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Menchaca meets with Chinese business community

Carlos Menchaca, who is poised to be the next councilmember of the 38th District, met with business leaders in the Chinese community on Friday, October 18 to learn about what issues matter to them most.

Menchaca, who defeated longtime Councilmember Sara Gonzalez in the primary el …

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Colton submits B64 petition to MTA board

Assemblymember Bill Colton officially submitted the petition he has been circulating since November to bring the B64 back to Coney Island at the Metropolitan Transit Authority board meeting on Wednesday, June 27, but not till after he addressed members with a rousing speech.

“I am here to …

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Bensonhurst to MTA: Bring back the B64 to Coney Island

Hundreds of Bensonhurst residents rallied in front of the Ulmer Park Bus Depot on Saturday, June 16 asking the Transit Authority to restore the B64’s route to Coney Island.

The protest was organized by Assemblymember Bill Colton and Transit Workers Union Local 100. Since November, Colton …

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Bay Parkway gets a mini-makeover

About 200 residents came out on May 6 to clean up Bay Parkway between 60th and 86th Streets, an effort spearheaded by Councilmember David Greenfield and Assemblymember Bill Colton.

Greenfield announced his plan to revitalize Bay Parkway back in March. He said this cle …

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This 2023 file photo shows a vacant MTA lot at 66th Street and Bay Parkway in Bay Ridge. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Denise Romano

Greenfield launches Bay Parkway revitalization

Councilmember David Greenfield announced an intensive plan to clean up Bay Parkway at a meeting with Sanitation Department officials and community members at St. Athanasius’ school auditorium on March 29.

“Bay Parkway is not as clean as it used to be and we want to fix that – this is a …

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Marking Lunar New Year with song and dance

Several generations of Brooklyn’s Chinese-American community filled New Utrecht High School’s auditorium on Sunday, March 4, for an afternoon of singing, dancing, musical performances, puppet shows and Cantonese opera from both traditional Chinese culture and Broadway.

The 10th annual Lu …

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72nd Precinct council meets in Chinatown for first time

The 72nd Precinct Community Council changed locations for itsNovember meeting, from the usual Marien Heim senior center at 4520Fourth Avenue to the office of the Brooklyn Chinese ImprovementAssociation (BCIA) at 720 57th Street.

But this wasn’t an effort by the council to confuse regularme …

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Hundreds of helping hands keep 86th Street clean

They mean clean.

A record-breaking number of area teens participated inAssemblymember Bill Colton’s neighborhood clean-up on SaturdayNovember 12. About 400 volunteers donned gloves, and wieldedshovels, garbage bags, brooms and rakes provided by the Departmentof Sanitation and Home Depot, a …

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GENERALLY SPEAKING: Brookyn marchers salute Columbus

BROOKLYN MARCHERS SALUTE COLUMBUS

Under bright sunny skies and summer-like warm weather, the 30thannual Brooklyn Columbus Day Parade kicked off on 18th Avenue, alsoknown as Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard.

Several years ago, the Federation of Italian AmericanOrganizations (FIAO), spons …

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