The Day: A Transportation Meeting and Make Music New York Winter Parades

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After a ribbon cutting ceremony last week, the expansion of the Greene Grape empire has hit full swing. (Photo by Oswaldo Cabrera)

Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.

Welcome back to the working week, neighbors. Don’t forget your umbrella today, the morning should start off with showers and a chance of thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service. Luckily, the forecast says the clouds should clear by the afternoon, but watch out for high winds. At least you won’t have to bundle up, as the highs will be in the upper 60s.

  • The Transportation and Public Safety Committee of Community Board 2 will meet tomorrow night for its monthly session. There are several design presentations planned: Emily Weidenhof, director of the NYC Plaza Program for the Department of Transportation, will present designs for a permanent pedestrian plaza at Fowler Square; Daniel Scorse, the program manager for planning and streetscape initiatives at the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership, is proposing that the DOT install parking meters along Vanderbilt Avenue along the commercial buildings south of Myrtle Avenue. Christopher Hrones, the DOT’s Downtown Brooklyn transportation coordinator, will present two plans: One for the creation of three truck loading zones on the south side of DeKalb Avenue and a proposal to modify the B110 bus’ alternate route between Williamsburg and Borough Park. Claire Weiss from WXY Studio is presenting a revised version of the Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District Streetscape Plan; Linda DeRosa of the Willowtown Neighborhood Association wants to open a conversation about dangerous traffic on Joralemon Street. Hemalee Patel, transportation committee chairperson, will end the meeting with a review of recent CompStat reports from the 84th and 88th precincts. The committee meeting is on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. in the first floor boardroom at St. Francis College at 180 Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights.
  • Get to know City Council Member-elect Laurie Cumbo a little better next week as she joins JACK arts center for its monthly JACKTalk series. JACK artistic director Alec Duffy will interview Cumbo about her experiences in founding the Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts and her new foray into politics. The interview will be on Monday, Nov. 25 at 8 p.m. at JACK at 505 ½ Waverly Avenue. There is a suggested donation of $5 at the door, which will go towards supporting JACK’s teen arts program.
  • Make Music New York’s winter performances return for the third year this December. The group organizes free outdoor musical events on the winter solstice for anyone who has ever wanted to make music with bells, buildings, smartphones or that melodica you’ve had lying around. “Unsilent Night” composer Phil Kline returns this year with “Peregrine,” a 45-minute long electronic piece using cassettes and boomboxes as the medium. The free and open parade starts in front of Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Peter Jay Sharp Building at 30 Lafayette Avenue at 4 p.m. on Dec. 21. Boomboxes will be provided for the first 50 people to join the parade, but feel free to bring your own if you still own one with a tape player. Cassettes will be distributed onsite. You can learn more about “Peregrine” and the other Make Music New York winter parades here.