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Nude Sunrise Yoga Class Offered in Gantry Park This Summer

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All nude come June, just like Show Palace

There will be a nude sunrise yoga class offered on the northern pier of Gantry Plaza State Park this summer.  The class will begin on Thursday, June 13 and occur every Thursday until August 8.  The start time for the initial class will be 5:24am and change slightly from week to week based on the sunrise.  The instructor is Holly Beartush from the Yoga & Yogurt Studio in Bushwick and it is open to all, no advance registration necessary.

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2018 XMAS WISH LIST TO SANTA VAN BRAMER

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Behold, 5Pointz and its 1000+ residences rising in the east
On behalf of all the people who have assembled here
I would merely like to mention if I may
That our unanimous attitude
Is one of lasting gratitude
For what our friend has done for us today
And therefore I would simply like to say Thank you very much!
Thank you very much!
That’s the nicest thing that anyone’s ever done for me
I may sound Double-Dutch
But my delight is such
I feel as if a losing war’s been won for me

GIVEN that we’re almost done with 2018 and the S&P 500 is nearly flat this year1, I’m going to keep my Christmas wish list modest, unlike in years past.  In fact there’s only one item: renovate the pair of tattered basketball courts in Murray Park.

Repave, reline, replace current backboards with fiberglass ones that jut out another 1-2 feet from the fence to create a baseline that’s not abutting it  That’s all, very simple and shoudn’t be expensive.

Currently they are in such a state of disrepair they [Read more…] about 2018 XMAS WISH LIST TO SANTA VAN BRAMER

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HUNTERS POINT SOUTH PARK PHASE 2 TO OPEN LATE JUNE

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On the firing line at Astoria Seafood
On the firing line at Astoria Seafood

TWO of my writers were poached by The New Yorker this month so I’ve had to rely on my own faculties to dig up scoops.  Fortunately in a quick perusal of the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy’s newsletter I caught a recap of their community meeting last night which revealed that Phase 2 of Hunters Point Park South will open in late June according to a presenter at the meeting from the EDC.  This is the southern portion of the park, past the volleyball court/LIC Landing, which is supposed to be more “contemplative” and which will NOT include a playground for older kids.  As a consolation the HPPC newsletter also reported that The Wizard of Oz will be the first movie they present at the Oval this year on May 18.

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