You are never too young or too old to learn about edible plants. Volunteers are transforming the cafe’s rubber-tire planters into a garden for children and adults to learn about soil, roots and shoots. The garden will consist of 6 planters when the 4 sessions are completed and culminate with an Alice In Wonderland-Mad Hatter Tea Partypicnic! Coordinated by FDHP Urban Ecologist Bradley Frederick and Garden Chair Anne Hersh with support from Lesley Nan Haberman and The Family School. Photos by Jon Scarlet.
Celebrate Katharine Hepburn’s Birthday with free cake, coffee and live music at our annual garden party in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, Saturday, May 10, 1PM to 3 PM. (RAINDATE, Sunday. May 11) Look for the tents at center of Dag Plaza.
Peter & the Master Keys perform swing-band favorites from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Peter sings vocals and plays bass. This band is a crowd pleaser.
Wear your spring hat and dancing shoes. Meet your neighbors and city officials.
You’re invited to a special Bench Plaque Dedication in memory of Millie Margiotta – a beloved neighbor and friend who dedicated her life to community service.
This tribute will take place just before the Katharine Hepburn Birthday Celebration. All are welcome as we remember Millie’s impact in our community.
A funeral mass for family and friends of Mildred Margiotta (August 8, 1929 – February 13, 2025) will be held at 10:30 AM, Thursday, Feb. 20th at Church of the Holy Family, 315 East 47th Street. Following the mass, a graveside service at 12:15 PM will be held at St. Raymond’s Cemetery, 2600 Lafayette Avenue, Bronx, NY 10465. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Calvary Fund Inc. of Calvary Hospital.
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A legacy of community service and advocacy
“Millie” Margiotta touched many lives through her tireless service to the community, serving for decades as Vice President of the Turtle Bay Association (TBA) and subsequently joining the board of Friends of Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. Manhattan Parks Commissioner Tricia Shimamura remembers Millie from bygone days as staffers for Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney. Millie also served on the 17th Precinct Community Council and as an auxiliary police officer.
Champion of park reconstruction and Katharine Hepburn Garden
Millie championed the park’s reconstruction and masterminded the dedication of its garden to Katharine Hepburn, working with Hepburn’s family attorney, park architect George Vellonakis, and NYC Parks Department to honor the famous actress as a neighborhood preservationist. The wall plaques and stepping stones engraved with quotes and images of Hepburn films add to the rich legacy she leaves behind along with TBA’s long-standing tradition of erecting a big Christmas tree in Hammarskjold Plaza.
A park bench plaque will be unveiled when we honor Millie at the Katharine Hepburn Garden Party in May and share memories, partnering with the Turtle Bay Association in cooperation with NYC Parks & Recreation.
We share a deep sense of loss with her many friends and family, in particular Kathy Wnuk, close neighbor and owner of Salon Amichi who has watched over Millie and kept us informed.
Photo caption (L) Millie Margiotta with former Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, TBA volunteers Bunny Blei and Ethel Bendove. (Center) Millie unloads plants for Katharine Hepburn Garden (R) Millie with police officer in Dag Plaza.
Oktoberfest was really Fun!! Thank you to all the families who joined, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Follow us on our Social Media! *You can see the photos in the Photo Galleries or just click on the Title above.
This family friendly event transforms Dag Plaza into a pumpkin patch adorned with scarecrows, cornstalks and haybales. Activities include pumpkin decorating, face painting, balloon art, crafts and games. Look for the tents adjacent to the park’s Oasis Juice Bar Cafe. Check this website for inclement weather notice on day of event.
Friday the 13th, a lunar eclipse, conspiracy? It’s anybody’s guess why the park and street lamps failed to come on at dusk, cloaking the entire park block in darkness.
FDHP director Kim Baker reported the total blackout on 9/13 to Parks Manager Shena Kaufman and filed a 311 complaint ticket. Six days later, the park block was still cloaked in darkness. When we learned that DOT maintains all lamps and that standard wait time can be a week to 15 days, we sent out an SOS. Many thanks to 17th Precinct Captain Maggie Clamp, Manhattan Parks Chief of Staff Steve Simon, and Patrick Hill, Community Liaison FOR CM Keith Powers, who raised the clarion call for immediate attention.
Now we wait as this UN gateway goes into lockdown and heads of state attend the 79th session of the UNGA.
We continue to voice the community’s outrage and disgust for derelict conditions under the scaffolding and inside the green barrier safety fence as well as the loss of public space. Orsid NY, the management company for 333 E. 46th Street, bears responsibility for the mess.
Once again we pressed Park officials to provide a removal date for the scaffolding erected by 333 E. 46th Street for DOB ordered facade repairs, and once again, we were told that attorneys are close to an agreement for replacement scaffolding inside the garden.The building’s management company is required to submit plans for the replacement scaffolding to DOB.
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