The Day: A Community Board General Meeting and a March at the 88th Precinct Meeting

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As fall begins to transition into winter, make sure you get out and take a look at the vibrant fall colors that still abound in the nabe. (Photo by Oswaldo Cabrera)

Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.

It will be another cold day today, with temperatures only reaching the low 40s, the National Weather Service reported. Be sure to wear your heavy coat, scarf and gloves when you go out. Unlike yesterday, though, you won’t see any snow for the rest of the week.

  • Community Board 2 will hold its monthly general meeting tonight at 6 p.m. in St. Francis College‘s Founder’s Hall. During the meeting, Irene Janner, first vice chairperson of the board, will present two unanimous recommendations by the board’s executive committee. The first is a recommendation that the board support plans to install an automatic public toilet at the southern end of Cadman Plaza Park – a proposal initiated by the Department of Transportation in partnership with the Department of Parks and Recreation. The second is the executive committee’s recommendation that the board encourage the MTA to fully restore the B37 bus route, rather than having it terminate at Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center.
  • Locals angered over the death of 9-year-old Lucian Merryweather – who was pinned under an SUV that jumped the curb earlier this month – will march on the 88th Precinct’s Community Council meeting on Nov. 19 to demand that officers issue more tickets for speeders and drivers who fail to yield to pedestrians, DNAinfo reported. The residents, who formed a group called Make Brooklyn Safer, will also present police with an online interactive map they put together that documents “unsafe street conditions and unsafe behavior in Fort Greene and surrounding neighborhoods,” the website reported. The march will begin at 6:15 p.m. on the corner of Clermont and DeKalb Avenues, and then head to the French Speaking Baptist Church – 209 Clermont Avenue near Willoughby Avenue – where the meeting will start at 7 p.m.
  • Find the Best, an online comparison tool that rates schools, medical facilities, cars and electronics, among other services and utilities, named Brooklyn Technical High School the eighth best high school in New York City, Business Insider reported. Brooklyn Tech requires that students pick a major after their senior year, with options ranging from biomedical engineering to media communications, according to the article.