Saturday, June 13, 2009, The 500 Hancock Block Association in the heart of the Bedford – Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn is in the midst of celebrating spring and welcoming summer with its annual 2009 Spring Fling held today. With a host of fun and community-building activities, neighbors and friends gathered on the block to attend gardening workshops, fire-up the barbecue, dance to the rocking music provided by the DJ, and to play games, bike, blade and commune with friends and neighbors. Blessed with dazzling sunshine for the lion share of the day, the association planted its flowerpots and landscaped their new tree pits and marveled at the beauty that the block has nurtured.
Midway through the event, Borough President Marty Markowitz joined the party and thanked the block for its beautification and development efforts. The block also thanked the Borough President for the new tree guards that were provided to the block through a grant offered by the Borough President’s office. “We were happy to provide the 500 Hancock Block Association
tree guards to add to all the work you’ve done to beautify and support your community,” said Markowitz.
“We are so pleased with the turnout of our neighbors, the joy of our children, and the beauty of our new planters and tree pits,” said Desiree Byrd, Block President. “On behalf of our block, I thank the Borough President’s office for its support of our block’s effort to beautify our block. We also thank the Independence Community Foundation and the New Yorkers for Better Neighborhoods, for their grant support for our block’s beautification, safety and development efforts, ” said Byrd.
"And on behalf or our block, I want to thank Jailton owner of Landscape Design and Garden Maintenance and Nicole owner of Sustain Landscape Design for the beautiful landscape and garden work they do for the block," said Byrd.
“Finally I thank the block association for volunteering their time in organizing the Spring Fling including grant writing, event preparation and promotion, fundraising and raffle sales, food preparation, and for the generous donations of raffle gifts,” said Byrd.
The 500 Hancock Block Association has been in existence for some time and it has been especially active since 2007 with the re- commitment and energy of block members, new and old. As a result, the block has been revitalized, adding to the great charm of its Brooklyn neighborhood. Some of the achievements include new planters and new tree guards
along with landscaping, annual “Spring Fling” block parties, annual stoop sales in the fall, annual children’s Halloween and Christmas Parties, support of local business events, participation in 81st precinct community meetings and block watch trainings, participation at Community Board meetings, and monthly association meetings and monthly block-wide clean-ups.
For more information about the 500 Hancock Block Association please visit our site at http://500hancock.blogspot.com/ or email at 500hancock@gmail.com.
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