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Newly Constructed Three Family Homes for Sale

March 9, 2010
Bridge Street Development Corporation is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for six ( 6 ) three – family homes currently being constructed at 467,469,477 & 529 Herkimer Street and 51 & 53 Albany Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.
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Bridge Street Development Corporation and the Coalition for Improvement of Bedford-Stuyvesant host a Clergy Breakfast to address the Foreclosure Crisis in Central Brooklyn

January 22, 2010
On January 22nd, Bridge Street Development Corporation (BSDC) and other partnering members of the Coalition for the Improvement of Bedford-Stuyvesant (CIBS) hosted over 50 clergy members from across Central Brooklyn to preserve individual and community assets through homeownership.

CIBS hosted the Clergy Breakfast at Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation to discuss the foreclosure crisis as the first in a series of topics and to start a partnership with the over 500 churches in Central Brooklyn.
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Bridge Street Development Corporation Launches Bedford-Stuyvesant Economic Development Technical Assistance Program (BEDTAP)

January 22, 2010
On Friday January 22nd, Bedford-Stuyvesant’s small business owners got a rare opportunity to meet with micro and specialty lenders who offered customized assistance for accessing capital as the first in a series of workshops presented by Bridge Street Development Corporation’s “Bedford Stuyvesant Economic Development Technical Assistance Program (BEDTAP)”.
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If you have time you may want to listen!

January 8, 2010
Rhonda Lewis, President of Bridge Street Development Corporation (BSDC), was interviewed on WBGO Journal - Radio 88.3 FM. She highlighted the work of BSDC and the Coalition for the Improvement of Bedford- Stuyvesant and spoke to the recent accomplishments the group has made in bu...siness development and foreclosure prevention. The spot will air TONIGHT, Friday 1/8/2010 at 7:30pm. It's a 12 minutes spot.... You can also catch the interview on live web stream: http://www.wbgo.org/listennow/
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Vote for BSDC and Make us One of the Charities in the Running to Receive $25,000

November 30, 2009
Help Bridge Street by voting in the Chase Community Giving and we could win a $25,000 or even a $100,000 grant! Please follow the steps below
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In Bed-Stuy, stalled construction spurs rental market

October 30, 2009
While community groups wait for the city to move on stalled, recession-era construction projects, some are taking the housing crisis into their own hands.

In Bedford-Stuyvesant, a neighborhood with unusually high foreclosure rates, before the recession dried up bank and construction loans the Bridge Street Development Corporation (BSDC) had plans for an affordable housing coop development at 790 Lafayette Avenue off Throop Avenue.
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Amid a Citywide Slump, a Local Exception

September 26, 2009
By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY

Through the building frenzy that transformed some of the city’s long-neglected patches into lustrous new neighborhoods, few frontiers struggled to reap the benefits of gentrification more than working-class Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

Prices of homes rose, but never as much as in Fort Greene. Its long-neglected brownstones attracted renovators from Manhattan, but often only after they were priced out of Park Slope. While cafes and boutiques opened, the pace never matched that of Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg.
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A Stitch in Time, Laced With Love

May 21, 2009
Reprinted from Our Time Press:

The Stitch in Time club at the Bridge Street Development Corporation's Quincy Senior Residence gave birth to an innovative idea to help the city, and infused special meaning for Mother's Day, last month.
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Bridge Street featured in the Spring 2009 Brooklyn Paper

April 15, 2009
The Brooklyn Oldtimers Foundation gathered to honor community leaders and supporters of their Scholarship Fund, (from left), BOF President Reuben C. Bankhead; Marty; Honorees: Concord Baptist Church’s Rev. Dr. Gary Simpson, Bridge Street Development Corp’s Rhonda Lewis, Crown Heights Youth Collective’s Richard E. Green; and BOF’s Charles A. Foster; Dr. Thomas Leach; and Charles Coombs; and, in rear, emcee Larry Boatwright and James Dupree.
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Quincy Senior Residence Program’s Timely Gifts

December 24, 2008
from "Our Time At Home, Brooklyn and Beyond"

On the second day of winter, December 22, temperatures plummeted below freezing. But inside Bedford Stuyvesant’s Quincy Senior Residence, love and laughter kept the place warm and radiated all the way to East New York and beyond.

The Quincy seniors of the aptly named “A Stitch in Time” club crocheted more than 100 sets of colorful hats and scarves as gifts for families, children and the homeless.
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Quincy Seniors “A Stitch In Time” Club Needs Knitting Supplies to Make Gifts for City’s Newborn

December 24, 2008
From "Our Tiem At Home, Brooklyn and Beyond" Newsletter

The “A Stitch in Time” club at the Quincy Senior Residence needs help so they can continue to give even more of their time
and talents.

Due to recent cutbacks, the Board of Health will not be able to provide gifts to newborns and their mothers at city hospitals.
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On Quincy Street, Holistic Living Supported by Holistic Hearts

December 24, 2008
From "Our Time At Home, Brooklyn and Beyond"

In 2005, BSDC opened the newly constructed Quincy Street Senior residence, a holistic living environment, six-story, 94-unit rental apartment building for lowincome seniors at 625 Quincy Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The facility offers independent living and uniquely offers seniors a variety of programs with a particular focus on health, wellness, well-being, and an active lifestyle.
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Community Applauds Grand Opening of "The Reverend William Paul Foley, Sr. Pavilion" at 575 Hancock Street in Brooklyn

December 15, 2008
It was a proud day in the history of Bedford Stuyvesant and the Borough of Brooklyn as the newly restored and renovated 575 Hancock Street opened its doors, Monday, December 15, after a long journey from vision to living legacy. The building was dedicated to the late Reverend William Paul Foley, Sr., the 58th pastor of Bridge Street African Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church (AWME).
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