Nonsponsored
RED HOOK – Brooklyn Community Board 6 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] unanimously approved a proposal from the NYC Department of Transportation [https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] (DOT) during a general board meeting on Wednesday, December 12, to install pedestrian safety enhancements along
Cobble Hill
COBBLE HILL – After plans to erect a nine-foot-high brick wall [/cb6-tables-developers-planned-9-foot-high-wall-at-lich-condo-site/] along Amity Street were tabled at a Brooklyn Community Board 6 Landmarks & Land Use Committee [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/committees/landmarks-land-use.page] meeting in October, Fortis Property Group [https://fortispropertygroup.com/] developed an alternate plan to
green
RED HOOK – The Parks, Recreation, and Environmental Protection Committee [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/committees/parks-recreation-environmental-protection.page] of Brooklyn Community Board 6 held a meeting Wednesday night to update locals on the Harold Ickes Playground and the Red Hook ball fields. Harold Ickes Playground at Hamilton Avenue & Van
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – As reported last month [/dept-of-sanitation-will-reduce-organics-pickup-in-cb6-neighborhoods/], the NYC Department of Sanitation [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/home] (DSNY) is reducing the organics collection schedule for neighborhoods in Brooklyn Community Board 6 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page], including Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Park Slope,
community
PARK SLOPE – The Brooklyn Community Board 6 Transportation Committee [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/committees/transportation-public-safety.page] unanimously voted to approve the NYC Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml]‘s (DOT) redesign of 9th Street (between 3rd Avenue & Prospect Park West)
Announcements
[UPDATED: Tuesday, June 19 at 12:45pm] According to the New York City Department of Sanitation, at the end of Fiscal Year 2017, approximately 10.6 percent of the organic waste produced by residents with access to the curbside program was recycled. The three percent previously reported reflects both those
Gowanus
GOWANUS – After a year and a half of community members and stakeholders participating in more than 100 hours of meetings and workshops, including four public events and 26 working group meetings [/gowanus-neighborhood-planning-study-collaboration-community/], Council Members Brad Lander (District 39), Stephen Levin (District 33), and the NYC Department of City Planning [http:
Carroll Gardens
[Left – Right] Kim Maier, Executive Director, Old Stone House; Gilly Youner, co-President, Park Slope Civic Council; CB6 District Manager Craig Hammerman; Daniel Wiley, Community Coordinator for Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez; John Frost, E.D. of Bikeshare Program, DOT; NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg; Council Member Brad Lander; Doug Gordon, Brooklyn Spoke;
Business
PARK SLOPE – Brooklyn Community Board 6 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] (CB6) once again voted against approving the renewal of a liquor license application for Woodland [https://www.woodland.nyc], a contentious restaurant/bar located at 242 Flatbush Avenue at the corner of 6th Avenue. 242 and
environment
RED HOOK – Until Thor Equities resolves a number of concerns raised by neighbors [/neighbors-want-red-hoek-point-developer-address-environmental-concerns/], Brooklyn Community Board 6’s Landmarks/Land Use Committee [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/committees/landmarks-land-use.page] voted to hold off on approving modified plans for the developer’s Red Hoek Point [http://redhoekpoint.com]
Announcements
RED HOOK – Red Hook neighbors say construction on the site of Thor Equities’ Red Hoek Point project has been the cause of some environmental issues in the area and they want the developer to address the problems before moving forward with the project. Construction site, October 2017 (Photo: Pamela Wong/
Boerum Hill
CARROLL GARDENS – Though it was chilly outside Thursday evening, the mood inside the auditorium at P.S. 32 was heated as neighbors expressed their feelings about the citywide Carshare Pilot Program during a Community Board 6 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] Transportation/Public Safety Committee Meeting. NYC