Announcement Board

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Community Services Housing Corp: The Food Pantry
Food Pantry is open every Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Date/Time:  Every Thursday from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: 547 Howard Avenue, Entrance on Lincoln Avenue
Contact:  (646) 794-5961 or  cshdc1474@gmail.com

Marine Park Tree Planting
Volunteer with the Stewardship Team to plant trees in the forest of Marine Park! Trees provide so many benefits to New Yorkers such as improved air and water quality, reduced pollution, and lower energy costs. Volunteers will be trained in proper planting techniques. Come dressed in sturdy boots or shoes, long pants, and clothing that can get dirty. Please be sure to wear a face mask and bring your own water bottle to this event. Volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by a chaperone.
Register online

Date/Time:  Friday, May 7, 2021  9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Avenue U and E.36th Street, Marine Park
More info: Marine Park Tree Planting - May 7, 2021 : NYC Parks (nycgovparks.org)
Contact: stewardship@parks.nyc.gov

Date/Time:  Friday, May 14, 2021  9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Avenue U and E.36th Street, Marine Park
More info: Marine Park Tree Planting - May 14, 2021 : NYC Parks (nycgovparks.org)
Contact: stewardship@parks.nyc.gov

Date/Time:  Saturday, May 15, 2021  9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Avenue U and E.36th Street, Marine Park
More info: Marine Park Tree Planting - May 15, 2021 : NYC Parks (nycgovparks.org)
Contact: stewardship@parks.nyc.gov

We would like to wish Michael Ien well in this new position and that the Marine Park Community Association looks forward to working with him.

Members of the MPCA, Barbara Davis and Joanna Davis along with the Director of Marine Park, Margot Perot , recently gave some tender loving careto the 4 hardens outside of the Carmine Carro Community Center in Marine Park. The Marine Park Community Association along the Marine Park Alliance planted and maintain these gardens along with volunteers from our Marine Park neighborhood.

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     MPCA Gardening Club

Have you noticed colorful flowers popping up in unexpected places
around our Marine Park Neighborhood? Are you interested in keeping
our Marine Park Neighborhood beautiful, or even making it more
attractive? If you answered yes to either of these questions, you may
be interested in joining the MPCA Garden Club. Gardening experience
is not necessary. All you need is a desire to keep our neighborhood
looking great. Experienced members of the MPCA Garden Club will be
happy to show you how you can help. Let’s keep our Marine Park
neighborhood looking great! Members of all ages, levels of energy,
availability of time, and know-how are accepted. Please text, call, or
email using the information below.
Thank you,
Barbara Davis

Text: (917)589-1818

Telephone : ​718-376-7343

Email :

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P.S. Next month we will be featuring pictures of members of our
neighborhood who sweep the street in front of their homes to Keep
Marine Park beautiful. If you have any nominations for people who
could be featured, please contact us. Thanks

                    In Memoriam

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- Ralph V. Pugliese (former MPCA President, 1981-1992)

Passed away on July 19, 2020 at the age of 95. Ralph Pugliese was a former President of the MPCA (then known as Marine Park Civic Association) from June 1981 to June 1992. He loved the community and neighborhood, where he lived from 1963 to 2003. We remember several of the programs and initiatives he worked on with other members of the community and local politicians to improve the quality of life of the residents. These include, a program he worked on with Community Board 18 to resolve the graffiti that had become prevalent at that time, the improvement project to revitalize Marine Park, when the fields were redone, and the bocce court was added, and in initiating the relocation of the sanitation trucks which were being double parked on Avenue S., which was also a safety concern. Ralph was a teacher at P.S. 207, the school he retired from after a thirty- three year teaching career. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus (fourth degree), the Lion’s Club, and the Catholic Teachers Association. He was a former parishioner, usher, and member of the parish council at St. Columba. He was born in Brooklyn in 1925, raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section, graduated from Boy’s High School, and St. John’s University, which was located in Brooklyn at the time. He always loved his Marine Park neighborhood, and the many friends, neighbors, and students he knew there.

Start of Pickle Ball for “Active Adults & Seniors at the MPAA on Friday’s  throughout summer, 9am for Beginner instruction  & 10am to 12 noon,  open play.  Free to all MPAA members,  come out & try it or watch this National game take off in Marine Park, Brooklyn NY.  

email Maher with any questions - bkspecialevents@parks.nyc.gov

- Article Credit - Canarise Courier.

Attention MPCA members we will be broadcasting each general MPCA meeting on Facebook live on our new Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/pg/marineparkcommunityassociation

MPCA President Robert Tracey would like to thank our members and community for your thoughtful and generous donations and membership renewals. We look forward to a great year together!

Steven Pollard, 1988-2019

The Marine Park Community Association wishes to extend their sincere condolences to the family of New York City firefighter Steven Pollard, a resident of our Marine Park Community.  In an attempt to help victims of a car accident he lost his life trying to assist others,   a reminder of the risks our first responders face every day.  Our condolences also to the Fire Department family and members of Ladder Co. 170 on the tragic loss of their fellow firefighter.  We join the city in mourning the loss of such a young person performing his job with a bright future ahead of him.  May he rest in peace. 

Do You Need Your Property Shoveled ?

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Call Us And We Will Match You Up With A Neighborhood Person Who You Can Hire.

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(646) 369 - 4205 Rob.

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(718) 375 - 2096 Barbara.

Marine Park Community Association

33rd Annual Halloween/Fall Festival

October 20, 2018

The Marine Park Community Association would like to thank Geoffrey Martin, Park & Recreation Manager and his Parks staff for their assistance in preparing the Fall Festival event site for our 33rd Annual Fall Festival.  Upon our request, his staff mowed the lawn area; set up additional garbage pails and installed snow fencing for the pumpkin patch and cemetery area as well as revising both areas when it was decided the areas would be too small to accommodate 2,500 lbs.of pumpkins. 

There were many smiling faces as the children picked out their pumpkins; took pictures in the pumpkin patch and then decorated them; ate their free popcorn while watching the Puppet show and participated in many craft activities. Attendance at this event was estimated to be approximately 3,000. 

We could not continue this annual event without the support of the Parks Department and our local elected politicians.  Thank you to Sen. Marty Golden for his partnership with the MPCA as well as NYC Councilman Alan Maisel who has provided the opportunity for the MPCA to apply for grants to help fund events like this for the community.  Additional thanks to the 30 student volunteers from James Madison H.S. and community volunteers; Partnership for Parks for their Puppet Show; the Fire Department; the Police Department and Auxiliary; the Kids Mobile (Library); N.Y. Road Runners and Aviator Sports. 

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