Bufano Park Family Skate Day

  Saturday, Bufano Park located at Bradford and La Salle Avenues in the Schuylerville section of the East Bronx was host to its first family skate day. While the park has a regulation skate park complete with a scoreboard (above), it has been used for league skating only. Bufano Park has many amenities found in parks such as basketball courts, a sprinkler, and seating areas, but this day set up were other activities not found everyday in a park. There was a child play area with Hula Hoops, Chalk to draw on the asphalt, a chess area, and even a small knock-hockey game. There was a skate company brought in with one-hundred different sized skates for use in the rink. Parents liked the idea that they could skate in the rink with their smaller children, many who were on roller skates for the very first time.  

Above - A table with three chess boards was set up. 

Below - The children's area where there were many different activities.

Above - One had to sign a release and leave your shoes before getting a pair of skates to go roller skating.

Below - One of the one hundred pairs of roller skates that were brought to Bufano Park for Family Skate Day.

STATEMENT FROM MAYOR DE BLASIO ON INVESTIGATION INTO TAXI MEDALLION BROKERS

  “Today I ordered a joint investigation by the Taxi and Limousine Commission, Department of Finance and Department of Consumer Affairs into predatory practices by brokers in the taxi industry. The 45-day review will identify and penalize brokers who have taken advantage of buyers and misled City authorities. The review will set down strict new rules that prevent broker practices that hurt drivers. It's unacceptable to prey on hardworking New Yorkers trying to support their families and we'll do all that we can to put an end to it."

Bronx River Art Center (BRAC) - Applying for Housing and Living Spaces

Please join us for an informative discussion on applying for affordable housing. Sponsored by The Bronx Council on the Arts & The Actors Fund  Thursday May 23rd, 5:30pm - 7:30pm At the Bronx River Art Center Event Space 1087 East Tremont Ave, Bronx NY 10460 For more information click HERE

www.bronxriverart.org

Exclusive Craft Beer at Five Points Fest Brooklyn

Five Points Fest, America's premiere Designer Toy festival, is excited to share another killer announcement about our featured beers this year from Lagunitas, Sixpoint Brewery and Kings County Brewing Collective! To kick things off, we have the Sofu-Baby Sour, a delicious mango, passion fruit sour brewed by KCBC!  This exclusive can is designed by NYC based artist and Five Points Fest Paint Fight Brewser JCORP!  This exclusive collectible can will go on sale at 11 am on Saturday, June 1st! Last years exclusive can, with art by UK artist Czee13, sold out in 20 mins! So make sure you get this years can quick!

JCORP's duties as Five Points Fest Brewser doesn't end there! She also designed the artwork for, and named, the exclusive Sixpoint Brewery Greatest Day IPA!  This hazy IPA is exclusive to Five Points Fest 2019!

Five Points Fest will have a full assortment of beers from Lagunitas Brewing Company for you to enjoy! All of which will be available at the bar provided by Brooklyn's own Pine Box Rock Shop! We will also have a specially designed beer can featuring art by 2019 DTA Fan Artist of the Year, Quiccs! Adorning a can of Kolsch Style Huell Melon & Citra Hops Ale, this can will catch the eye of Quiccs fans and craft beer drinkers alike.

This exclusive can is an explosion of TEQ63 goodness that we have all come to expect from Philippines artist, Quiccs. This limited edition exclusive collectible can will go on sale at 11 am on Saturday, June 1st!

To get your hands on these delicious exclusive beers, make sure you have your Five Points Fest tickets! You can purchase tickets on fivepointsfest.com now.

Join us at Five Points Festival at the Brooklyn EXPO Center for Designer Toys, art, craft beer & food, and so much more... When: Designer Toy Awards @ the Brooklyn Bazaar Saturday, June 1st: 7pm Five Points Festival: Saturday, June 1st: 11am - 6pm Sunday, June 2nd: 11am - 5pm   Where: Brooklyn EXPO Center 72 Noble St, Brooklyn, NY 11222 Doors Open at 10am for VIP's. Cost: Daily and full weekend passes available Saturday Only Admission: $35 ($40 at the door) Sunday Only Admission: $30 ($35 at the door) Weekend Pass: $45 ($50 at the door) VIP Pass: $125 Website: www.fivepointsfest.com   Social Media: Facebook: facebook.com/fivepointsfest Twitter: @fivepointsfest Instagram: @fivepointsfest Get a VIP ticket for Five Points Fest 2019, which includes access to  the Designer Toy Awards, Early Access and MORE! An Exclusive Quiccs 3inch TEQ63 toy. Designer Toy Award Ceremony Ticket – Party with us at the Designer Toy Awards on Saturday night and rub elbows with the best in the industry! - THE ONLY WAY TO GET A TICKET! VIP Preview – Get in an hour early both days Exclusive Badge – With swank art just for VIPs STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFO!! -------- ABOUT THE EVENT Five Points Festival is a collision of Designer Toy, Indie Comic, Craft Beer, Kaiju & Sofubi, Street Art and Live Painting, curated by Clutter and sponsored by Blick Art Materials, The Outer Spacemen, Kidrobot, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Sixpoint Brewery, KCBC, Café Grumpy and Sailor Jerry. Additionally, the bar is being provided by Brooklyn's own Pine Box Rock Shop.  Taking place the weekend of June 1-2nd, 2019, at the gorgeous Brooklyn Expo Center, the festival will bring together the best Indie Artists, Designer Toys, Original Art, Resin Sculptures, Plush, Blind Boxes, Blanks, Minis, Kaiju, Japanese Vinyl, Street Art, Posters, Prints, Apparel, Live Painting, Craft Beer, Food Trucks, Pins, Patches and more!

NYPD Active Shooter Presentation 49th Precinct May 29th

The 49th  precinct  will be hosting an Active Shooter presentation .There will be an in-depth  do and don't  explanations on what to do if confronted in an active shooter situation. We urge everyone especially  all houses of worship to attend this very  important meeting hosted  by  the NYPD.

Where:Robbins Auditorium at  Einstein College.Use either 1300 Morris Park OR 1825 Eastchester Road entrance.

When: Wednesday  May 29 ,2019

Time :6:00  PM 

Hosted by: 49th Precinct

Councilman Diaz Sr. Throws Out 1st Pitch Legends League Softball 2019 Season

  The first pitch is coming right at you as Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr. hurled it to open the Legends League 2019 season. 

  With Councilman Diaz Sr. are Legends League President Mario Rodriguez, Vice-President Fermin Padro, Commissioner Hestor Garcis, Empire Team Manager Jose Gonzalez, Players Eusebie (Cheo) Romero and Angel G. Morales, and Ground Keeper Angel Rios.   

Friday Night's School Diversity and Specialized High School Admission Community Forum

 There have been calls by Mayor De Blasio and Chancellor Carranza to scrap the sole test for admitting students into the city's specialized high schools , in favor of putting in a system so more minority students would be admitted than is currently in place. 

 State Senator John Liu, a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science has been given the task to hold hearings in all five boroughs, and then report to the state senate his findings. 

 At the Bronx meeting held Friday night at Lehman College a poor turnout by Bronx residents and parents allowed speakers mostly from Queens and Brooklyn to dominate this forum. There were statements that the admission test is color blind by many, and only a couple of people who said that the admission process should be changed. 

 Speakers went on to say that the Department of Education has and is doing a poor job of educating students so they are unprepared to answer the questions on the test. There were a couple of students who said that their goal is to pass the admission test to the specialized schools so they can have a better education than in high schools in their area.

  If one waits outside the Bronx High School of Science, you will notice dozens of buses from a company in Queens that brings students to the school, and the takes them back to Queens. Others take the subway getting off at the nearby #4 train station of Bedford Park Boulevard. 

 The NYCDOE tried to solve this problem a few years ago expanding the specialized high schools from the three original State mandated schools to eight by adding five more NYCDOE schools. The mayor and chancellor can change the admission process at the five additional schools. At the original three specialized high schools Bronx Science, Stuyvesant, and Brooklyn Tech the state legislature would have to change the admission process, because it was the state legislature that set the admission policy.

Above - State Senator John Liu (R) the Chair of the Senate NYC Education Committee, and State Senator Jamaal Bailey (L) the senator for area where the forum was held. 

Below - A little levity before the forum began between the two senators for the camera.