Weekday Events

Community Board 3 Meeting
At CB3’s monthly meeting, the Department of City Planning will update the community on the rezoning of Bedford-Stuyvesant North.
Monday, May 2nd, 7:00 p.m., St. Stephens United Church of God, 874 Myrtle Avenue (Between Marcy & Tompkins Avenues)

Meeting on The Expansion of the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District
Landmarks Preservation Commission staff will hold an information session for property owners within the proposed and calendared expansion of the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District. Wednesday, May 4th., 6 p.m., M.S. 35, at 272 MacDonough Street between Lewis and Marcus Garvey.

Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge
The kick-off of the NYC Dept of Environmental Protection’s series will include Frederik Pischke (Interagency Water Advisor, UN-Water) Vyjayanthi Rao (Assistant Professor of Anthropology, New School for Social Research) and Jennifer Farmwald (Project Manager, Water Supply Infrastructure & Watershed Assessment NYC DEP). Wednesday, May 4th 6:30pm 8:30pm, Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Visitor Center, 329 Greenpoint Avenue.

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Cinco de Mayo Fundraiser
The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC) will host a fundraiser to benefit the organization and preview of the Spring Pier Art Show, Convergence in Red Hook. The Cinco de Mayo fundraiser is being generously sponsored by the businesses, restaurants and drink purveyors in the neighborhood. Local caterer, Roquette Catering of Red Hook is producing the event. Sponsors and businesses participating include Phoenix Beverages, Realty Collective, Home/Made Wine Bar, Diego’s Restaurant, Baked, Dry Dock, Hope & Anchor, Margaret Palca Bakes, Lilla Café, Steve’s Authentic Key Lime Pies, and Birdie & Sage. Hundreds of artists will display their artwork that will be on sale. Thursday, May 5th, 6:30pm to 9:00pm, 499 Van Brunt Street, Sliding-Scale Cost: $30-$150.

Victoria Brown Reading at the Greenlight Bookstore
Brooklyn-based author Victoria Brown, a native of Trinidad, worked as a full-time nanny when she first arrived in New York at sixteen. Her debut novel Minding Ben (begun as her master’s thesis at the UK’s University of Warwick) follows the story of Grace, a Trini girl who finds a job as a nanny with a wealthy Manhattan couple. The novel nimbly lays out the intricate and complicated world of urbanite nannies, as well as the vibrant but challenging Brooklyn Caribbean community many immigrants return to on their days off. Victoria reads from her novel and discusses how her experiences have shaped her as a writer. Thursday, May 5, 7:30 PM, Greenlight Bookstore, 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY

RePOP Art Show and Reception for Artist Kris Krohn
RePOP of Brooklyn is hosting an art show and reception featuring the paintings of artist Kris Krohn as part of their ongoing series featuring artwork that compliments RePOP’s selection of mid-century, industrial, deco and vintage furnishings and decor. Krohn writes of his series Timless Interiors on view at RePOP that the works approach reality in which our perception of time and space is altered by the atmospheric rendering of traditional rooms, consisting of finely detailed baroque furniture and interiors amidst bold washes of color. Friday, May 6th, from 7:30-11:00pm, RePOP, 68 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11205.