Announcements
Members of the 66th Precinct and the Shomrim at December’s Community Council meeting. (Photo by Jole Carliner/Ditmas Park Corner)All residents of are invited to join two community meetings this week; the community board 12 zoning variance planning committee tonight; and the 66th precinct community council meeting tomorrow.
Central Brooklyn
Mayor Bill de Blasio. Photo: Ditmas Park CornerMayor Bill de Blasio’s controversial rezoning plan — meant to address the city’s affordable housing crisis — has moved to the City Council for a final review after it was approved last Wednesday [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/zqa/zoning-for-quality-and-affordability.page]
Announcements
Community Board 14 Vice-Chairman Ed Powell, left, Chairman Alvin Berk, and District Manager Shawn Campbell.Do you have opinions about issues like real estate development, traffic safety, the opening of new bars and restaurants, along with the overall future of our neighborhood? If you are a New York City resident
5910 13th Avenue
Hear ye, hear ye! Don’t let all this focus on the Ditmas Park restaurant/café robberies [/crime/armed-robbery-at-lark-cafe-last-night] distract you. The 66th Precinct’s Community Council [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_066.shtml] meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. in CB 12 [http://www.
Brooklyn Community Board 12
After a summer of meetings, input from the NYC Department of Transportation, and a letter from members of Community Board 12’s Transportation Committee, the New York State Department of Transportation and its consultant, the URS Corp., presented their “Ocean Parkway Safety Improvements from Prospect Parkway to Shore Highway” plan