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Photo by Ditmas Park CornerThe intersection of Caton Avenue and East 8th Street will be getting a traffic signal, according to a letter from the Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] to Community Board 7. This stretch of Caton Avenue runs between Coney
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Neighbors discuss speed hump locations at CB7 Transportation meeting. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Kensington BK)Tempers were still high at a second Community Board 7 Transportation Committee meeting discussing the possible installation of up to 15 speed humps throughout Windsor Terrace in order to slow traffic through the neighborhood on
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Photo by Tom PrendergastAfter a crash at the intersection of 8th Avenue and Windsor Place in July [/blog/crime/collision-at-windsor-place-and-8th-avenue], we heard from many readers that this intersection is one of many problem intersections in the area. The Department of Transportation recently presented a number of locations in Windsor Terrace
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
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A typical crowd waits to board the B67 bus. Photo courtesy Lauren Elvers Collins.Have you ridden the B67 [http://bustime.mta.info/m/;jsessionid=F83E8B525322F9EF525157002F033B51?q=B67] and B69 [http://bustime.mta.info/m/index;jsessionid=B5875277DDB43CE4DF3865C3F411AD40?q=B69&l=&t=] weekday buses? What do you think
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Don’t forget – Councilman Brad Lander [http://bradlander.com/blog/2014/12/11/next-steps-toward-kensingtonwindsor-terrace-street-safety] and Community Board 7 [http://www.brooklyncb7.org/] are holding a meeting tomorrow, January 8, with the city Department of Transportation, including Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, to address a series of concerns about street safety in our
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Community Board 7 has just launched its 27th annual holiday gift drive [https://www.facebook.com/195263140637225/photos/a.200947986735407.1073741826.195263140637225/367864830043721/?type=1] – which means you can bring new toys and clothing for boys and girls, from infants to the age of 12. Donations may be brought to
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“The status quo is not acceptable,” Windsor Terrace resident June Reich said and looked out at a small crowd gathered on the pews of the International Baptist Church’s [http://internationalbaptistny.org/] sanctuary Monday evening, attendees of which nodded their heads in agreement: The flooding and sewage backup, they said,
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Rendering of the proposed Eighth Avenue Center by Raymond Chan. Source: World Journal via Voices of NYA group of Chinese developers are looking to erect a mall, office building, hotel and residential complex on the border of Sunset Park and Dyker Heights, where they recently plunked down $51.5 million
72nd precinct
Yes, we realize that talking about summer block parties when temperatures are only forecast to reach the low 40s is cruel, but Thursday is the first day of spring, dagnabbit, and if you don’t get those applications in soon, you might miss your ideal party window. Community Board 7
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If you have some free time on December 20, a car (or reindeer powered sleigh), and some Christmas spirit, Community Board 7 [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brooklyn-Community-Board-7/195263140637225] is looking for you. The group is asking for volunteers to go shopping for toys that will be donated to area
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Learn more about two initiatives coming to the area at two Community Board 7 [http://www.brooklyncb7.org/] meetings taking place on the same night. On Thursday, October 3, CB7 will host its Sanitation Committee meeting at 6:30pm and its Transportation Committee meeting at 7:30pm at the International