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
The 2016 Community Board 14 Youth Conference at the Flatbush YMCA. (Photo: CB 14)Demonstrating the huge demand that exists for jobs and educational opportunities for young people, over 700 area students attended Community Board 14’s Youth Conference last Thursday. This was Board 14’s ninth year of sponsoring
News
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
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
Central Brooklyn
Mayor Bill de Blasio. Photo: Ditmas Park CornerMayor Bill de Blasio’s controversial rezoning plan — meant to address the city’s affordable housing crisis — has moved to the City Council for a final review after it was approved last Wednesday [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/zqa/zoning-for-quality-and-affordability.page]
Announcements
Community Board 14 Vice-Chairman Ed Powell, left, Chairman Alvin Berk, and District Manager Shawn Campbell.Do you have opinions about issues like real estate development, traffic safety, the opening of new bars and restaurants, along with the overall future of our neighborhood? If you are a New York City resident
Alvin Berk
Photo via Council member Greenfield’s office.Officials marked the opening of the new Midwood Library Plaza on Tuesday morning. Council member David Greenfield [http://council.nyc.gov/d44/html/members/home.shtml], Brooklyn Public Library President Linda Johnson, NYC Department of Design and Construction Assistant Commissioner Oscar Gonzales, and
Alvin Berk
Cutting the ribbon on the Umma Park mural. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)We got our first glimpse at the beautiful mural [/blog/crime/community-leaders-artists-other-celebrate-a-new-umma-park-mural-designed-and-created-by-neighborhood-youth] in Umma Park [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/umma-park] (Woodruff and Ocean Avenues), created in collaboration with CITYarts [http://cityarts.org/], back in
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Photo by Ditmas Park CornerStanding where there once was a sea of graffiti and trash, students and community leaders celebrated a new mural in Umma Park [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/umma-park] (Woodruff and Ocean Avenues) yesterday and said the incredible transformation of the space has done everything from empower
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The DOT knocks down a stanchion at Foster and Westminster.At a meeting last week, the New York City Department of Transportation vowed to work with community members on a resolution after the agency demolished two historic brick stanchions [/blog/news/after-neighbors-are-outraged-over-city-dot-knocking-down-stanchions-agency-vows-to-address-concerns] without any notice to residents. “It definitely was
Aaron Fraint
There are many reasons to go to a Community Board 14 meeting [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/march-2015-meetings/] – perhaps you’re having a problem in your neighborhood, maybe you’d like to voice your opinion to an elected official, or you’d like to connect with some like-minded civically engaged neighbors