Greenpoint Star Newspaper

Let’s get ready to rumble!

As the 2018 Senior Games slowly approaches, get ready to sharpen those skills with our Table Tennis Clinic hosted by McCarren Play Center at 776 Lorimer Street.

Come out on April 27th at 10am and get ready to train hard for the 2018 Senior Games, for adults ages 50 and older. Train with some of our best staff and challenge our members in competitions to help build your skills.

Please note: the first day of the clinic is free. To participate in the clinic after the first day, you’ll need a Recreation Center Membership.

Enjoy the final single-bar event of the season at the very hip Threes at Franklin + Kent at 113 Franklin St and be treated to live music. At 9pm Lo Watts will be performing classic Jamaican tunes!

Threes at Franklin + Kent is proud to promote some fantastic LGBTQIA+ Brooklyn businesses and spread the word about Brooklyn Pride.

North Brooklyn residents are concerned that a United States Postal Service request to park USPS vehicles on Marcy Avenue will take much-needed parking away from the community.

A USPS representative explained at a Community Board 1 meeting on April 10 that while its office on South 4th Street has 30 vehicles, it only has space to accommodate 10. USPS hopes to partner with the Department of Transportation to create space for the trucks along Marcy Avenue in an effort to solve this problem.

The plan will be presented to the Community Board 1 Transportation Committee for further discussion at a meeting on May 14.

Have any spare clothes that are just taking up closet space?

Stop by Town Square’s Greencycle “Spring Cleaning” swap on Saturday, April 14 at Leonard Library.

Donate some of your *gently used* clothes, shoes, books, toys, bikes, phones or other household items.

You can also walk away with a bag-full of donated items as well.

All remaining items will be donated to Home Life Services homeless shelters.

Have you ever been curious what the Newtown Creek looks, smells and feels like from both ends?

Here’s your opportunity. The Newtown Creek Alliance is hosting its second annual walking tour of the entire creek on Sunday, April 15.

The tour will go from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., spanning two boroughs and multiple neighborhoods. It will begin in Long Island City and end in Greenpoint, but also pass by Blissville, Maspeth, Ridgewood, East Williamsburg and Bushwick.

Learn about the history of the creek, including how a giant oil spill and manufacturing polluted the waterbody.

Your guides on this tour will be Mitch Waxman and Willis Elkins from NCA.

There will be a bathroom and food break along the way. Last year, the tour stopped at Goodfellas Diner in Maspeth.

Attendees are encouraged to wear comfortable, sturdy and toed shoes, as well as hats, sunglasses and sunscreen. Bring a water bottle for good measure.

For more information and to get tickets, visit the Eventbrite site here.

Join Greening #Greenpoint & @TreesNewYork for the 2018 Street Tree Stewardship Summit on Saturday 3/24 at 12:30pm at 155 Milton Street!

For more information or to RSVP: http://bit.ly/2BTV7Dm

Help the Kingsland Wildflowers team kick off the 2018 season this Field Day Friday, March 16 from 4 to 7 p.m.

Tour the roof and dig in the dirt at the hands-on volunteering days to help maintain the garden.

It’s a free event, so be sure to bring a friend!

With the impending nor’easter set to blast New York City with 4 to 8 inches of snow, the Department of Transportation and Department of Sanitation are taking precautions.

Alternate-side parking regulations will be suspended on Wednesday, March 7 and Thursday, March 8 to facilitate snow operations.

Payment at parking meters will remain in effect.

Join the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team in cooperation with the Prospect Park Alliance and NYC Parks Department on Sunday, March 11 for the Sri Chinmoy 5K & 7-mile race, featuring a scenic loop course around the park.

The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team was formed in 1977 by students of the Indian meditation master, author, poet and philosopher Sri Chinmoy.

A champion athlete in the Indian spiritual community where he had lived for 20 years before coming to America, Sri Chinmoy felt that sport was a natural aid to well being.

At the time of the Marathon Team’s founding, Sri Chinmoy was encouraging his students to increase their physical fitness as a natural complement to their meditation practice.

Although Chinmoy passed away in 2007, the Marathon Team has continued to be a standard bearer for his vision of realizing human potential through sports.

Be a part of Chinmoy’s legacy by taking part in the 5k and 7-mile races! Register early as spots fill up quickly!

Number pickup will be on race day only, between 9:00 – 9:45 AM and both races will start at 10 am.

Stick around for the post-race pancake breakfast! Hot pancakes are even more enjoyable after you’ve run a race, and they’re free!

For registration information and fees please visit, https://goo.gl/ZhTgeR.

Attend the Brooklyn Bazaar’s all you can eat Mac & Cheese Takedown on February 25th at 2 pm! At 150 Greenpoint Avenue, the event will be featuring  20 local chefs competing to be crowned the ultimate mac & cheese connoisseur. 

Home cooks from all over NYC are battling it out for your affection! There are tons of prizes at stake, so if you love all-you-can-eat mac & cheese, this is the best Sunday date you can possibly imagine!

Tickets are available for $25 !