Volunteers Renovate Affordable Homes in Bed-Stuy to Honor M.L. King Jr.
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — Last weekend, 80 volunteers from 14 faith groups throughout the city joined future homeowners to renovate houses for Habitat for Humanity-New York City (Habitat-NYC) in Brooklyn.
Held annually to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the MLK Build focused this year on a six-unit building at 849 Halsey St. They also painted the senior center at the Housing Authority’s nearby Saratoga Square Houses at 930 Halsey.
This was Habitat-NYC’s 13th annual “Building on a Dream” Martin Luther King Jr. weekend to recognize King’s vision and to continue his dream by organizing volunteers to build affordable homes and to paint a senior center in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.