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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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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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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
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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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
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
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
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
Education
Robert Furman, President of Brooklyn Preservation Council speaks out against the pre-K proposal, favoring a public park that would memorialize the Maryland 400. (Photo by Park Slope Stoop)Archaeology, history, nearby neighbors, and education make strange and fascinating bedfellows. The Youth/Human Services/Education Committee of Community Board 6 [http:
Education
Proposed future sight of Gowanus Pre-K Center on 9th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues. (Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6712145,-73.9905412,3a,75y,46.29h,89.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ss7JGBOvzfxRmqcJDW66TjA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1] )The Youth/Human Service/Education Committee
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Draft of Citi Bike expansion. (Courtesy of DOT)The Community Board 6 Transportation Committee [http://www.brooklyncb6.org/committees/?a=detail&content_id=55] unanimously approved the Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml]‘s plan for Citi Bike [https://www.citibikenyc.com/
Carlos Menchaca
Citi Bike [https://www.citibikenyc.com/] is expanding into Community Board 6 [http://www.brooklyncb6.org/] and wants your feedback on where docking stations should be placed — although according to DNAinfo [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150429/red-hook/citi-bike-roll-into-red-hook-park-slope-next-2-years-officials-say] , it looks like the bike share program won’t make it
CB6
Brooklyn Community Board 6 [http://www.brooklyncb6.org] voted 18 to 9 (with 5 abstentions) against the Department of Transportation’s [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] proposed safety overhaul for 4th Avenue on Thursday, a move that came as somewhat of a shock considering the