The Coney Corps clean-up crew was hard at work this weekend cleaning the Coney Island boardwalk after a sand storm last week. The clean-up crew is supervised by a local business owner and staffed with a local workforce, and they are doing a great job throughout the neighborhood.

Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium Opens Registration for Summer Camp!

Summer camps return with programming for children of all ages.

Register online for programs at:

www.nyaquarium.com/nyaeducation

Coney Island, Brooklyn –– April 12, 2013 – The Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium’s summer educational programming is back post-Hurricane Sandy with a new lineup of programs for children of all ages. Registration is now open for the 2013 summer camp season.

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NYC Summer Youth Employment Program Applications Available and Due May 10th!

Find out more information and apply online: https://application.nycsyep.com/

FEMA/SBA Application Deadline: 4/13

The latest deadline to submit an application to FEMA or SBA for disaster relief assistance is this Saturday, April 13th.

The Disaster Recovery Center at MCU Park (1904 Surf Avenue) is open this week:

Monday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Individuals can register with FEMA online at DisasterAssistance.gov or via smartphone or tablet at m.fema.gov. They may also call the FEMA helpline 800-621-3362 (Voice, 7-1-1/Relay) or (TTY) 800-462-7585. The helpline is available 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. EDT, seven days a week.

To apply for an SBA disaster loan, go to https://DisasterLoan.SBA.gov/ELA. Survivors may also visit a Disaster Loan Outreach Center (text “DRC” and your Zip Code to 43362 or go to FEMA.gov/disaster-recovery-centers for locations). For assistance, call the SBA Disaster Customer Service Center at 800-659-2955 (TTY 800-877-8339) or send an email to [email protected].

For more information about disaster assistance distributed by FEMA and SBA since Hurricane Sandy, click here.

Grantee Spotlight: Friends of Kaiser Park

Each week we will be highlighting some of the great work and progress being made by some of our grantees.

The grant money was used to replace some of our equipment for our movie night that we have in the park. We replaced a projector $1204.99, air movie screen $479.00, speaker PA system $168.88, microphone $ 54.95, extension cords $ 41.48 and also for our egg hunt event on March 16, 2013, and banners $520.00. We have so much more to replace and rebuild our meeting place in time we will.

Coney Island Strong

Hurricane Sandy was a disaster; and full recovery, a challenge. But thanks to the tireless efforts of so many, strong local community-based organizations, the neighborhood is recovering and proving its resilience. We will continue to tell the stories of these groups, and share with you their needs.

To learn more about the local CBOs, faith-based organizations, and individuals that make Coney Island strong, visit our Partners page and click through to their websites to learn more.

The Parks Department and the Department of Design and Construction are committed to reopening Brooklyn’s beaches by Memorial Day. To accomplish this goal in such a short time, we will need to perform pile driving operations and other noisy construction work 24 hours a day, for a few days at a time, at several locations along the beach.

For more information or to sign up for e-mail alerts, please visit the project’s website:
http://www.nycgovparks.org/facility/beaches/beach-recovery

Volunteers from Marquette University helping out a couple weeks ago at AME Zion Church in Coney Island.

REMINDER: Read and Comment on NYC’s CDBG Plan

NYC has released a draft action plan for the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to repair and restore areas affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Through April 4, 2013 the City will accept comments and incorporate them into the final Action Plan A that we will submit to the federal government. Comments must be received no later than Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 11:59 PM (EST).