COVID Response
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Welcome (Back) to Brooklyn Swings,
First off... WE MISS YOU!
So times are a shiftin' and we have reopened as of January 2022. We are ready to support connecting your body with your mind creatively and for learning! Plus... PEOPLING. We figure that seeing the same, less than 20 vaxed people, once a week is possibly safer than other options we have... SO WE ARE BACK!
Offering:
- Private Lessons
- Weekly Group Classes
Partnered & Solo classes
Wash/Sanitize hands right before class
Fully Vaccinated Only (be ready to show card or app), unless venue requires otherwise
Masks? Masks at Brooklyn Swings are optional, unless the venue requires otherwise
PLEASE NOTE: We will default on rotating partners in class, due to it's extreme learning benefits, but for the first time EVER we will welcome/allow people to stay with their own partner and not rotate upon request.
Feel free to reach out with ideas, suggestions, recommendations as we believe a conversation is better than silence. And besides, in the big picture, we are all doing this together.
Take care over there.
Keep Swingin'
Always,
Jenny Sowden
Founder & Director of Brooklyn Swings
Dance@BrooklynSwings.com
CDC Information on COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html
First off... WE MISS YOU!
So times are a shiftin' and we have reopened as of January 2022. We are ready to support connecting your body with your mind creatively and for learning! Plus... PEOPLING. We figure that seeing the same, less than 20 vaxed people, once a week is possibly safer than other options we have... SO WE ARE BACK!
Offering:
- Private Lessons
- Weekly Group Classes
Partnered & Solo classes
Wash/Sanitize hands right before class
Fully Vaccinated Only (be ready to show card or app), unless venue requires otherwise
Masks? Masks at Brooklyn Swings are optional, unless the venue requires otherwise
PLEASE NOTE: We will default on rotating partners in class, due to it's extreme learning benefits, but for the first time EVER we will welcome/allow people to stay with their own partner and not rotate upon request.
Feel free to reach out with ideas, suggestions, recommendations as we believe a conversation is better than silence. And besides, in the big picture, we are all doing this together.
Take care over there.
Keep Swingin'
Always,
Jenny Sowden
Founder & Director of Brooklyn Swings
Dance@BrooklynSwings.com
CDC Information on COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html
Keep the Light on While I'm Gone
Donation Campaign during COVID-19
Thank you for your Support during this time.
Brooklyn/NYC Local Resources & Tools
Mutual Aid
Is an active way to be more involved, aware, share and benefit from your local neighborhood. Using FaceBook groups there are neighborhood groups all over the nation and yes is every borough. Search on FaceBook for 'Mutual Aid' and your neighborhood. Here is a small list of those close to our venues at Brooklyn Swings.
Buy Nothing Project
https://buynothingproject.org/
Is an active way to meet your neighbors and locally cycle free items. Using Facebook groups people will post: items they are are getting rid of for free, items they are requesting for free, even offer cookies or bread. These are all over the Nation. Search on FaceBook for 'Buy Nothing' and your neighborhood. Here is a short list of those close to our venues at Brooklyn Swings.
Craigslist NYC
newyork.craigslist.org/
Is a great way to resource local second hand items, housing, jobs and more
Freecycle
www.freecycle.org/
Is a great way to Post Offering and Searching for Free Items (note this and Buy Nothing are similar but different)
Bulk/Zero Waste Stores
Compost Drop-Off (please search yourself for updated drop-off day/times)
New York Government Contacts:
This is a great way to be locally active with your morals and values and getting them heard.
Is an active way to be more involved, aware, share and benefit from your local neighborhood. Using FaceBook groups there are neighborhood groups all over the nation and yes is every borough. Search on FaceBook for 'Mutual Aid' and your neighborhood. Here is a small list of those close to our venues at Brooklyn Swings.
- Bushwick: https://www.facebook.com/bushwickmutualaid
- North Brooklyn: https://www.facebook.com/groups/northbrooklynmutualaid
- Gowanus: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gowanusmutualaid
- Clinton Hill/Fort Greene: https://www.facebook.com/chfgaid
- Crown Heights: https://www.facebook.com/CrownHeightsAid
- Flatbush: https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushMutualAid
Buy Nothing Project
https://buynothingproject.org/
Is an active way to meet your neighbors and locally cycle free items. Using Facebook groups people will post: items they are are getting rid of for free, items they are requesting for free, even offer cookies or bread. These are all over the Nation. Search on FaceBook for 'Buy Nothing' and your neighborhood. Here is a short list of those close to our venues at Brooklyn Swings.
- Williamsburg/Greenpoint: https://www.facebook.com/groups/219278648478667
- Bushwick/East Williamsburg/Ridgewood (unofficial): https://www.facebook.com/groups/2239408669718329
- BoCoCa/Gowanus/Columbia Waterfront/Red Hook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1469079373379176
- East Flatbush (Central & West): https://www.facebook.com/groups/2355603957992554
- Prospect Heights(East)/Crown Heights (Northwest): https://www.facebook.com/groups/2472119012802845
- Crown Heights West: https://www.facebook.com/groups/331220013973512
Craigslist NYC
newyork.craigslist.org/
Is a great way to resource local second hand items, housing, jobs and more
- Note there is a Free Section (this one's in Brooklyn: https://newyork.craigslist.org/d/free-stuff/search/brk/zip
- Brooklyn Section: https://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/
Freecycle
www.freecycle.org/
Is a great way to Post Offering and Searching for Free Items (note this and Buy Nothing are similar but different)
Bulk/Zero Waste Stores
- Bushwick: Precycle https://www.precyclenyc.com/shop
- List of ones in NY State: https://www.litterless.com/bulk-food-guide/new-york
Compost Drop-Off (please search yourself for updated drop-off day/times)
- BKRot - Dekalb Ave & Myrtle https://www.bkrot.org/
- Bay Ridge Greenmarket – 3rd Ave & 95th St
- Brooklyn Borough Hall Greenmarket – Court & Montague
- Carroll Gardens Greenmarket – Carroll St b/t Smith & Court
- Cortelyou Greenmarket – b/t Argyle & Rugby Rds
- Domino Park - Kent Ave & S 3rd Street
- Ft. Greene Greenmarke – Washington Park b/t Willoughby & DeKalb
- Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket – NW corner of Prospect Park
- McCarren Park Greenmarket – Union Ave and Driggs
- Parkside Plaza Greenmarket – Parkside Ave & Ocean Ave
- Sunset Park Greenmarket – 4th Ave b/t 59th & 60th Sts
New York Government Contacts:
This is a great way to be locally active with your morals and values and getting them heard.
- Governor of New York State : Governor Kathy Hochul
- Mayor of New York City : Eric Adams
- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (serving since 2017)
- Senator Chuck Schumer (serving since 1999)
- Find your District House Representative by Zip Code here:
- https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
- District 34 (Williamsburg, Bushwick, Ridgewood) : Council Member Antonio Reynoso
- Contact: areynoso@council.nyc.gov