Community Board 12

Letter To The Editor: Parking And Abandoned Cars

To the editor: Thank you for your recent article on abandoned and illegally parked cars on Hinckley Place off Coney Island Avenue (Whose Parking Lot Is Hinckley Place? [/whos-parking-lot-hinckley-place/] by Liena Zagare – April 21, 2017). It is good to know that I am not the only one that has noticed.

Central Brooklyn

Additional Sanitation Pickups For Passover

Just a quick reminder to everyone cleaning and getting their homes ready for Passover: NYC Sanitation department has added the following special pickups in Brooklyn: CB12: Kensington, Midwood, and Boro Park The Sanitation Department is asking everyone who has bulk items to start placing them out for collection as early

Announcements

New Middle School Opens 90 Seats In District 22

PS/IS 338 at 510 Coney Island Avenue, rendering by Purcell Architects (Courtesy of Dept. of Education)The new, long-awaited Kensington public school is now open for middle school applicants throughout District 22. In addition to the standard enrollment period (which opened in November), M.S. 890 is open for

Announcements

Brad Lander Announces Bengali-Speaking Community Liaison In Kensington

Friday, City Council Member Brad Lander announced a dedicated office annex for Bangla speakers in Kensington, staffed by community liaison Rubina “Ruby” Abdul — the first Bangla-speaking staff member at Lander’s office. Starting on Tuesday, October 25, the office will be open to community members every Tuesday and Wednesday from

Central Brooklyn

Get Out The Vote In Kensington’s Little Bangladesh

Community leaders at the Avenue C Plaza ribbon cutting (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Community leaders will launch a voter registration drive in Kensington on Wednesday, July 27, to increase voter turnout among Bangladeshi-American citizens in upcoming local and national elections. Volunteers and community leaders will be at the plaza

Bensonhurst

66th Precinct Detective Questioned In Corruption Probe Has Been Fired

Headquarters of the 66th Precinct at 16th Avenue and 59th Street. (Photo: Google Maps)A longtime community affairs detective at the 66th Precinct, who was named in a federal corruption investigation, has been fired, DNAInfo reported yesterday [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160524/upper-east-side/top-nypd-official-caught-federal-probe-files-for-retirement] . Detective Michael Milici of the

Announcements

Kensington’s Mamnunul Haq To Be Honored By Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats

Mamnunul Haq (center) pictured in 2015 with Council Member Brad Lander and Kenneth Quick, Commanding Officer of the 66th Precinct. (Photo: Jole Carliner) Kensington community leader Mamnunul Haq will be honored by the Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats (CBID) [https://cbidems.org/] this weekend. Haq, along with Domestic Workers United, the

Announcements

Extra Pre-Passover Trash Pick-Ups Scheduled For CB 12 & CB 14

Source: Flickr/jpotischCouncilman David G. Greenfield, Community Board 12 and 14, and the Sanitation Department have collaborated to create a more robust garbage collection schedule in anticipation of the eight-day Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins Friday, April 22 [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/04/avoid-40-years-desert-brooklyn-seder-guide/#.VxesrpMrLiw] . The modified garbage

Bensonhurst

Extra Pre-Passover Trash Pick-Ups Scheduled For CB 12 & CB 14

Source: Flickr/jpotischCouncilman David G. Greenfield, Community Boards 12 and 14, and the Sanitation Department have collaborated to create a more robust garbage collection schedule in anticipation of the eight-day Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins Friday, April 22 [/avoid-40-years-desert-brooklyn-seder-guide/#.VxesrpMrLiw]. The modified garbage collection will include the following measures:

Central Brooklyn

City Council Challenges De Blasio Officials On Zoning Changes

Housing along Ocean Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)City Council members pushed back against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s zoning proposals Wednesday — questioning city officials about some of the more contentious aspects of the plan. Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been made the case for the mayor’s

News

City Council Challenges De Blasio Officials On Zoning Changes

Housing along Ocean Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)City Council members pushed back against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s zoning proposals Wednesday — questioning city officials about some of the more contentious aspects of the plan. Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been made the case for the mayor’s

66th precinct

66 Precinct Community Council Meeting This Thursday

Come meet the 66 Precinct’s Commanding Officer, Captain Kenneth Quick, this Thursday, October 15, at the 66th Precinct Community Council [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_066.shtml]meeting held at Community Board 12’s office (located at 5910 13th Avenue) at 7:30pm. Capt. Quick

66 Pct Community Council

66th Precinct Community Council Will Serve Up Fun At National Night Out Against Crime Next Tuesday, August 4

Image courtesy of the 66th Precinct Community CouncilHere’s a summer event to look forward to. Next Tuesday, August 4, the 66th Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_066.shtml] will host its annual National Night Out Against Crime at its station house (5822 16th Avenue,

66th precinct

Want To Get More Involved In Your Community? Meet Neighbors & Voice Concerns At These Upcoming Events

CB 12 members at a previous meetingWant to learn more about our neighborhood? Having a problem in our area that you’d like to discuss with community leaders? Just want to meet some other civically-minded neighbors? You can do that, and more, at several upcoming meetings in our community. * Community

CB 12

Extra Trash & Recycling Pickups Scheduled For Passover

Worried you won’t be able to get your Chometz, other trash and recycling out before Passover begins this Friday, April 2? Fear not! Community Board 12 [http://www.brooklyncb12.org/announcements/] and Community Board 14 [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/]have you covered. For neighbors in Community Board 12: CB

5822 16th Avenue

Councilman David Greenfield Leads Rally In Support Of NYPD At 66th Precinct

[/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/David-Greenfield-66th-Precinct-rally.jpg]Photo courtesy Councilman David Greenfield’s office Following the horrific murder of Police Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/22/nyregion/officers-deaths-acutely-felt-in-brooklyn.html] in Bed-Stuyvesant on Saturday, more than 150 community members joined Councilman David Greenfield [http://council.

19th ave

Boro Park ShopRite Agrees To Limit Use Of New Driveway In Face Of Community Concerns

Under the agreement, the new driveway will be exit-only, and cars will not be allowed to turn from 19th Avenue onto 50th Street. (Source: Google Maps)The following is a press release from the offices of Councilman David Greenfield: Councilman David G. Greenfield and ShopRite officials have come to a

Brad Lander

Community Board 12 Approves Dome Playground Redesign

Nearly one and a half years ago, Councilmember Brad Lander [http://bradlander.com/] of District 39, members of Community Board 12 [http://www.brooklyncb12.org/], and Parks and Recreation [http://www.nycgovparks.org/] Brooklyn Chief of Staff Martin Maher held a “visioning session” at PS 179 inviting Dome Playground [http:

Community Board 12

A Summer Night Out With The 66th Precinct

Among the local notables at the 66th Precinct’s gathering August 6 in Gravesend Park for the National Night Out Against Crime [/crime/joing-the-66th-precinct-to-celebrate-the-national-night-out-against-crime-at-gravesend-park] were Councilmen Brad Lander and David Greenfield holding a tete-a-tete on 18th Avenue, outside the park’s main entrance. Here’s the 66th Precinct Community Affairs

Community Board 12

Traffic Study Coming, Benches To Stay, And More News From The Community Board 12 Meeting

About 100 people were present at the May 28 meeting [/politics/community-board-12-monthly-meeting-tonight-at-ps-230] of Community Board 12 [http://www.brooklyncb12.org/] at PS 230 Upper School [http://www.ps230.org/] in Kensington, including board members, elected officials and their representatives, and the public. Several attendees expressed thanks to CB12 for bringing

1570 60th st

As Plan To Replace Maple Lanes With Residential Building Advances, Community Opinion Remains Split

Photo by Susan ArmitageWhen John Sandano learned in September that the owners of Maple Lanes were in contract to sell the property the bowling alley sits on to a developer, he mourned the loss of his “home away from home,” where he’s been a regular bowler for more than

kensington

Neighbor Starts Petition to Keep Kensington Plaza Benches

In response to a recommendation by Community Board 12 to remove two of the four new benches [/events/carolers-sing-vigilers-talk-and-a-neighbor-squawks-at-kensington-plaza] in the 6-month-old Kensington Plaza, neighbor Bridget Elder has started an online petition [http://signon.org/sign/let-us-keep-all-of-the.fb23?source=s.icn.fb&r_by=1489015] to ask that the benches

cb12

Save Maple Lanes Petition Hits The Net, 327 Sign So Far

Source: Moberg via Wikimedia CommonsIt’s clear that our readers and local residents are not happy with the announcement that Maple Lanes is set to close and in its place, condos and a synagogue will open. An online petition [http://www.thepetitionsite.com/770/629/293/save-maple-lanes/] has been started

Community Board 12

CIA Traffic Update

Week twelve [/?s=%22cia+traffic%22]. If you feel the blocked lane on Coney Island Avenue is a problem, send an email about it to Community Board 12 at bkcb12@gmail.com. Explain why you think it is unsafe, request that they ask for the 66th’s assistance with the