We have arrived at a point where the term soldiers is often used far too glibly.  Professional athletes routinely refer to their games as wars, and far too many young men have gotten accustomed to seeing themselves as soldiers in the street.  Maybe it’s because for most of us Memorial Day is only seen as a day to barbecue and get away from home or work, and not as an opportunity to reflect on those who have passed away defending this nation.  Sadly, few of us are even likely to consider that since we are a nation currently in the midst of two wars, dead soldiers are not a reality of a far-flung past documented on the history channel, but rather a tragic fact that military families wake up to every day in this country.

As far too many of our neighbors in Crown Heights can attest to, this Memorial Day is not another opportunity to mourn those who died in the Civil War, World War I or II, or even Vietnam–but those who have lost their lives fighting in this nation’s two current ongoing wars.

Therefore on this memorial day, we at NP hope that you will take a moment and give thanks and offer peace to our brothers, sisters–and neighbors currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

De La Soul To Headline 2010 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival – Tickets Go On sale May 3rd [Brooklyn Bodega]

Will Crown Heights look Like park Slope In 5, 10, 20 Years? – Video [NP]

Nelson George’s Brooklyn Atlas – Video  [NP]

Crown Heights Author Zetta Elliot shares Her Story [NP]

Joey’s Gourmet Lunchboxx – Reviews [NP]

Accepting Applications For affordable Housing – 320 Sterling St Cooperative [PACC]

PS 335 Teacher In Crown Heights Wallops Student [NY Post]

Tonight! – Karim Camara will be honoring Rabbi Eli Cohen, Executive Director of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council at his State of the District Address [Chabad Info]

Crown Heights Oral History Project – Ms Rosella! [NP}

Best Western Coming To Crown Heights! [NP]

Moshe Rubashkin President of Crown Heights Jewish Community Council in Brooklyn is Headed To Prison [newzoutbreak.com]

Community Pacts Questioned in the Zoning Processs [New York Times]

Charter School Teachers In Crown Heights Back Off From Union [New York Times]

Karim Camara will be honoring Rabbi Eli Cohen, Executive Director of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council at his State of the District Address on Thursday night [Chabad Info]

Stephanie Jo Klein found the perfect office space for her growing gift-bag business in a roomy apartment in Crown Heights, Brooklyn [New York Times]

Vendors see mixed results after city’s Green Cart push to sell fruit, veggies in low income neighborhoods [New York Daily News]

Community Board 9 Meeting Tonight! – Tuesday 4-27-10 at 7PM

Free Computer Basic At Library [Brooklyn Paper]

Cherry Blossom Festival At Brooklyn Botanic Garden April 3 – May 2 [Brooklyn Botanic Garden]

Exhibit at Breukelen Coffee House on May 7th – Breukelen Rebuilt [Nostrand Park]

We were forwarded an email from Rosa Parks Independent Democrat Club about job openings with various city agencies and we thought we would spread the info.

There were a number of PDF and Word documents describing each of the positions, but they were too numerous for us to include in the post.  If anyone is interested in this information, you can send an email to  rosaparksdemocrats [at] gmail [dot] com and they can forward the full email.  Spread the word.

NYC Administration for Children’s Services (ACS)

• Administrative Staff Analyst M-III – (Administrative Staff Analyst M-III.pdf)
• Assistant Commissioner – (Assistant Commissioner.pdf)

NYC Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA)

• Community Associate – (Community Associate.pdf)
• Community Coordinator – (Community Coordinator.pdf)
• Director of Enforcement – (Director of Enforcement.pdf)
• Director of Project Management – (Director of Project Management.pdf)
• Executive Agency Counsel M-III – (Executive Agency Counsel M-III.pdf)
• Inspector {Consumer Affairs} – (Inspector {Consumer Affairs}.pdf)

NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS)

• Administrative Procurement Analyst M-I – (Administrative Procurement Analyst M-I.doc)
• Administrative Procurement Analyst M-II – (Administrative Procurement Analyst M-II.doc)
• Associate Staff Analyst – (Associate Staff Analyst.doc)
• City Research Scientist – (City Research Scientist.doc)
• College Aide – (College Aide.doc)

NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)

• Administrative Accountant M-III – (Administrative Accountant M-III.pdf)
• Administrative Staff Analyst {NM} – (Administrative Staff Analyst {NM}.pdf)
• Assistant Chemist – (Assistant Chemist.pdf)
• Chemist Trainee – (Chemist Trainee.pdf)
• City Research Scientist III – (City Research Scientist III.pdf)
• City Research Scientist IVA – (City Research Scientist IVA.pdf)
• Civil Engineering Intern – (Civil Engineering Intern.pdf)
• Senior Stationary Engineer – (Senior Stationary Engineer.pdf)
• Supervisor Electrician – (Supervisor Electrician.pdf)
  Computer Specialist {SW} III – (Computer Specialist {SW) III.pdf)

NYC Department for the Aging (DFTA)

• Principal Trainer – (Principal Trainer.pdf)

NYC Department of Correction (DOC)

• Cook – (Cook.doc)
• Correctional Standards Review Specialist - (Correctional Standards Review Specialist.doc)
• Program Specialist I – (Program Specialist I.doc)
• Senior Cook – (Senior Cook.doc)

NYC Department of Transportation (DOT)

• Associate Staff Analyst – (Assoc. Staff Analyst.doc)
• City Planner II – (City Planner II.doc)
• Field Technician – (Field Technician.doc)
• Highway Transportation Specialist III – (Highway Transportation Specialist III.doc)
• Staff Analyst – (Staff Analyst..doc)

NYC Fire Department (FDNY)

• Administrative Staff Analyst {NM} – (Administrative Staff Analyst {NM}.doc)
• Associate Inspector {Electrical} I – (Associate Inspector {Electrical} I.doc)
• Community Associate – (Community Associate.doc)
• Construction Project Manager III – (Construction Project Manager III.doc)
• Employee Assistance Program Specialist – (Employee Assistance Program Speciallist.doc)
• IT Project Manager – (IT Project Manager.doc)
• Principal Administrative Associate I – (Principal Administrative Associate I.doc)
• Staff Analyst I – (Staff Analyst 1.doc)

NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH)

• Agency Attorney III – (Agency Attorney III.doc)
• Director of Management Information Systems – (Director of Management Information Systems.doc)
• Staff Analyst I – (Staff Analyst I.doc)

NYC Office of Payroll Administration (OPA)

• Staff Analyst – (Staff Analyst.doc)

Parents Protest Planned Closing of Daycare Centers
[www.wync.org]

“Separate and Unequal school system in ‘liberal’ NYC” – GRIT TV [grass roots education]

“Safe Delivery Program” to Stop Attacks on Restaurant Delivery Workers” [read media]

Markowitz takes up acting to push to plan to bring Apple to Brooklyn [NY Post]

A Look At Gentrification In San Fransisco – Brothers Peter and Benjamin Bratt bring their vibrant new film ‘La Mission’ to Santa Cruz [santa cruz sentinel]

Just passed by the site of the hotel going up on Atlantic between Nostrand and New York Avenues. There is a sign up that says “Best Western Coming Soon” (sorry, didn’t have the cam so will have to capture it next time).

We’d previously reported that the hotel would be either a Best Western or a Quality Inn.   Turns out that this one is a Best Western and the Quality Inn is located further east at East New York Avenue LIRR stop on Atlantic.

In between these two hotel sits another hotel on Atlantic around Utica with a “Grand Opening” sign on front – though I recall seeing that sign for some time.  And, to round out this virtual tour of the local hospitality industry, some may have noticed a new building going up at 1365 Fulton Street at New York Avenue.  We spoke with the owner of the development who says he’s turning it into vacation rentals  (on a totally unrelated but completely interesting note, the developer’s father – who we had a wonderful chat with -  is one of the surviving Tuskegee Airmen and lives right here in Central Brooklyn; there’s even a picture of him up in the Applebee’s at New York in Fulton).

Add to that the local bed and breakfasts, including the Missing Lantern located at 1156 Dean Street (between Nostrand and Bedford), and it seems that there is a nice little potpourri of hospitality options developing.

MTA Expands Subway Countdown Clock To Nostrand Av & Kingston Av Stations on 2 and 3trains [MTA]

Central Brooklyn CSA Sign Up At Brower Park Library Today [brooklynian.com]

Last Atlantic Yards Holdout Offered 2 bedroom in Crown Heights [Brooklyn Paper]

Crown Heights: A Neighborhood, Lost And Found [New York Times]

7 Charged With Flipping Brooklyn Home 4 Times [www.wpix.com]

A Life Apart – Hasidism In America – View Film Online [kayden8368343.greechi.com]

Michelle Obama Photo eBook For Children Now Available As iPhone App [www.prurgent.com]