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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, JUNE 2, 2019
BIRTHDAY
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100th birthday, bringing a
smile to the youthful spirit,
said a close family friend.
“It was beautiful. It was
a really special day,” said
Nadine Nelson. “She was
surprised. She was not expecting
it, but she was very
happy.”
Nelson said Fordyce is
like a mother to her.
“She’s not a mom to me
by blood, but she’s like a
mom to me in many ways,”
she said.”
The day also marked the
closing of the Rutland Adult
Daycare Center, where
Fordyce had been a resident
for 19 years.
The center had been
serving the community in
Kings County since 1992,
providing social services
and medical care to elderly
Brooklynites at Kingsbrook
Jewish Medical Center on
Schenectady Avenue.
Fordyce’s daughter called
the closing a tragic loss for
the community.
“Everyone liked it there,”
said Paula Victor. “The
did exercises, games, bible
classes, activities, and trips.
It’s sad that it’s not going to
be there anymore.”
Victor said they would
be transitioning her mother
into a similar facility at
McKinney Hospital in Prospect
Lefferts Garden next
month.
“She hasn’t seen it yet,
but she’s excited,” said Victor.
BY COLIN MIXSON
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
is ready to grill!
Local elected offi cials
and Prospect Park honchos
celebrated the installation
of new public grills
located on the Prospect
Lefferts Gardens side of
Brooklyn’s Backyard on
May 24, bringing $80,000
worth of cooking equity to
the less barbecue-friendly
side of the meadow.
Cooking in Prospect
Park is restricted to 15
designated grill zones , 10
of which are located on the
west side of the park where
it borders Park Slope,
Windsor Terrace, and
Prospect Heights — leaving
only fi ve grill-friendly
areas for park patrons
hailing from Kensington,
Ditmas Park, and Prospect
Lefferts Gardens.
So, it should come as no
surprise that constituents
living within Councilman
Mathieu Eugene’s district
— which includes Prospect
Lefferts Gardens, Ditmas
Park, and parts of Kensington
— voted to fund the
new outdoor cooking appliances
via participatory
budgeting, according to
the park’s chief steward.
“From the high number
of votes in the participatory
budgeting process,
we know these grills are
a welcome, new addition
to the park for the eastside
communities,” said
Sue Donoghue, president
of the Prospect Park Alliance,
a group which works
with the city to maintain
the park.
The new outdoor cooking
GRILL, BABY, GRILL: Prospect Park Alliance President Sue
Donoghue and Councilman Mathieu Eugene cook up a storm on
Prospect Park’s new barbecues. Photo by Trey Pentecost
appliances appear
as three separate grills
joined together, and are
similar models to barbecues
located in Brooklyn
Bridge Park, according to
Prospect Park Alliance
spokeswoman Deborah
Kirschner.
Two of the new triplegrills
were installed near
the Lincoln Road entrance
to the park near Ocean Avenue,
while another two
have been installed near
the entrance at Parkside
and Ocean avenues.
There are a few rules
governing cooking in the
park, but locals are welcome
to throw a steak on
the barbie whenever they
please, as long as their
gatherings are restricted
to 20 people or less, in
which case an events permit
must acquired through
the Parks Department.
Hot dog!
Prospect Park’s east side gets
some much-needed barbecues
HAPPY DAY: Doris Fordyce poses with her daughter Paula Victor,
left, and Nadine Nelson, right, after her 100th birthday celebration.
Photo by Steve Solomonson