The Lunar New Year celebration in Sunset Park will take place on Eighth Avenue on Sunday February 10. The festivities start around 11AM and will go for about three hours. In any case, if you want to see some great photos of last year’s celebration, you can click here and here.–Sunset Park Blog

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“Chinese New Year 2008, the year of the Rat officially begins on February 7th, but since it’s a work day the real fun will be three days later” on Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park where thousands watch the celebration. “The Brooklyn Chinese American Association that sponsors the annual Chinese New Year’s Celebrations on 8th Avenue […]

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From the Sunset Park Autonomous Zone blog comes word of the “2nd Sunset Park Neighborhood Summit” this weekend. It takes place on Sunday (1/20) from 1PM-4PM at the Trinity Lutheran Church, which is located at 46th Street & 4th Ave. The meeting is sponsored by Sunset Park Alliance of Neighbors (SPAN), Friends of Sunset Park, […]

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We’re happy to note two new Brooklyn blogs, including one in Sunset Park, where we’ve been hoping to see some renewed neighborhood blogging activity: The Sunset Park entry is The Sunset Park Blog, which is tied to a website called sunset-park.com that also includes a message board that could turn out to be both interesting […]

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Kevin Walsh and Forgotten New York turn their attention this week to Sunset Park and a new feature full of photographs. There’s a lot history on the page, but here’s a sample of Mr. Walsh’s analysis of the current state of things: Most local politicians and even many neighborhood residents will tell you that the […]

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Community Board #7 is putting on its 20th Annual Holiday Gift Drive for the needy children in the Sunset Park & Windsor Terrace communities, and they are accepting donations. Their email says: Over the years we have distributed thousands of toys to children but our success depends upon the kindness & generosity of everyone in […]

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Someday, this waterfront land in Sunset Park will be a magnificent $36 million public space, but it will require users to overlook a very toxic past. In the meantime, there are some incredible photos to be had.–Nathan Kensinger Photography

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Neighbors Helping Neighbors, a nonprofit that provides assistance to first-time homebuyers and does tenant advocacy, among other things, is holding its first First Annual Benefit Bash on Monday, November 5th at Union Hall in Park Slope. The group says: Neighbors Helping Neighbors is a non-profit organization located in Sunset Park. Through our Homeownership and Tenant […]

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Sunset Park is one of the many Brooklyn neighborhoods where an eventual rezoning is in play. To that end, several community meetings are coming up. They’re sponsored by Community Board 7, Council Member Sara Gonzalez and the Pratt Institute for Community Development. The first meeting is tonight (10/22) at 6:30PM. Here are details on the […]

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When we saw this yesterday, we couldn’t get it out of our minds: A six-unit condo on Sixth Avenue with an awful history (including the death of a worker) is trying to market itself as being in “Sun Slope.” Dear God.–Brownstoner

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The 9th Annual Brooklyn Community Board 7 Waterfront Festival takes placer today on the 58th Street Pier, off First Avenue, in Sunset Park. It runs from Noon-6PM and includes food, music, art, peformnces, boat rides and more. Here are some of the listed activities: Music / Art / Dance, Refreshments / Food, Canoe trips / […]

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The 9th Annual Brooklyn Community Board 7 Waterfront Festival, which seemed so distant when we first mentioned it during the summer, is coming up in Sunset Park this Saturday, September 29. (The rain date is Sat., October 6.) It will take place at the 58th Street Pier, which is off First Avenue, from 12:000PM to […]

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The timing is weird, given that the tornado spawning storm that hit Brooklyn occurred a month ago, but President Bush has finally signed a disaster declaration for Brooklyn. It makes residents eligible to apply for federal and state disaster assistance. Those who suffered damage or losses from the severe storms and flooding are encouraged to […]

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We were super happy to find Mural vs. Condo, a new blog being produced out of Sunset Park, which is a Brooklyn community with a lot of important issues and news, but that has not had a great deal of blogging voices. A quick glance at Mural vs. Condo’s latest post told us about an […]

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We cringe whenever we mention events in September, because it reminds us that the end of summer is drawing closer and closer. Nonetheless, that would be a bad reason not to mention the Ninth Annual Community Board Seven Waterfront Festival in Sunset Park on September 29. It will take place on the 58th Street Pier […]

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We love poking around Kevin Walsh‘s superb website Forgotten NY. Every time we visit, we learning something new. Mr. Walsh is the consummate keeper of information about things that have come and gone (or are in danger of going) in New York City. Mr. Walsh recently started a new feature called Forgotten New York Slices, […]

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We got an email from Friends of Sunset Park about a series of Wednesday morning events that start today (7/11) and continue for the next four Wednesdays. They’re CityParks Kids performances and they start at 10:30 AM. Here’s what the email says: Are you 1, are you 2, ….? or, are you 101? Whatever your […]

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