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Town Square has added a new Special Polish Night to SummerStarz 2019 for Friday, August 23, 6 p.m. at Transmitter Park.

The evening will begin with storytelling by Friends of Greenpoint Library, followed by live music with Polish artist Jana Astanov and ASTRALOOP.

Finally, there will be a screening of the classic Polish film “Peter & The World.” The Oscar winner is a retelling of the classic tale set to Profokiev’s musical score.

Bring a blanket, bring your friends and family, and enjoy!

Dr. Enoch Chan has joined Outreach, a drug and alcohol treatment services agency, with a location in Greenpoint, as its full-time medical director.

Chan, who has been practicing medicine for more than two decades, served as a consulting physician for Outreach for the past five years.

Chan will help advance Outreach’s integrated care model, which affects families and individuals involved with treatment.

His short-term goals, the agency said, includes working with the executive team and senior management to expand the agency’s Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) capabilities, as well as implementing the use of telehealth.

He will also serve as the organization’s representative to the greater medical community, and provide direct patient care at the agency’s locations.

Chan received his bachelor’s degree at Stony Brook University and his medical degree from New York Medical College. He served his residency at North Shore Health System, and was the attending physician at Long Island’s Peconic Bay Medical Associates.

“It is an absolute honor to be a part of Outreach, an organization that has committed itself for more than four decades to serving and helping to heal individuals and families struggling with substance abuse,” Chan said in a statement. “I am humbled to be able to work with such tireless and devoted professionals, and I am excited to do my part in expanding the Outreach mission to build healthy lives.”

Get ready to enjoy plenty of delicious meals on grand deals.

From August 12 to 25, Grand Street BID is hosting its fifth annual Restaurant Week. This year, 16 participating restaurants will offer deals on lunch and dinner, ranging from $12 to $35 for three-course dinners.

Each restaurant will offer a prix fixe menu.

For a list of participating restaurants, click the link here.

That’s not all! Share your Restaurant Week experience using the hashtag #DineOnGrand on social media.

Diners can win $50 to a Grand Street BID restaurant of their choice.

National Night Out Against Crime is back!

On Tuesday, August 6, the 90th Precinct Community Council will host the annual event at the school yard at the Brooklyn Arbor School, located at 325 South 3rd Street, from 5 to 8:30 p.m.

This event is designed to introduce members of the NYPD precincts to community members, and foster better police-community relations.

There will be all sorts of fun activities, entertainment and food for the entire family.

What better way to spend your Saturday night than to bring your whole family to a free screening of “Dumbo?”

On July 27 at 8:45 p.m., the live-action remake of the 1941 animated Disney classic will be shown at Msgr. McGolrick Park.

Here’s a description of the film from IMDB: “A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.”

The film is directed by Tim Burton, and stars Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, Alan Arkin and Nico Parker.

Be sure to grab a spot before 8:30 p.m. Feel free to bring your own picnic blanket and chair.

Food is allowed at the screening as well.

What’s better than watching a free movie with the sun setting on the waterfront on a Friday night?

At 8 p.m. tomorrow, Town Square is hosting a free screening of the film “Aquaman,” featuring Jason Momoa.

Here’s the IMDB description of the superhero flick: “Arthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underworld kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land.”

The film will be shown at Transmitter Park, located at Greenpoint Avenue and the East River waterfront.

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney wants the MTA to step up its public outreach when it comes to L train service disruptions.

In a letter dated July 15 to MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick Foye, Maloney wrote that that she’s concerned about the “inadequate notice to the public” on planned closures.

“For regular L train riders, the closures will be a major inconvenience and yet, there is very little information available to the public,” she writes. “Worse, the information in affected stations and elsewhere along the line announces night and weekend service every 20 minutes, with no indication that changes are coming.”

The congresswoman acknowledged that the MTA puts a notice in the L train newsletter, which is sent to elected officials’ offices. But she says that’s not enough to get to the public at large.

On July 11, Maloney sent her staff to check three impacted stations in her district: Lorimer Street, Graham Avenue and Grand Street. She said they found no notices at those stations.

“Notices should be put at every L train stop so that people will be able to plan ahead,” she wrote. “There should be prominent signs, handouts and an explanation of alternatives.”

The Grand Street Business Improvement District has announced that it has commissioned Puerto Rican artist Don Rimx to paint a public mural for the community.

Funded by discretionary funds from Councilman Steve Levin, the BID hired the Grand Street-based company Owley to curate several public murals in the neighborhood.

Rimx, who will create the first mural, is making his art at 609 Grand Street.

The title of the piece is “Olor a Azucenas el Perfume del Barrio.”

You can see Don Rimx working at 609 Grand Street in the parking lot of Key Food.

For more information, visit the BID’s site here.

Join fellow green roof lovers tomorrow, June 21 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Kingsland Wildflowers for Field Day Friday!

Take a Q&A tour of the green roof with landscape designer Marni Majorelle.

Afterward, there will be a talk with author Leslie Adatto, who will discuss her new book, “111 Rooftops in New York That You Must Not Miss.”

Adatto is also the co-founder of The New York Roof Deck and Roof Gardening Meetup Group, which will be joining for the event on Friday night.

The event is free but limited to 50 people. RSVP here.

Last Thursday, the Health Department announced that it closed two schools in Williamsburg for failing to comply with the commissioner’s order during the measles outbreak.

UTA of Williamsburg – Yeshiva Torah V’Yirah, located at 590 Bedford Avenue, was closed for failing to provide sufficient proof of immunity for a child who was present at the school. It was also closed for allowing unvaccinated children and staff on site.

UTA 212, located at 212 Williamsburg Street, was also closed for allowing 35 students who were either unvaccinated or did not have the required number of doses of the MMR vaccine to attend the school.

Health officials say the schools will not be allowed to reopen until the Health Department reviews and approves a submitted corrective action plan.

To date, the department has closed 10 schools, including UTA of Williamsburg once before, for failing to comply with orders.

“The spread of measles may be slowing down but we are not,” Dr. Oxiris Barbot, the health commissioner, said. “This is a message to all schools that have been ordered to exclude unvaccinated children – we will not stop our enforcement until this outbreak comes to an end.”

As of June 11, 588 cases of measles have been confirmed since the beginning of the outbreak. 437 cases, or 74 percent have occurred in Williamsburg.