Central Brooklyn
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
[/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.