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AROUND BROOKLYN
With Borough President Adams
Borough President Adams toured the reNew Lots Artist Incubator in East New York, learning about the
converted shipping containers from Arts East New York youth volunteers.
Borough President Adams kicked off
his shoes to dance with a local senior
citizen during the “Seniors by the Sea”
celebration he hosted at Kingsborough
Community College in Manhattan
Beach for about 400 elders from
across the borough.
Borough President Adams celebrated the 34th annual
Brooklyn Columbus Day Parade along 18th
Avenue in Bensonhurst with longtime Italian-
American residents of the community.
Borough President Adams congratulated Wayne
Algenio as the winner of the first annual Golden
Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill National Jamaican
Patty Eating Contest, which he hosted at the
Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Heights.
Borough President Adams met a couple of
Brooklynites on Atlantic Avenue in Cobble Hill
during the 41st annual Atlantic Antic, New York
City’s oldest and largest street festival.
Borough President Adams, holding the American
and Chinese flags, marched with hundreds of local
youth and families during a children’s lantern
parade around the perimeter of Pier 1 of Brooklyn
Bridge Park as part of his inaugural Autumn Moon
Festival celebration.
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