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Gowanus Community Gathers To Discuss Rezoning Framework With City Agencies

GOWANUS – The PS 32 gymnasium was packed Wednesday evening for an open house where community members from Gowanus and the surrounding neighborhoods could learn about and comment on the NYC Department of City Planning [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page]‘s (DCP) “Gowanus: A Framework for a Sustainable,

Carroll Gardens

CB6 District Manager Steps Down Earlier Than Planned

PARK SLOPE – The embattled District Manager of Brooklyn Community Board 6 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page], Craig Hammerman, has stepped down from his post earlier than initially planned [/brooklyn-cb6-district-manager-resigns-following-stalking-allegations/]. At a CB6 General Board Meeting held Wednesday evening at the John Jay Education Campus, Sayar Lonial, the

community

CB6 District Manager Takes Leave Of Absence Amid Allegations Of Stalking

Brooklyn Community Board 6 (District Manager Craig Hammerman is seated second from left) Photo via NYC.Gov [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page]At Wednesday night’s Brooklyn Community Board 6 general meeting at PS 32 in Carroll Gardens, the board’s chair announced that long-time District Manager

Health

Community Board 6 Reviews Proposal for Substance Abuse Center in Gowanus

[L-R] Avraham Schick, Executive Director, Jonathan Cohen, Manager, Special Projects, Kirk Chisholm, Clinical Director of NYCATS. (Photo by Pamela Wong / BKLYNER)The Youth/Human Services/Education Committee [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/committees/youth.page] of Community Board 6 held a meeting Wednesday evening to review a proposal by

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Overflowing, Passionate, And Civil Crowd Pack Citi Bike Hearing, And It’s About More Than Just Spokes

The Citi Bike public hearing was so crowded that there was an overflow room. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/

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DOT Declines To Attend Citi Bike Public Hearing; Will ‘Potentially Make Adjustments’ To Station Locations

NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg (center, parking bike), Park Slope Civic Council co-President Gilly Youner (on bike), Council Member Brad Lander (center with tie, walking bike) and other officials rode into the unveiling of a new Citi Bike docking station on 5th Avenue near 3rd Street on August 25, 2016.

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Citi Bike Expansion Into Park Slope Boasts More Stations Than Originally Planned

Photo via citi bike [https://instagram.com/p/5NusM5xiYP/?taken-by=citibike]More spokes are wheeling their way into the Park Slope and surrounding neighborhoods — even more than what was originally planned. The Department of Transportation announced that 73 new Citi Bike docking stations will be added to the neighborhoods covered

Neighbors

‘Rep Your Hood’: Park Slope Rapper Pumpkinhead Memorialized In Passionate Street Renaming Ceremony

Photo by Ben ‘Sted’ McRobertsPark Slope rapper Robert “PH” Diaz was memorialized in a stirring and celebratory street renaming last Saturday, April 23, which served as a rousing tribute to the former Degraw Street resident. Robert “PH” Diaz, (Pumpkinhead). (Photo courtesy of family)Diaz, who performed and recorded under the

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Meet Sayar Lonial, Your New Chair Of Community Board 6

CB6 Chair Sayar Lonial. (Courtesy of Sayar Lonial)Our Community Board 6 [http://www.brooklyncb6.org/] has recently undergone a change in leadership, as Sayar Lonial assumed the role of the Chair of the Community Board during their meeting last month. Outgoing Chair Gary Reilly — who was elected in December

Announcements

Decisions, Decisions, Help Make Decisions: Community Board Membership Application Deadline Is February 15

Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson meets with Brooklyn CB Chairs and District Managers. (Photo via Community Board 6 [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynCB6/photos/a.287002111324247.78754.145307852160341/1090407767650340/?type=3&theater] )Are you passion about engaging in significant decisions in your community? Do you have opinions about real estate

Business

‘Save The Fifth Avenue Key Food’ Advocacy Group Formed To Combat Property Purchase

Photo by Park Slope StoopAn advocacy group whose goal is to “keep affordable food for the community in the north Slope” was established over the weekend [https://www.change.org/p/jo-anne-simon-velmanette-montgomery-brad-lander-craig-hammerman-jesse-hamilton-community-board-6-bill-de-blasio-save-the-fifth-avenue-key-food-keep-affordable-food-for-the-community-in-the-north-slope?recruiter=451030674&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share_email_res#petition-letter]

Business

Paddy’s Of Park Slope Opens, ‘A Dream Fulfilled’ For The Owners

Photo via Paddy’s of Park Slope [https://www.facebook.com/566229846861839/photos/a.566231176861706.1073741825.566229846861839/580549555429868/?type=3&theater] On a rainy Tuesday afternoon, we ventured over to the recently opened Paddy’s of Park Slope [https://www.facebook.com/Paddys-of-Park-Slope-566229846861839/timeline] (273 13th Street near 5th