Brooklyn's "Low Line"
Brooklyn has about 30 miles of some of the city’s most beautiful waterfront, with views of New York’s famous skyline and the Statue of Liberty. But many born and bred here have never seen it.
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Coney Island
Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island
A Transformational Difference in Lives of Seniors
The relationship between the Brooklyn Community Foundation and the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island began years ago, before the Community Foundation even had its name.
Manhattan New Music Project
Description:
Arts in ed / professional development programs serving special needs students in 5 District 75 Bklyn schools. Thru teacher trainings and in-school support, MNMP helps teachers use the arts as a way to improve students' academic & socialization skills.
Arts in ed / professional development programs serving special needs students in 5 District 75 Bklyn schools. Thru teacher trainings and in-school support, MNMP helps teachers use the arts as a way to improve students' academic & socialization skills.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Borough Park
Coney Island
Gowanus
Population Served:
Ages Served: Elementary School Students
Middle School Students
High School Students
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
Guardians of the Sick
Description:
Medical Relief Program (financial assistance for direct medical costs) and Camp Scholarships for at-risk youth from this Boro Park organization providing staff and volunteer services addressing human service needs of families in crisis.
Medical Relief Program (financial assistance for direct medical costs) and Camp Scholarships for at-risk youth from this Boro Park organization providing staff and volunteer services addressing human service needs of families in crisis.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bay Ridge
Bensonhurst
Borough Park
Coney Island
Flatbush
Kensington
Williamsburg
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
Coney Island USA, Inc.
Description:
General operating support to supplement organization's declining earned-income numbers (due to decrease in overall Coney Island visitorship) and to offset its efforts to reach out to a broader Brooklyn audience.
General operating support to supplement organization's declining earned-income numbers (due to decrease in overall Coney Island visitorship) and to offset its efforts to reach out to a broader Brooklyn audience.
Grant Amount: $15,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Coney Island
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Arts for All Fund
City Parks Foundation
Description:
Funds to support Catalyst: Reclaiming the Brooklyn Waterfront at Calvert Vaux and Kaiser Parks, a project to build community involvement in parks in Gravesend, Brooklyn.
Funds to support Catalyst: Reclaiming the Brooklyn Waterfront at Calvert Vaux and Kaiser Parks, a project to build community involvement in parks in Gravesend, Brooklyn.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Coney Island
Gravesend
Red Hook
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Green Communities Fund
Bnai Raphael Chesed Organization
Description:
GOS for Midwood Kosher food pantry with broad distribution to individuals and community groups that also distribute food; funds will also allow CRE to assess internal capacity as first step toward ensuring the organization's long term sustainability and growth.
GOS for Midwood Kosher food pantry with broad distribution to individuals and community groups that also distribute food; funds will also allow CRE to assess internal capacity as first step toward ensuring the organization's long term sustainability and growth.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bay Ridge
Borough Park
Canarsie
Coney Island
Crown Heights
East Flatbush
East New York
East Williamsburg
Flatbush
Fort Hamilton
Georgetown
Kensington
Manhattan Beach
Midwood
Mill Basin
Sheepshead Bay
Williamsburg
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
Acts Community Development Corporation
Description:
Support for organization's Coney Island Lighthouse Mission, which provides pantry food and hot meals in addition to food stamps and emergency housing for clients and a vibrant after-school program for at-risk children 5-12 years of age.
Support for organization's Coney Island Lighthouse Mission, which provides pantry food and hot meals in addition to food stamps and emergency housing for clients and a vibrant after-school program for at-risk children 5-12 years of age.
Grant Amount: $7,500
Neighborhoods Served: Coney Island
Flatbush
Sea Gate
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
A Brave “New” Coney Island?
October 5, 2009
The actors ran barefoot on a sandy beach and projected their lines over the cries of seagulls. The audience sat in 1,500 white folding chairs on a boardwalk across from a mural of Henry Hudson’s landing on Coney Island.
This was not a typical production of The Tempest.
Brave New World Repertory Theatre, which takes its name from one of the most famous lines in the play, staged Shakespeare’s tropical classic on the final Saturday and Sunday of September—outside, on the boardwalk and beach of Brooklyn’s Coney Island.
The cast of seagulls. Photos by Eleanor Miller.
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