Brooklyn Today: Oct. 19, 2012
Good morning. Today is the 293rd day of year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Oct. 19, 1900, reported that after the Associated Cycling Clubs of Brooklyn denounced the idea of women bicycling for long distances, the District Attorney’s Office of Nassau County visited a hotel in Lynbrook, Long Island, where Marguerite Gast was staying overnight, and asked her to end her competitive ride. At the time, she had been cycling for 12 days. She charged that the Brooklyn organization opposed her merely because she rode for a competing organization, the Century Road Club.
Well-known people who were born today include boxer Evander Holyfield, feminist Patricia Ireland, illustrator Peter Max and actor Michael Gambon (“The Singing Detective”).
Today from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., LIU Brooklyn will present the fourth annual HIV Outreach Conference, in conjunction with the Brooklyn AIDS Task Force. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Monica Sweeney, assistant commissioner of the city Department of Health and Hygiene. The conference will take place on the LIU campus … Tomorrow is It’s My Park Day, an event for New Yorkers for volunteer and celebrate their neighborhood parks and spaces throughout the five boroughs. Among the Brooklyn parks having events will be Kaiser Park in Coney Island, Shore Road Park in Bay Ridge, Carroll Park in Carroll Gardens, Asser Levy Park in Coney Island, Sunset Park and several others. Volunteers will clean up litter, rake, mulch, paint fences and more. … Tomorrow, the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer’s Brooklyn walk will take place at the Nethermead in Prospect Park. Last year, 27,000 walkers raised $1 million at this walk.