The 43rd annual West Indian American Day Parade snaked along Eastern Parkway from Rochester Avenue to the Brooklyn Museum in perfect weather yesterday -- one block shorter than usual (a cost-cutting move). Several estimates put more than three million in attendance at the "largest carnival parade in North America."
The above is a video from CBS.
- Nice description of this year's parade at Caribbean Life News.
- After a Tough Year, New York's Haitians Gather NY Times
- More at NY1.
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From time to time, McBrooklyn puts on its Headhunting gear and scouts out a handful of Brooklyn employment opportunities.
It's Labor Day, and darn if there aren't quite a few labor opportunities available. Here's the latest batch:
- Momofuku Milk Bar in Williamsburg is looking for someone to bake cookies, wrap cookies, ship cookies, eat cookies, clean up cookies and deliver cookies. Craigslist
- The YWCA of Brooklyn needs an operations director, office manager, and facilities manager. idealist, here and here
- Brooklyn Public Library is seeking a part time associate/educator to introduce middle and high school students to archival research through a local history project. Pays $20 -$25/ hr. idealist
- Koszyn & Company is looking to hire an associate with skills in writing, research, development etc. to fund raise for non-profits. NY Times
- Inspect raw chicken and meat for the USDA. Pays $35,000 - $56,000. Deadline: Wednesday, Sept. 8. USAjobs
- A comic book production company seeks a part time assistant to work with a writer. Craigslist
- The Brooklyn Music School is looking for activity specialists that are experts in dance, music. Pays $25 - $30/hr. idealist They also need a part time assistant registrar. Pays $15 - $18/hr. here
- The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is looking to hire an Executive Director. NYFA
- A Brooklyn legislator seeks a communications director. Pays $40,000 - $45,000 plus full government benefits. Craigslist
- Gowanus Print Lab wants instructors for screen printing and digital media courses, part time. GPL
- POM (pomegranates) needs a receptionist. NY Times
- The Brooklyn Wine Exchange at Court near Atlantic seeks a person to receive cases, put them away, stock shelves, etc. Pays $10 - $13 /hr. Craigslist
- Paper Source, a paperie and retail shop opening in October on Smith Street in Boerum Hill, seeks an assistant manager and a shift supervisor. Paper Source
- The Jewish Voice newspaper is looking for an experienced person to manage their legal section. Craigslist
- Gem Financial Services pawnbroker/ jewelry store needs sales associates, gold buyers, pawn brokers, gemologists, watch repairers, and a full time webmaster and eBay sales department manager. Downtown Brooklyn. Good benefits. Gem and Career Builder
- The New York Aquarium in Coney Island is looking for a Director of Park Services. Pays roughly $60,000- $100,000. NY Times
- Inventory technician needed, part time (20 - 24 hrs. a week) to organize monitors, hard drives, cables, etc. Career Builder
- Tom Fitzpatrick Electrical Consulting on Utica Ave. seeks a dependable person to perform bookkeeping, accounting, collecting and purchasing tasks. Quickbooks a plus. Pays $65,000 a year. Career Builder
- Aeropostale, opening this fall on Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn, needs an assistant manager. Aeropostale They are also hiring sales associates. Career Builder
- Web designer needed -- creative, not technical. Pays $30,000. Craigslist
- An unnamed big box fashion store is looking for an experienced store manager. Pays $55,000 to $70,000 a year. Career Builder They also need a district manager. $50,000 to $65,000 a year. Here
- Bartenders and servers wanted in Park Slope. Craigslist
- The Working Families Party is hiring activists again. WFP
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So yesterday, Markowitz called Diamond and prevailed upon him to continue the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel tours, according to the Brooklyn Eagle.
Head out to Coney Island for a free guided walking tour Sunday, Sept. 5 at 11 a.m.
The tour will cover all the historic buildings along Surf Avenue, as well as some of Coney's existing landmarks. There will be historic pictures so you can see what the buildings once were; and a few renderings illustrating how these buildings could be creatively restored and reused.
WHERE - In front of the Shore Theater, on the corner of Surf and Stillwell Aves
WHEN - Sunday, September 5th at 11:00 am (and every Sunday thereafter through the end of Sept, rain or shine.)
FREE! (but suggested donation of $10)
Sponsored by Save Coney Island. All comers get a free Save Coney Island button and a copy of the brand new Save Coney Island map.
Photo by Duluoz Cats, Creative Commons license
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Diamond discovered the tunnel in 1981, after hearing about the legend of a Civil War era rail tunnel on a radio show. After an eight-month search (during which he was repeated advised by City officials to give up on his lost cause) he dramatically uncovered, intact, the world's first subway tunnel.
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