FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH OPEN NETWORKING MEETING
Please join us on Friday, February 12th, for a focus on the community food system in Bed-Stuy from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm at St. John's Bread and Life, 795 Lexington Ave., Brooklyn. We will begin with a tour led by Yemi Oyename, Director of Food Services for St. John's, followed at 1pm by a panel discussion on the multiple strategies, organizations, and individuals in Bed-Stuy working on local issues and programs. The panel will include Yonette Fleming, Vice President of the Hattie Carthan Garden; Rev. Robert Jackson, Co-founder of the Brooklyn Rescue Mission; Melissa Danielle, Core Organizer of the Bed-Stuy Farm Share; and Sabrina Baronberg, Deputy Director of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Where?: St. John's Bread and Life, 795 Lexington Ave., Brooklyn, NY
When?: 12:30-2:00, Friday, February 12th
Directions:
DIRECTIONS BY SUBWAY FROM MANHATTAN
· J train to Brooklyn/Queens via Williamsburg Bridge.
J to Jamaica Center/Parsons Archer,
· M train: you must transfer at Myrtle ave/Broadway for the J train.
· Kosciuszko Street/Broadway:
Use exit by the front of the train.
Use the stairs on the right side: B’way & Patchen Ave SW Corner.
Walk three blocks to SJBL on Patchen Avenue:
1. Lafayette Ave
2. Van Buren Street
3. Greene Ave
Make a right at the red Stop sign on Lexington Avenue
· Gates Avenue/Broadway:
Use the back exit.
Walk to SJBL on Broadway:
1. Quincy Street
2. Ralph Avenue
3. Make a left on Lexington
By Bus
1. B15: transfer to B38
2. B26: transfer to B46
3. B38: DeKalb Ave & Lafayette Ave
4. B43: transfer to B38
5. B44: transfer to B38
6. B46: on Malcolm X Blvd
7. B47: Broadway
8. B52
ST. JOHN’S BREAD & LIFE PROGRAM, INC.
795 Lexington Avenue
(Malcolm X Blvd & Patchen Avenue)
Brooklyn, NY 11221
Food Service Department
Phone: 718-574-0058. Ext: 121, 123
Fax: 718-455-7796
Please check the MTA website for updated schedule!
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