To celebrate Bike Month, Bedford-Stuyvesant will be having a bike ride called The Steeple Chase. The Steeple Chase will start at Von King Park (Marcy and Greene Aves) and tour the neighborhood visiting historic churches along the way. It takes place on Saturday, May 24th from 9:00 am – noon.

We now have the registration forms for this event. You can download the forms by clicking here or you can pick one up at the YMCA (1121 Bedford Ave), the Department of Health (485 Throop Ave) or Common Grounds (376 Tompkins Ave).

Completed forms can be dropped off at on one of the pick-up locations or emailed to bedstuybikes@gmail.com.

See you on the 24th!

photo by ultraclay!

For two weeks in May, delegates from across the world will be visiting NYC as part of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. This is the first year of a two-year cycle in which the United Nations sets its policies on sustainable development. Agriculture is one of the major themes before the Commission.

New York City is a model for innovative urban food systems and agriculture projects, and the City Farms Tour will highlight several sites in Brooklyn, including sites in [Bed-Stuy]. We invite you to come out and be part of this exciting moment, when community-based food projects in your district are receiving international attention.

Hattie Carthan Community Garden (photo from BedStuy Blog)

The Tour will be held on May 10th (tomorrow!) and is open to the public. The announcement above is from the folks at Hattie Carthan Community Garden, which is part of the Magnolia Tree Earth Center, a cultural and environmental institution founded in 1972 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Other gardens featured on the tour are the Hollenback Community Garden in Clinton Hill, Bed-Stuy Farm/Brooklyn Rescue Mission, and East New York Farms. Cooking, vermicomposting, and urban beekeeping workshops will be held along with tours of the sites.