light show for the neighborhood to enjoy! In addition, Patch.com has a “Deck the house” contest that is giving away $100K to the most decked out house.
You can vote for their house (once a day) and if they win they have pledged the $$ to PS10. Here’s more info from the Facebook page: Continue reading
And it’s only November 7th! Happy snow (or perhaps not so happy) to our neighbors and community.
We thought it would be nice to show some pre-Sandy shots of Green-Wood considering all the post-Sandy destruction to our biggest neighbor. If you have your own photos, please e-mail them to us or post them to the official Green-Wood flickr group. Follow the jump to see the slideshow from flickr.
Seems most of the neighborhood went unscathed.
Flickering lights and a lot of debris, a few downed street trees, but other than a report the old White Eagle Tavern on 23rd St. and 5th Ave suffered damage (as much due to neglect that Sandy), seems Greenwood Heights is AOK. Can’t say the same of the perimeter of the cemetery, nor any of the Zone A sections of the City. We were lucky. If folks have photos to share, please post them here, on the Greenwood Heights flickr group or e-mail us. We’d love to hear some stories from the folks in the neighborhood and how you weathered the storms.
And stay safe with the clean up!
UPDATE: For those folks who thought there may have been a fire/arcing at the Greenwood Sub-Station at 23rd St and 5th Ave, it was most likely the. Con Ed gas turbine barges (about 8 turbines to a barge) on 27th Street below 3rd Avenue to the water.