Just as supporters of the community greenspace at the corner of Norfolk and Stanton streets prepared to celebrate a victory this afternoon, the developer who owns part of the land escalated the ongoing conflict, sending workers to reinforce the chainlink...
Supporters of Children's Magical Garden will gather this afternoon to celebrate the city's decision to preserve the green space as a community garden. Everyone is invited to the garden at the corner of Norfolk and Stanton streets from 4...
There’s a new free outdoor Pop Up Festival opening this week in the LES thanks to the Educational Alliance.
Summer in Seward Park is part of a series of kick-off festivities for the Manny Cantor Center, the Alliance's new state-of-the-art...
This Saturday, a free art workshop will be held at Sara D. Roosevelt Park, featuring famed graphic artist and sculptor Dennis McNett, a Brooklyn artist who has created mythical larger-than-life masks, screen prints and 3-D pieces throughout his career.
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The Lower East Side's biggest annual "Latino pride" celebration, Loisaida Festival, returns to Avenue C this weekend. On Sunday, May 26, we are told, "hundreds of community supporters, Little Leaguers and notables, led by a 45 member marching band...
Neighborhood parks will be celebrating "It's My Park Day" on Saturday. Here are the festivities happening in Sara D. Roosevelt Park, as well as M'Finda Kalunga.
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We are on the scene at the Children's Magical Garden at Stanton and Norfolk where a long standing dispute has been rekindled between the community and developer Serge Hoyda. Hoyda has planned to develop a portion of this site...
Warm weather is here to stay. And with it comes a slew of outdoor events. This Saturday, the East River's Solar One kicks off its First Ever Annual Almighty Foot Clan Anniversary B-Boy Battle. And that can only mean...
Last night, members of Community Board 3 and local residents got their first look at master plan proposals for a large new park in the works at Pier 42. Two options outlined by Signe Nielsen of Mathews Nielsen, an...
This past weekend, we headed over to East River Park, where the Lower East Side Sports Academy's spring baseball league was in full swing. The three-year old organization offers affordable sports programs for kids in under-served communities. Frank Alameda,...
