Maria Stasinski was finally given permission to install a lift to help her bring her five-year-old daughter, Giuliana in and out of her condo at the Richmond Mews complex in Bulls Head, Staten Island after a long and tough battle with the board. Long Battle Fought and Won Ms. Stasinski has been vying for permission…
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Shimmie Horn: The opening of the Chandler
Shimmie Horn Triumph Hospitality, the hotel brand owned by Shimmie Horn, has recently renovated its Hotel Chandler New York on 12 East 31st Street in Manhattan. Designed by Jorge L. Portero, the Hotel Chandler NY shows off numerous architectural elements reminiscent of the Beaux Arts era. Portero’s other projects include restoration of The Avalon, Hotel…
Bloomsday Celebration in Brooklyn this Saturday
James Joyce’s magnum opus, Ulysses, takes place in Dublin entirely on one day, June 16th, 1904. Today there are several thousand Dubliners who take part in Bloomsday, named after Joyce’s main protagonist, Leopold Bloom, with readings and outings recreating the action of the novel. Bringing Dublin to Brooklyn But just because we might not be…
Honoring NYPD’s Finest at the Medal Day Ceremony
It was an important day in New York on Tuesday, as 47 police officers were honored at the NYPD’s Medal Day ceremony. Thirty officers received the Police Combat Cross which is the department’s second highest honor. The highest NYPD award, the Medal of Honor, wasn’t awarded during the ceremony, but ten service members who died…
Trash Cans in Red Hook Only for the Rich, Study Finds
Great Trash Can Divide in Red Hook Six high school seniors spent hours after school counting trash cans and observing trash to discover that the more gentrified part of the Red Hook neighborhood in Brooklyn is incomparably cleaner than the poorer, residential areas. The students’ efforts were done with the backing of the community group…
National Puerto Rican Day Parade 2011
Yesterday New York saw the 2011 National Puerto Rican Day Parade take place on 5th Avenue. It’s the 54th event held in New York City and the 16th of the National Organization. The parade this year was dedicated to the Hometown of Cabo Rojo as they celebrated their 240 years since its foundation. It was…
Move Over Hollywood, Here Comes Brooklyn
There are lots of films and TV shows, more than most people probably realize, are or have been filmed on location in Brooklyn. Now there is a tour company which will enlighten the public about the popularity of Brooklyn locations on the silver screen as well as on the small screen. On Tour in Brooklyn…
Two Brooklyn Schools At Odds Over Move
As Coney Island Prep Charter School continues to prosper as a successful alternative elementary school, they are outgrowing their present accommodations in a cramped community center and are seeking to re-locate to IS 303. Parents Not Pleased But parents of students at IS 303 are against the move, saying that it will disrupt the great…
Lady Gaga Honored at Fashion Industry Awards at Lincoln Center
At a ‘better than usual’ edition of the annual Council of Fashion Designers (CFDA) awards ceremony held in Lincoln Center on Monday night, Lady Gaga was honored with a special award of her own. Lady Gaga astounded the fashion-savvy crowd with an eye-popping head of “stop-light” green hair, a teensy black bustier which revealed not…
Helping Kids Breath Easier in the South Bronx
The South Bronx children should be feeling healthier soon. That’s because a new child health center is scheduled to open in their neighborhood this month. The $2.3 million facility is being lauded as a first of its kind. Opening at 890 Prospect Avenue, in a county that has known too much poverty, childhood obesity, diabetes…
