Fifth Avenue Street Festival in Sunset Park draws thousands
Youngsters get up close with a reptilian friend. Photo: Arthur De Gaeta/Brooklyn Eagle
The Sunset Park Business Improvement District hosted its 27th annual Street Festival on Sept. 20. The festival ran from 44th to 59th Streets and featured food, music, games and plenty of vendors and small businesses.
David Estrada, executive director of the Sunset Park BID, told the Brooklyn Eagle that the festival’s main purpose is to promote small businesses along Fifth Avenue.
“This is arguably the largest public community service event in Sunset Park,” Estrada said. “The neighborhood represents what many of us love most about Brooklyn.”
Happy Friday in New York City, where we’re absolutely flushed with cash, folks.
Remember the FIFA World Cup? Mayor Mamdani announced yesterday that the event delivered about $2 billion in economic impact to the city and $3.5 billion to the larger metro region. $1.3 billion of the NYC-specific $2 billion windfall came from director spending from visitors and operators.
Foot traffic at city bars increased by 16% during the World Cup months. International Visa spending increased by 12% in Manhattan, 19% in Brooklyn and 6% in Queens. The tournament also created 12,000 new jobs.
“This summer, we proved that the people’s game can still belong to the people — to the deli owners, cab drivers and line cooks who welcomed visitors from around the globe to New York City and powered the World Cup,” Mamdani said in a statement yesterday. “And the result was more than $2 billion flowing through our city’s economy — a win for working New Yorkers across all five boroughs.”
In total, the eight matches played at New York New Jersey Stadium generated $200 million more in regional economic activity than was originally predicted.
Now, we just need to host one of these global sporting events every year so that all those budget deficit problems will disappear! Problem solved.
Brooklyn’s judicial and legal community will gather at the Cathedral Basilica of St. James next Thursday, Oct. 8, for the annual Red Mass, which traditionally marks the beginning of the new court season.
Gov. Hochul appoints NY Attorney General Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell alleged gang rape case.
The city is set to increase the size of the grants the Department of Cultural Affairs distributes to local artists, doubling the cap from $5,000 to $10,000.
Shoplifters, abandoned cars, kids and more were discussed at 63rd Precinct Community Council.
Next week is Banned Books Week, and BPL is offering a slate of events and resources to promote intellectual freedom.
The tennis foundation that Arthur Ashe founded begins a new year of after-school programs.
Construction work began Thursday at the site of the future Box Street Park.
Maimonides health’s leaders cut the ribbon on Thursday of the hospital’s new Outpatient Imaging Center, designed to provide earlier appointment availability, shorter waits and faster results.
City Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn kicked off “Biketober” on Friday, announcing that work will begin next week on upgrades to bike lanes in the streets approaching the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Floyd Bennett Field developments continue to dominate Community Board 18 meetings
The air tower and a hangar that now serves as a recreation center at Floyd Bennett Field. Photo: Bebeto Matthews/AP
In their first meeting after the summer break, Community Board 18 met with a full agenda and a packed room at 1097 Bergen Ave. on Wednesday night.
Many attendees were disappointed by the absence of Joe Marty, regional manager and representative of Gateway Hospitality LLC, a subsidiary of ExplorUS. Marty was scheduled to appear at the Statutory Public Hearing with his attorney from Pesetsky and Bookman, but could not attend.
Gateway was awarded the contract through an RFP process with the National Park Service to be the new operator of the former Aviator Sports and Event Center at Floyd Bennett Field, located at hangars 5, 6, 7 and 8 at 3159 Flatbush Ave.
The facility was renamed Floyd Bennett Sports Complex in July, and those in attendance were eager to hear about proposed floor plans, menu and method of operation from Marty.
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On this day in 1898, the Eagle said, “Operative politics cannot be called merciful. Mr. Roosevelt wanted to be secretary of war, and is a candidate for governor. Judge Van Wyck wanted to be renominated for judge, and is Mr. Roosevelt’s opponent. Neither man wanted the office for which he is proposed. Which man the people want, they must decide.”
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