Imagine your country is on the brink of war. Then you learn your two-year-old child has a large, cancerous brain tumor. This is exactly what the Negodiuk family from Kyiv, Ukraine has endured. Just two days before Russian bombs began to drop, their son Mark had emergency surgery. Once home, the family of three was forced […]
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Neighbors in Need: Family Flees Ukraine, Settles in Brooklyn Heights After Toddler’s Cancer Treatment
By SongBirdNYC on July 13, 2022 7:30 pm in Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Kids, Neighbors in Need, Parents, Vinegar Hill
Artist, Philanthropist, Carousel Namesake, Jane Walentas Dies at 76
By SongBirdNYC on July 10, 2020 10:56 pm in 11201, Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Fun, Kids, Parents, Real Estate
As reported by Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Brooklyn Paper, Philanthropist, Artist, Real Estate Developer, and “First Lady of Dumbo,” Jane Walentas passed away July 5th after a brief battle with cancer. She was 76 years old. The Walentas Family and their management company, Two Trees, is synonymous with DUMBO as we now know it. And […]
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