🌱 Patch AM: Why hundreds of Great Neck neighbors braved rain to defend Kings Point Park

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In today's newsletter:

• Why hundreds of Great Neck neighbors braved rain to defend Kings Point Park
• What Temple Beth-El’s downsizing means for Great Neck’s changing Jewish community
• How Great Neck North and South dominated in Monday’s high school games

Also on today's calendar: Wonder Grand Opening Week in Parkchester - Join Us 4/20-4/23! and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do cows have hooves and not feet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and cool, with a high of 52 and low of 42 degrees.
• Wednesday: A morning shower, temps: high: 56, low: 45.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 69 and low of 51 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Hundreds rally in rain to protest proposed Kings Point Park land use (longislandpress.com) — Hundreds of Great Neck area residents rallied in the rain at Kings Point Park to oppose a proposal they fear would privatize parkland and damage sensitive wetlands. Speakers criticized the Village of Kings Point and the Great Neck Park District for what they describe as a lack of transparency, and urged neighbors to stay engaged, contact officials, and defend the community’s largest remaining forested park.    

• A Reform synagogue makes way for a booming Iranian community (jweekly.com) — Temple Beth-El, Great Neck’s oldest synagogue, is downsizing and selling much of its Middle Neck Road property to an Iranian Orthodox yeshiva while leasing back a smaller space. The piece traces how shifting demographics toward more Orthodox and Mizrahi Jews have reshaped Great Neck’s Jewish life, and explores what the Reform congregation’s smaller footprint could mean for local civic engagement and social action.    

• Long Island HS sports roundup: Softball, baseball, lacrosse, flag football and badminton (newsday.com subscription) — Great Neck North’s softball team erupted for 11 seventh-inning runs to beat Friends Academy 24-18, while Great Neck South baseball blanked Lawrence 10-0 behind a 15-strikeout gem. Both performances came in a wider roundup of Long Island high school sports results across softball, baseball, lacrosse, flag football, and badminton.    

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📸 Around Great Neck

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Great Neck

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 23

• Wonder Grand Opening Week in Parkchester - Join Us 4/20-4/23!
  1498 Metropolitan Ave Bronx, NY 10462,
  12:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• Super Saturday – Mt. Vernon Grand Opening
  240 East Sandford Blvd. Mt. Vernon, NY 10550,
  10:00 am

Sunday April 26

• Fine Art Raffle and Free Buffet Lunch
  National Art League 44-21Douglaston Parkway, Douglaston NY 11362,
  2:00 am

Wednesday April 29

• 2026 Culinary Delights Kickoff Party & Networking Mixer at The Marker Restaurant
  The Marker, 111 Lattingtown Rd, Glen Cove
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday April 22

• Calm Cookie Yoga and Mindfulness
  Westbury Memorial Public Library Children's Programs at the Meeting Room , 445 Jefferson Street , Westbury
  10:30 am
• The Great Earth Adventure
  Westbury Memorial Public Library Children's Programs , 445 Jefferson Street , Westbury
  4:30 pm

Thursday April 23

• Gold Coast Arts at Temple Beth-El Special Film Event
  Temple Beth-El of Great Neck , 5 Old Mill Rd , Great Neck
  6:30 pm

Monday April 27

• ReelAbilities Short Film Program
  Great Neck Library , 159 Bayview Ave , Great Neck
  2:00 pm

Tuesday April 28

• 123 Play with Me - Importance of Play
  Westbury Memorial Public Library Children's Programs at the Meeting Room , 445 Jefferson Street , Westbury
  10:30 am

Friday May 1

• I'm Not Rappaport
  Zion Episcopal Church Halll 243-20 Church St, NY, 11363
  8:00 pm

Saturday May 2

• Save The Date - Charity Yard Sale - For Our Friends Animal Rescue - Sat May 2nd @10.am
  232-15 Seward Ave
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday April 21

• Board of Trustees Meeting
  Village of Old Brookville , 201 McCouns Lane , Old Brookville
  6:00 pm
• Theater for Dessert
  Port Washington Public Library , 1 Library Dr , Port Washington
  7:00 pm
• Board of Education Public Action Mtg, Budget Presentation #4 & Bud
  Elizabeth M Baker Elementary School , 69 Baker Hill Rd , Great Neck
  7:30 pm
• Board of Education Meeting + Budget Presentation & Adoption
  Sewanhaka Central High School District , 77 Landau Ave , Floral Park
  8:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• NSAS WALK Shu Swamp Preserve
  Shu Swamp Nature Preserve , Mill Neck, NY 11765, USA
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I saw an exquisite Alaskan Malamute in my area in Great Neck.
  He had a blue collar. It had APOLLO written on it in big I believe white capital letters. He was friendly. I pet him. Exquisite looking. (Nextdoor Thomaston)
• Can someone recommend a quality company to fix a ceiling after a winter pipe freeze.
  The pipes are repaired but the ceiling is in need of repair . (Nextdoor Great Neck)

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🗞 Nearby News

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• 3 Hillside Ave Apt 1, Manhasset, NY 11030 (realtor.com)
• Topbas named Liberty League Rookie of the Week again, eight Thoroughbreds on Honor Roll (skidmoreathletics.com)
• Manhasset's ‘Run for Katie' keeps legacy of strength alive 15 years later (longislandpress.com)

Port Washington

• Leonardo DiCaprio's Manhattan Apartment in ‘Wolf of Wall Street' Asks $4.95 Million (mansionglobal.com)

Queens

• MTA Bus Driver Attacked In NYC, Suspect Still At Large: NYPD (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They lactose! (Thank you Courtney S. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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