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
Boerum Hill
PARK SLOPE – At the Brooklyn Community Board 6 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] General Meeting Wednesday evening, the board voted to pass the NYC Department of Transportation’ s (DOT) [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] proposal to install four miles of protected bike
Carroll Gardens
Brooklyn Community Board 6, former District Manager Craig Hammerman is seated second from leftPARK SLOPE – All charges against former Brooklyn Community Board 6 District Manager, Craig Hammerman, have been dropped, his lawyer announced on Monday. “On Nov. 1, 2017, all charges pending in Brooklyn Criminal Court, against Craig Hammerman, former
Carroll Gardens
PARK SLOPE – The embattled District Manager of Brooklyn Community Board 6 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page], Craig Hammerman, has stepped down from his post earlier than initially planned [/brooklyn-cb6-district-manager-resigns-following-stalking-allegations/]. At a CB6 General Board Meeting held Wednesday evening at the John Jay Education Campus, Sayar Lonial, the
community
CAMBA Park Slope Women’s Shelter, 1402 8th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) PARK SLOPE – “This is not a meeting about eliminating the shelter,” Barbara Barran said at the start of a meeting Wednesday night addressing recent problems with some of the residents at the CAMBA-operated women’s shelter located
Big Story
Representatives of the NYC Department of Social Services discussed Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “Turning the Tide on Homelessness in New York City” plan with Community Board 6 members Wednesday evening, giving them the opportunity to help decide where future shelters will be situated. In a meeting initiated by NYC
community
Brooklyn Community Board 6 (District Manager Craig Hammerman is seated second from left) Photo via NYC.Gov [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page]At Wednesday night’s Brooklyn Community Board 6 general meeting at PS 32 in Carroll Gardens, the board’s chair announced that long-time District Manager
Nonsponsored
A Citi Bike station is now located on 5th Avenue and 3rd Street outside of J.J. Byrne Playground and the Old Stone House. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)The Transportation/Public Safety Committee [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/committees/transportation.page] of Community Board 6 [http:
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Chaos erupted over the Citi Bike expansion. (Video by Amy Holiday/Park Slope Stoop) Tensions and anger over the recent expansion of Citi Bike [/blog/politics/citi-bike-expansion-ushered-dot-city-community-leaders-5th-avenue-ribbon-cutting-2/] interrupted the agenda of Wednesday night’s Community Board 6 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] General Meeting. What was expected