20 DEAD IN HAITIAN ACCIDENT. 40 Injured Brakes Failed.
TULSA POLICE ARREST 2 SUSPECTS. 3 Dead 2 Wounded.
EASTER SUNDAY. Prayers, Celebrations And Parades.
AFGHAN NIGHT RAIDS DEAL. Locals Must Lead.
BROOKLYN SHOOTOUT. 4 Cops Wounded.
Take Back the Night among awareness events planned
Pace University students, faculty and staff will engage in anti-violence activism during Sexual Assault Awareness Week, April 14 – 20, on Pace’s downtown New York City campus. Sexual Assault Awareness Week, planned in April in conjunction with national Sexual Assault Awareness Month, raises awareness about sexual assault and offers preventive measures and resources.
Local public safety officials responded to a tractor-trailer accident. The truck was carrying over 12,000 gallons of gasoline, which turned over along the side Bruckner Interchange near the Hutchinson River Parkway today.
This accident resulted in a fuel spill and causing many delays as well as the closure of I-95 South at the Bruckner Interchange. Luckily, there were no reports of injuries and the gasoline leak was been contained to a grassy area near the crash.
Serving The City Island Community & the Public: 101 Years
Hours are: Mondays and Thursdays 11 AM-7 PM
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 11 AM- 6 PM
Fridays and Saturdays 10 AM-5 PM
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS- APRIL 2012
Lapsit Program, Birth to 18 months. All welcome for story time and music. Every other Thursday at 11:00 A.M. April 12th and 26th
Read Aloud Story Time Read aloud picture books: Every Thursday at 3:30 P.M. Ages 4-10. April 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th.
Springtime Arts and Crafts- Tuesday April 3rd at 3:30 PM
3 KILLED, 2 INJURED. Racially Charged Oklahoma Shootings.
JET CRASH SURVIVORS. 7 Injured in Virginia Beach.
GOLF MASTERS. Tiger Woods Frustration
80,000 BEES. Found In Florida Home.
MEGA WINNERS. Who Are They?
The Boy Scouts are once again selling plants to raise funds for summer camp. Please, pay them a visit to make sure there's plenty of local support for this worth while event.
Trinity Methodist Church
113 Bay St &
City Island Avenue
(718) 885-1218
Enjoy an eclectic display from local artists: Focal Point Gallery
Ron Terner is a professional City Island photographer, who hosts regularly scheduled art exhibits and installations for the public to enjoy. Come on the first Friday of any month.
Ron's work has been featured on Radio and Television, in major photography magazines and is in the private and permanent collections of museums, individuals and corporations.
Marvel at The Orchid Show: Patrick Blanc’s Vertical Gardens
and enjoy a full week of fun family programming, April 7–15. The Garden is open on Monday, April 9.
The 10th Annual Orchid Show features the vertical garden creations of world-renowned French botanist and artist
Patrick Blanc, highlighting thousands of colorful orchids in ten dramatic walls. In an explosion of alluring design and fragrance, exotic plant walls rise high above, creating this season’s not-to-be missed exhibition for garden lovers, orchid fans, and those desiring a one-day tropical retreat.
Renwen Lecture Series: The Legacy of C.C. Wang as a Great Painter and Connoisseur. He is a celebrated collector and connoisseur of Chinese literati paintings of the 20th century, as well as a talented painter himself, spent over sixty years studying Chinese paintings from the Imperial Collection. For about 40 years, while studying the original works, as well as the published images of these paintings, he recorded private notes. His notes reflect the traditional Chinese way of judging paintings, which he learned from his mentors, the eminent collectors and painters, Gu Lingshi and Wu Hufan.