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Good Neighbors of Park Slope

OUR PURPOSE

Good Neighbors of Park Slope (GNPS) is an all volunteer, non-profit, aging-in-place organization, open to residents of Park Slope and surrounding areas who are age 55 and over. Our goal is to create a network of members to make life in our neighborhood easier and more fulfilling, while maintaining our autonomy and quality of life in our homes.

Members: Be sure to log in with your username and password to have access to 'member only' features of our website.

What's Happening?
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Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events

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To post activities on our Calendar, contact
Activities Coordinator
or fill out this
2024 Activity Form

Only Members of GNPS can post an activity
on our calendar

To request funds for your activity/event
Activity Funding Request Form

To watch recordings of Zoom presentations
Recordings of Zoom Presentations




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E-Blast and IMPORTANT GNPS INFO 
IMPORTANT GNPS INFO AND E-BLASTS

 

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CURRENT E-BLAST


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MEMBER CHECK-IN INFORMATION
Good Neighbors of Park Slope is offering to connect you with another member who also wants a regular check in. 
GNPS will make the initial connection, and after that it will be a mutual relationship between members 
who call/text/email one another on a regular basis, with no further GNPS responsibility.
Please fill out this survey and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Member Check In 2024




A group of members has prepared information to help other groups start an organization like ours, which gives history of the organization. It is 
available here: 
Starting an Aging-in-Place Organization.





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UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS, NEW EVENTS, GAMES & COMMITTEE MTGS
UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS, NEW EVENTS, GAMES & COMMITTEE MTGS


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IMPORTANT COMMUNITY INFORMATION
IMPORTANT COMMUNITY INFORMATION


Take Back Your Space
Organize, Simplify, Declutter

Nov 12 2024 Decluttering Event

Community Events Sponsored by
Assemblymember Robert Carroll

(click on the link for flyer)
Free Mammograms
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OMNI is now available for reduced fare customers!

Learn More Here



  Park Slope Library Events

Park Slope Library Calendar
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7TH AVENUE SENIOR CENTER (PSCSA) PROGRAMS OPEN TO GNPS MEMBERS
7TH AVENUE SENIOR CENTER (PSCSA) PROGRAMS OPEN TO GNPS MEMBERS


Park Slope Center for Successful Aging 
invites Good Neighbors of Park Slope
to participate in ALL activities!

See what is available on a recent PSCSA schedule:

PSCSA Schedule



For the most up-to-date information
become a member of PSCSA and receive their weekly schedule.

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SPECIAL WEBSITE FEATURE: MEET OUR MEMBER!

Meet Jasmine Melzer
(by Ruth Gastel)


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(For previous member profiles: Meet Our Members)  



 
😁To access the joke of the day at the bottom of this page
you must be logged into the website as a member😄




 


The votes have been counted for the 2024 election for
GNPS Board of Directors

Congratulations to

Richard AlbaJudith Feldman, and Suzanne Nicoletti 


If you are interested in learning more about the GNPS Board of Directors
and/or serving on the Board someday,
please reach out to any of our board members or contact us at
Email GNPS

Slideshow
Annual Meeting 2024



Photos of our
Annual Meeting 
on 
17 October 2024
including
Trivia 
and 
Folk Singing

Photos by 
Margaret Laurens
Lynne Ornstein

GNPS ART SHOW EXHIBIT

The GNPS Art Show will be CLOSING ON NOVEMBER 15TH.
You are invited to come to our
"
SPREAD LOVE ART WALK"
to enjoy a last look at the art.

November 7th / 11am to 12:30pm
249 7th Ave (former Rite Aid)
Hear from the artists/Browse the work/Enjoy the company
Outdoor event. Be prepared for the weather, some standing, and a little walking.



GNPS on Art on the Ave website
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Prospect Park Alliance and Heights and Hills invites
GNPS members to join the walk on Thursday, Nov 7 at 10am
Meet at 9th St entrance to the park.
Click here to Register
Fitness Walk Registration 11.7.2024






GNPS members volunteer in Prospect Park
to plant trees for City of Forest Day,
October 26th.

Participants are
Wendy Aibel-Weiss, Joan Emerson,
Toby Mailman, Judy Miller
and Joyce Jed.

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Thank you to Old Stone House

and Maggie and Mike

for the informative and fun

guided walking tour of

The Battle of Brooklyn!


The snacks at the end of the tour were

greatly appreciated!



October 23, 2024



MEET OUR MEMBER

Jasmine Melzer

 

 


If you live near the F or G subway stop on 7th avenue, you’ve probably heard the name Jasmine Melzer.  She was one of a small but formidable group of people who started lobbying the MTA (Metropolitan Transport Authority) for an elevator at the station in 2014.

“The MTA had conducted a study of subway accessibility in 2010 but when we asked for an elevator here, they weren’t very responsive. They just told us how we could get to an accessible station.  So, we started collecting signatures and attending the monthly meetings of the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee. The committee represents the interests of subway and commuter rail riders in the 12-county MTA region,” Jasmine explained.

“We would sit off to the side until the committee had finished its regular business session and then we would raise our hands to discuss our concerns again and again until everyone knew who we were.”

“But we didn’t just go to the MTA.  We kept bringing up the need for an elevator to then Councilman Brad Lander.  And of course, Good Neighbors got involved. We organized rallies all over Park Slope and attended other rallies in Manhattan, demanding greater accessibility.  In short, we made a lot of noise.”

“I have to admit that we were very good agitators and, in the end, it paid off. In 2018, we heard that we had won the battle.”

Jasmine grew up in England. After finishing high school in Ramsgate, Kent, a seaside town southeast of London, she attended business school where she won the All-England typing /shorthand prize.  She came to the United States in 1968, attracted by its more entrepreneurial environment.  Here, she was a legal secretary and then worked in advertising as an account executive, with clients mostly in the beauty and fragrance industries.  Later she became Director of Corporate Relations for the Skin Cancer Foundation.  She and her husband, Roger, have two daughters, both of whom live close by, and four grandchildren.

When the Melzers moved to Brooklyn in 1978, Prospect Park was not the much-loved, much-used park it is today. “Not only was covered with litter,” Jasmine says, ‘but people were actually destroying it. You could see teenagers burning benches at night.”

Not surprisingly, people were clamoring for something to be done.

Fortunately, everything began to change in 1980 when Tupper Thomas was appointed the administrator of Prospect Park.  It was Tupper Thomas who first created the non-profit Prospect Park Alliance which began to raise funds to restore and sustain the park. Then, in 1997, the Alliance created the Community Committee, now known as Com Com.

More than 30 local organizations are represented on Com Com as well as elected officials and community boards surrounding the Park. Together, as stakeholders, they take an active role in discussions about park issues such as the rights of bike riders and pedestrians. Jasmine has been a member of Com Com for many years, representing Good Neighbors and the concerns of older adults. 

“Sometimes the opportunities offered by the New York City Participatory Budget Process coincide with the needs of the Park.” This year the focus was specifically on local improvements including parks and other public spaces. “Over the years we have successfully pushed for the recently opened Adult Fitness Center, next to Harmony Playground, and for handrails and lighting on the path leading from the Fallkill waterfall down to Center Drive which is very steep and can be slippery.”

What does Jasmine do when she’s not lobbying?

“I have been involved with Good Neighbors almost since the beginning. I’m Board Secretary. I like the theater and I’m part of the Mystery Book Club. But representing the community on important quality of life issues is my great love.”

We can all be grateful to Jasmine and her dedicated group of advocates for their determination and organizing skills, without which we might still be dragging ourselves up the steps at the 9th street subway stop.  

 

 


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