The Brooklyn Bar Association celebrates first Holiday Party in 50 years
The Brooklyn Bar Association took a major step towards a return to normalcy on Thursday when its Foundation hosted a Holiday Party, the first major event inside the building in nearly two years and its first holiday party in over 50 years.
It wasn’t quite like a party from 2019, but it certainly was festive. Approximately 100 members came through the doors on Thursday night. Some came at 4 p.m. immediately after work, a few came later to avoid the early crowds. Everyone was vaccinated and enough of our guests brought new unwrapped toys that we filled more than two Toys for Tots boxes.
More than a dozen old suits were also collected and will be donated to the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, who gives the suits to men coming out of Rikers Island as part of its reentry program.
Many members in attendance have not been inside the building for nearly two years. Some in attendance on Thursday joined over the pandemic and had never been in the building at all. For the few who have been to 123 Remsen St. over the last two years, they were treated to a nearly empty building instead of its typical bustling hallways so Thursday night was certainly a transformation.