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Tag: swinging sixties senior center

Posted inCommunity

The Service Collective Brings Youth Volunteering Club to Greenpoint and Williamsburg

by Emma DaveyMarch 3, 2026March 2, 2026

For ages 10-14.

Posted inCommunity

Women’s History Month: Jan Peterson’s Decades-Long Commitment to Grassroots Leaders

by Erin ConlonMarch 29, 2022March 29, 2022

Peterson founded the National Congress of Neighborhood Women in 1974.

Posted inNews

St. Nicks Alliance Introduces Plan To Vaccinate North Brooklyn Seniors

by Melissa Kravitz HoeffnerFebruary 18, 2021February 19, 2021

“There are huge obstacles to getting our seniors vaccinated.”

Posted inNews, The Hook-Up

IN: Evil Landlords, SPAM, Fancy Condos / OUT: Foodswings, DIY Music, Seniors – The Hook Up (12/30)

by GinaDecember 30, 2013December 30, 2013

Williamsburg developer and super-bully, Victor Einhorn, the new landlord of the city-run Swinging Sixties Senior Center building (211 Ainslie St), has given 200 seniors and preschoolers until the end of […]

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