Bay Ridge
Doctor’s Row. (Photo via LPC)UPDATE: It’s now official. While Doctors’ Row became a Historic District on June 25, 2019, when the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to grant it the designation, the City Council had to approve it to make it truly official, and that happened yesterday,
Dyker Heights
Revised Design. Rendering via Raymond Chan Architect, New York YIMBYDesign changes have been announced for a massive development project on the boundary of Sunset Park and Dyker Heights, YIMBY [http://newyorkyimby.com/2017/07/updated-design-for-6208-8th-avenue-major-development-coming-to-sunset-park-brooklyn.html] reports. The plan was first unveiled in 2014 [http://newyorkyimby.com/2014/12/community-board-rejects-eighth-avenue-permit-renewal-but-what-community-does-it-represent.
community
Officer David Guttenberg’s plaque in the 68th Precinct. (Photo via Durante)A small memorial display is the first thing people see when they enter the lobby of the 68th Precinct, which serves Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton. There, plaques of three fallen brothers in uniform and their
Nonsponsored
(Photo via Wikipedia)At the end of April, the second busiest train station in Bay Ridge is slated to close for six months for major MTA station renovations [/three-r-line-stops-will-close-for-half-year-in-total-makeover/]. But in the meantime, neighbors have unanswered concerns about how the MTA will step up bus service during that construction. In
Bensonhurst
This two-family at 6705 7th Avenue, was forcibly vacated after it was discovered that 31 people were living at the location. (Source: Google Maps)An illegally converted two-family home in Dyker Heights was vacated last week, after it became apparent that 31 people — including 13 children — were living in hazardous
Bensonhurst
> Doris Cruz elected to head Community Board 10 https://t.co/oj6FSFBHTH pic.twitter.com/KAMPoZ0mpi [https://t.co/KAMPoZ0mpi] — Brooklyn Daily Eagle (@BklynEagle) May 18, 2016 [https://twitter.com/BklynEagle/status/732994632854949888] Community Board 10 (CB 10) [http://www.bkcb10.org] has elected a longtime neighborhood activist as
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanCommunity Board (CB) 10 is joining the chorus of folks apposing Mayor Bill de Blasio’s five-borough rezoning plan, which aims to add 200,000 affordable housing units citywide over the next decade. The plan, called Zoning for Quality and Affordability [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/
community board 10
Emmons Avenue. (Photo: verabelyavskaya [https://instagram.com/p/mfhm7jAvxA/] / Instagram)Looking to get active this week? Check out some of these fun and informative events happening in southern Brooklyn. There’s an Alzheimer’s awareness presentation, a meditation and exercise class, poetry jam session, and a community board meeting. For
6208 8th ave
Rendering of the proposed Eighth Avenue Center by Raymond Chan. Source: World Journal via Voices of NYA group of Chinese developers are looking to erect a mall, office building, hotel and residential complex on the border of Sunset Park and Dyker Heights, where they recently plunked down $51.5 million
bill guarinello
Source: jetheriot via FlickrCommunity Boards that cover Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst and Gravesend want action on illegal curb cutting and are hoping that Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio steps up enforcement on the issue. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle is reporting that Community Board 11 Chairman Bill Guarinello is hopeful that
Bay Ridge
Clothing donation bins have been springing up all over Bensonhurst, and their presence has not produced the positive source of charity as intended. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle is reporting [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/clothing-donation-bins-don%E2%80%99t-bring-out-charitable-feelings-officials-say-2013-06-04-193000] that the bins have been illegally placed on public property and have
bicycle safety
Last Thursday, Community Board 10 voted to send a package of bike lane plans to the Department of Transportation for assessment. A little over a year ago, the same board voted against a proposed bike lane along Bay Ridge Parkway. At that time, Council Members Dominic Recchia, Vincent Gentile and
75th street
The meandering curves of Bay Ridge’s Shore Road may harken back to the days when it was the scenic coastal road of a hamlet called Yellow Hook in the town of New Utrecht. However, a piece in yesterday’s Brooklyn Eagle reveals that after an increasing number of car
Bay Ridge Parkway
Transportation Alternatives failed to convince CB 10 (image credit: the L Magazine)Bike lane advocates weren’t going to take Community Board 10’s second bike lane vote lying down. Transportation Alternatives, a pro-bike lane group, had met with the community board’s transportation committee. A group of about 15