Sunset Park seniors celebrate center’s 18th anniversary
The nearly 400 people who filled the dining room at New SpringGarden Restaurant on 65th Street in Sunset Park last Friday,October 7, were seeing red.
Red balloons, red tablecloths, pink cake, red and gold clothes -the color theme was as ubiquitous as the fact that most of thosedining were senior citizens in their 80s and 90s, gathered tocelebrate the 18th anniversary of the Eighth Avenue SeniorCenter.
The center is one of four senior centers operated by theBrooklyn Chinese-American Association (BCA) and provides meals,bilingual information, ESL classes, medical check-ups andscreenings, workshops, field trips and much-needed socializationand educational assistance to the Chinese seniors living in BayRidge, Sunset Park, Boro Park and much of southern Brooklyn.