This Week's Good News from Brooklyn: April 1 - 5

This week's positive and uplifting stories from neighborhoods near Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.

NEW YORK CITY

Bloomberg: Gun-Toting Teens At Decade Low

Mayor argues that the NYPD has to be proactive and the policies should not end

Mayor's Office Announces 78 New Schools to Open Fall 2013

The new schools will serve more than 30,000 students in grades K-14.

Top Six Tax Tips for the Self-Employed

Did you know that self-employment income can include income you earn in addition to your regular job?

City Ad Campaign Targets Salt Intake

The city's Health Department is posting ads in subways to call on residents to limit the amount of sodium in their diets.

BROOKLYN

Fort Greene / Clinton Hill

Associated Supermarket Shares New Floor Plan

The Myrtle Avenue store will expand its fresh salad bar, produce, deli and baked goods sections.

Now Hiring: Mark's Gourmet Burgers

The Myrtle Avenue shop is looking for two part-time kitchen staff members.

Fort Greene Flea Returns to Bishop Loughlin Memorial H.S.

The Flea's flagship location will feature 150 vendors every Saturday from April through November beginning this weekend.

Candidates from Community Boards 2, 3, 6 and 8, NYCHA residents and graduates of BUILD will be prioritized.

Fort Greene Man Founds Charter School With Mission to Empower Children

Joshua Beauregard has founded the Unity Preparatory Charter School of Brooklyn, a grade six through twelve tuition-free pulic charter school.

Prospect Heights

CBS Pilot Filming on Eastern Parkway

Fingers crossed the "Untitled Pilot" by Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky is the one with Paul Adelstein and Debra Messing.

Volunteer of the Month: Wendy Reitmeier

The St. Johns Place resident started "Friends of the Berms," to clean up the wooded hills on Grand Army Plaza.

Carroll Gardens

Local Artist To Debut 50 Drawings at Mini Bar

Natalie Cooperman's work captures storefronts, streets and other landmarks of Carroll Gardens. Her first solo show will take place April 10.

Custom Dress Fittings This Friday at Papél New York

The Cobble Hill paperie will be the first site of Brooklyn designer Elsa and Me's traveling Friday Fittings series.

Gowanus Canal Gets Its Own Summer Regatta

Against all odds, the Superfund site will be the site of a water race hosted by Gowanus Dredgers and Red Hook Boaters.

Great Neighbors: What Will Lou Do Next?

Around this time last year, Columbia Waterfront resident Lou Formisano began to clean up a vacant lot on his block which he would open as a park months later.

QUEENS

Bayside - Douglaston

Queens Bird Club to Host April 17 Lecture on Warblers

Discussion by author Tom Stephenson will take place at APEC.

Samuel Field Y to Host Book Fair on April 9 at Barnes and Noble

Portions of each sale at the Bay Terrace store will go toward the Y's early childhood programs if customers mention the book fair.

Bayside Church to Host Cabaret Concert

Musical revue will run through the end of April.

Forest Hills

Forest Hills Greenmarket to Return This Weekend

Fresh veggies and more return to your neighborhood.