This Week’s “This Week in Chelsea”

In Order of Appearance:

Safer Streets for Seniors / Full Board meeting of CB4 | New vaccine site in Chelsea / Chelsea Symphony outdoors / W. Chelsea park’s new garden club / Hudson Guild seeks talent / Free tax prep with the NYC Dpt. of Consumer Affairs  /   At the 10th Precinct, recognition for going above and beyond

Wed., April 7, 7:30pm on Zoom: Safer Streets for Seniors in District 3 | Community activist and NYC Council District 3 candidate Marni Halasa has organized a Zoom call for seniors in the area in cooperation with Penn South resident and President of the Hudson Guild Advisory Council, Julia Martin, to discuss safer streets, as well as pedestrian and mobility issues for seniors. Among the topics: How seniors as a collective group can push for more pedestrian safety and enforcement of laws for bikes/scooters (since bike and scooter ridership has increased during COVID-19). For more information, email Marni at marnihalasa@gmail.com beforehand with your question or comment, or ask a question as the event unfolds live. For the link to the Zoom meeting, click here.

Wednesday, April 7, 6:30pm on Zoom: Manhattan Community Board 4  (MCB4) Full Board Meeting | CB4’s thoroughness and rapid turnaround means the committee meetings at which letters voted on tonight were created and developed are available for the public to view, pre-full board meeting, via an every-growing collection on their YouTube channel.  If you find it difficult to fathom the delight one might take in following the process of compromise that allows a project to be scaled back or ramped up. For matters scheduled to be voted on by the full board all the way to compliments, complaints, and master plans you won’t hear about anywhere else, the Public Dsssion fdkdsmps you won’t hear about anywhere else, maverick thought reigns supreme, the Public Session  of each meeting gives all comers two minutes of ME time with the CB4 mic. To sign up, and to find much more, click here.

Wednesday, April 7: New Vaccine Site Opens in Chelsea | The Fulton Community Center (119 Ninth Ave.) offers COVID-19 vaccinations Tuesdays through Thursdays. As of April 7’s opening day, NYCHA Elliott-Chelsea and Fulton residents will be prioritize, with access expanding to all New Yorkers age 16 and over, beginning on April 12. This site is made possible by a partnership between Hudson Guild, Google, and Daybreak Health. Access this and other vaccination venues by visiting VaccineFinder.nyc.gov or by calling 877-VAX-4NYC (877-829-4692).

Sun., April 11, 1-2pm: The Chelsea Symphony Inside Out on W. 16th St. next to Chelsea Market | Pop-up reading rooms and open-air drawing studios are among the unexpected activities presented by Street Lab Programs for Public Space. Their monthly Inside Out series partners with a NYC cultural institution to take art and music from its familiar interior setting outside, and into the heart of urban bustle. The Chelsea Symphony is a current Inside Out participant, with performances having begun in March and set to continue April 11. The socially distanced series concludes with performances on the first Friday of May, June, and July. Masks required and provided if needed. For more information, click here.

New Garden Club at CCM-Seal Park |  From a recent email comes this good news: “Several members of the newly formed Clement Clarke Moore-Seal Park Garden Club met Sunday, March 14, for a spring cleanup inside the park as well as the tree pits around the park. Many thanks to neighbors Phyliss Waisman, AJ Michel, Laura Solimene, Maria La Macchia and Allen Oster. The Garden Club is looking forward to improving the plantings inside the park and surrounding tree pits and working with NYC Parks and the W400 Block Association to make our beautiful Chelsea park oasis even more enjoyable for all. We welcome new members and if interested in joining, please contact Allen Oster at aoster@earthlink.net.”