Apply To Join Your Local Community Board

Interested in getting more involved in your local community government? The deadline to apply to serve on one of our local Community Boards is coming up fast!

Community Boards meet monthly and discuss everything from overflowing trash bins to potholes and liquor license renewals to city plans to reroute traffic. The local boards don’t have an official say, but they do carry the power of public opinion and can make recommendations to city agencies.

For the first time, anyone 16 years old or older can apply, as long as they live, work, or have a professional interest within the district’s coverage area — Community Board 6 includes Park Slope, Gowanus, Carroll Gardens/South Brooklyn, Cobble Hill, the Columbia Street District, and Red Hook; Community Board 7 includes South Slope, Greenwood Heights, Windsor Terrace, and Sunset Park.

The deadline to submit CB applications — which must be notarized and submitted to Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ office at Borough Hall — is this Sunday, February 15.

For more information about Community Boards please visit here. Visit the Brooklyn Borough President’s website and download the Community Board Application here. Take the hour to fill it out and send it in.