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Locations
ENYF Programs
Staff
UCC Projects
100
Youth from the community helped to build the UCC Youth Farm as we know it today in this year.
What is 2000?
100
United Community Centers full address.
What is 613 New Lots ave?
100
A community market table that provides gardeners and urban farmers the opportunity to sell produce.
What is Share Table?
100
Runs the day to day operation of the main ENYF agricultural sites. (2 titles)
Who is the UCC Youth Farm Manager, Jeremy, and the Pink Houses Farm Manager, Kelly?
100
Providing free ESL classes, immigration assistance and civic/citizenship preparation interview classes.
What is immigration services?
200
Pink Houses Community Farm was started by community members in NYCHA Pink Houses and became apart of the East New York Farms project in this year.
What is 2015?
200
What is 620 Schenck ave?
200
Local chefs and gardeners teach cooking and gardening workshops in ENY.
What is Community Education?
200
Organizes volunteer groups for the organization and distribute gardening resources to the community.
Who is the Community Gardens Organizer, Mikayla?
200
A community health project with an emphasis on HIV prevention and sexual Health with a mission to create a environment in ENY in which young people are able to create safe and healthy relationships.
What is Protecting East New York?
300
The East New York Farms! project began when Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development (PICCED) initiated a participatory planning process whereby community residents identified the community’s natural and human resources in this year.
What is 1995?
300
What is Pink Houses Community Farm on Loring ave between Autumn ave and Eldert lane?
300
ENY residents present their ideas for projects that aim to improve food access in the community.
What are mini-grants?
300
Creates the yearly budget for ENYF and oversees the project.
Who is the Project Director, Iyeshima?
300
The mission of East New York Farms! is to organize youth and adults to address food justice in our community by promoting local sustainable agriculture and community-led economic development. The project does so through these programs.
What is community education, the compost project, the youth internship, garden assistance, the farmers market, and urban farming?
400
The United Community Centers (UCC) was formed by tenants in two New York City Housing Projects with missions to provide first-rate services that meet the needs of families; and to involve adult and youth residents in social efforts to learn about and resolve community problems.
What is 1954?
400
East New York Farmers Market Wednesday Farm Stand was originally located at the corner of Georgia and New Lots aves. This season, the market has been moved to a new location.
What is Pine st between Pitkin and Glenmore aves?
400
This initiative aims to educate community residents and organizations on soil health and provide soil testing for heavy metals and clean soil to grow in. We offer XRF technology to do onsite soil testing and public workshops about soil sampling and managing healthy soils. We mix, store, and distribute the clean soil, provided by the Mayor's Office of Environmental Remediation, on site. The Wortman ave Community Garden is the main site for this program.
What is the East New York Healthy Soils Initiative?
400
Codes ENYF purchases and keeps track of the budgets, as well as manage ENYF marketing materials.
Who is the Administrative Assistant, Helen?
400
This project aims to create a social learning environment that represents the diversity of our City, in which children learn to live with one another and begin to develop an understanding of themselves and of their world.
What is the Morris L Eisenstein Learning Center?
500
The East New York Farmers Market moved to Schenck ave after this year.
What is 2006?
500
The East New York Farms Market was originally at this location.
What is Barbey Street and New Lots Avenue?
500
In 2014, ENYF helped to convene partner organizations throughout the Northeast for learning, advocacy, and exchanges. They work together to establish a platform to connect and celebrate youth food justice organizations working to demand a better and just food system for all.
What is the Youth Food Justice Network?
500
Oversees the off season biweekly food distributions, the community chef educator program, and other special events. As well they coordinate CRAFT days, etc. (2 titles)
Who is the Youth Food Justice Network Organizer/ Special Projects Coordinator, Benia?
500
East New York is the first of 15 NYC neighborhoods slated for commercial and residential rezoning. The Coalition for Community Advancement: Progress for East New York and Cypress Hills was formed in late 2014, once the rezoning plan was proposed. UCC is a member of the steering committee; spearheading the fight to preserve East New York for East New Yorkers.
What is East New York Rezoning?