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# Have Concerns About The Community? Here Are Two Meetings You Can Go To Next Week
- URL: https://bklyner.com/concerns-community-two-meetings-can-go-next-week-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2014-12-05T15:01:06.000Z
- Updated: 2014-12-05T15:01:51.000Z
- Author: Anna Gustafson
- Tags: Flatbush Nostrand Junction BID, #API-Imported

![70th Precinct community council meeting](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/70th-Precinct-community-council-meeting.jpg)

Following the [fifth armed robbery in our community](/blog/crime/cops-two-midday-gunpoint-robbery-jewelry-store) since the end of October, a number of neighbors have asked us what they can do to address the issue of [crime in our neighborhood](/blog/category/crime).

There are two meetings next week at which the public is invited to attend and air thoughts or concerns, as well as meet one-on-one with legislators, civic leaders and police.

- **[Community Board 14](http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/december-2014-general-meeting/?ref=bklyner.com)** will hold its monthly meeting on **Monday, December 8 at 7:30pm at [PS 249](http://www.catonschool.org/?ref=bklyner.com)** (Marlborough Road and Caton Avenue). In addition to members of the public being able to speak about specific concerns, the meeting will also include a report on revitalizing the [Flatbush Junction](http://www.flatbushjunctionbid.com/?ref=bklyner.com). [At last month’s CB 14 meeting](/blog/news/notes-mondays-community-board-14-meeting), it was reported that the [Flatbush Nostrand Junction Business Improvement District](http://www.flatbushjunctionbid.com/?ref=bklyner.com) unexpectedly lost its director this summer, but that the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce was helping the group as they search for a new director. There will also be reports on transportation, public safety, community environment, youth services, and more.
- **[The 70th Precinct Community Council](http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct%5F070.shtml?ref=bklyner.com)** will meet **Wednesday, December 10 at 7:30pm at 175 Lawrence Avenue**. There, police and other community leaders, often including legislators, are able to address community concerns about crime. [At last month’s meeting](/blog/crime/following-armed-robberies-neighborhood-70th-precinct-sends-officers-streets-last-nights-community-council-meeting), there was a large turnout of neighbors in response to the series of armed robberies in our area. This Wednesday, December 3, [two men robbed a Coney Island jewelry store at gunpoint](/blog/crime/cops-two-midday-gunpoint-robbery-jewelry-store) and got away with a quarter of a million dollars in merchandise. The crime follows other armed robberies at [Lark Café](/blog/crime/lark-cafe-robbed-gunpoint-last-night), [Ox Cart Tavern](/blog/crime/three-men-rob-ox-cart-tavern-gunpoint-last-night), [Mimi’s Hummus](/blog/crime/police-release-photo-suspect-allegedly-robbed-mimis-hummus-gunpoint), and the [Stratford Deli](/blog/crime/deli-church-avenue-stratford-road-robbed-last-night).

Are you planning on attending one of the meetings? If so, what are you hoping will be addressed?

*Photo of last month’s 70th Precinct Community Council meeting by Avi Glickstein.*