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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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CB6 Chair Sayar Lonial. (Courtesy of Sayar Lonial)Our Community Board 6 [http://www.brooklyncb6.org/] has recently undergone a change in leadership, as Sayar Lonial assumed the role of the Chair of the Community Board during their meeting last month. Outgoing Chair Gary Reilly — who was elected in December
Bridging Gowanus
Proposed future site of Gowanus Pre-K Center on 9th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues. (Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6712145,-73.9905412,3a,75y,46.29h,89.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ss7JGBOvzfxRmqcJDW66TjA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1] )On November 3, Council Member Brad
Brad Lander
Photo via shinya [http://www.flickr.com/photos/shinyasuzuki/8858800731/sizes/z/in/photostream] Citi Bike [https://www.citibikenyc.com/] will be expanding into Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, Park Slope, and Red Hook next year and Councilmember Brad Lander [http://bradlander.com] wants the neighborhood’s help in identifying
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Henri On Fifth‘s request to open a sidewalk cafe has been approved by Community Board 6 [http://brooklyncb6.org/]. The French/German/Asian-inspired restaurant located on 5th Avenue and 1st Street, which opened in January [/blog/business/henri-on-fifth-opens-tonight], will have an unenclosed sidewalk cafe with 12 tables and 27