This Week's Good News from Queens and Brooklyn: March 11 - 15

This week's uplifting stories from neighborhoods near Ditmas Park.

QUEENS

Bayside - Douglaston

Bayside Anglers to Host Annual Little Neck Bay Cleanup on April 14

The Bayside Anglers will host its 19th annual Waterfront Day and shore cleanup at Little Neck Bay on April 14.

Forest Hills

Weiner Aiding Rockaway Recovery: Report

For many, especially those in the Rockaways, Superstorm Sandy recovery still hasn't ended. It's no surprise, then, that there are still New Yorkers lending a helping hand.

BROOKLYN

Ditmas Park

Ditmas Park Moms Develop Parent-Run Play Space

Local moms Judith Serlin-Munoz and Nancy Rawlinson are spearheading the effort to establish a parent-run play space for local parents and children to call their own.

Fort Greene - Clinton Hill

Clinton Hill Rallies Around Broken Angel Owner With Block Party

Neighbors to hold celebratory benefit for Arthur Wood on what will be his last day in his home of 34 years.

Prospect Heights

Sure Sign of Spring: Uncle Louis G Reopens on Park Place

Out with the soup and in with the soft serve as ice cream shop opens for the summer season.

Carroll Gardens

Bryan Cave LLP has launched a $25,000 fund that will be distributed to five students from the Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies in Carroll Gardens.

Bed-Stuy

Harry Belafonte Pays a Special, Rare Visit to Bed-Stuy High School

Tuesday morning, Harry Belafonte, dubbed the "King of Calypso," and a world-renowned advocate for civil rights and humanitarian causes, shared with the students of the Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance his lifetime experience working to better the world around him.

Park Slope

Installation Made from Sandy-Salvaged Wood Moved to DUMBO

"Heartwalk," a 30-foot heart-shaped art installation made from salvaged wood from boardwalks destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, was moved from Times Square to DUMBO on Monday.