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@BrownBikeGirl On Bike Lanes, White Guys, And Educating All

Courtney Williams at a press conference in Brownsville (Image by Zainab Iqbal/ Bklyner)CLINTON HILL — A few years ago Courtney Williams was unemployed and about to leave New York City. “I remember putting up the posters trying to leave the city, trying to sell stuff out of my apartment, and

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Community Board 9 Schedules Election for Chair, As Baker’s Tenure Ends

Community Board 9 at 890 Nostrand Ave. between Caroll and Presidents Streets. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS—Community Board 9 has set a date to elect a new chair. CB9 has scheduled a Tuesday, July 23 special meeting to elect its chair, according to an email from the board

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Apply To Be A Community Board Member! Applications Due Next Week

Members of Community Board 15. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Are you passionate about engaging in significant decisions in your community? Do you have opinions about real estate development, educational institutions, city-wide policies, and the future of our neighborhood? If you are a New York City Resident and passionate about

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Meet The New Teen Members Of Community Board 11

BP Adams administers the oath of office to the new class of members for Brooklyn’s eighteen community boards during a ceremony held at Borough Hall. (Source: BP Adams’ Office)Eleven new members were inducted into Community Board [CB] 11 by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams at Borough Hall last

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Gravesend’s Galaxy Restaurant Wins Community Board Support For Liquor License After Four-Year Battle

Galaxy Restaurant (Source: Google Maps)A Gravesend bar that once tried to sue Community Board 15 after the group opposed its liquor license application has now received a thumbs up from them, with boardmembers saying the bar-cum-restaurant has “paid the price.” The Board last week voted overwhelmingly to approve the

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Tomorrow: Community Board 15 To Hold Hearings On Cherry Hill Market, Loehmann’s Development

Following a postponement due to weather, Community Board 15 will hold their monthly meeting Tuesday evening, and two major items are on the agenda for a public hearing. The Board will meet at 7:00pm at Kingsborough Community College (2001 Oriental Boulevard) in the faculty dining room. The Board is

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Community Board 15 Holds Monthly Meeting Tomorrow

Community Board 15 is meeting tomorrow, October 28, at 7:00 p.m. at Kingsborough Community College (2001 Oriental Boulavard) in the faculty dining room. On the agenda are public hearings for three zoning items. Here are the applications being considered: 325 Avenue Y – An application for a special permit

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Thursday: Community Board 11 To Hold First Meeting Since Summer Hiatus

Photo by Elle SpektorCommunity Board 11 with hold its first general meeting since it went on summer vacation, taking place Thursday, September 4, at 7:30 p.m., at Bensonhurst Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare (1740 84th Street). The Board serves as a local conduit to the government of New

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Community Board Seeks To Curb Illegal Curb Cuts

June’s Community Board 11 meeting focused on three main points: the curb-cutting ‘crisis’, the new Bensonhurst BJ’s location, and the Shore Parkway promenade changes soon happening in the neighborhood. Assemblyman Peter Abbate and Councilman Vincent Gentile joined Community Board 11 at Thursday’s meeting at the Bensonhurst Center

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TONIGHT: Community Board 15 Holds Monthly Meeting

Community Board 15 is meeting tonight, March 25, at 7:00 p.m. at Kingsborough Community College (2001 Oriental Boulavard) in the faculty dining room. There were no zoning items on the agenda mailed to newsletter recipients. The board’s chairperson and district manager will deliver their monthly reports, as

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Thursday: Community Board 11 Meeting

Community Board 11 with hold its monthly general meeting Thursday, January 9, at 7:30 p.m., at Bensonhurst Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare (1740 84th Street). The Board serves as a local conduit to the government of New York City, representing neighbors’ needs and concerns. If you have a

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Tonight: Community Board 15 Meeting

Community Board 15 will hold their monthly meeting tonight, at 7:00 p.m., in the faculty dining room (U112) of Kingsborough Community College (2001 Oriental Boulevard). Here are the zoning items being considered by the Board: 288 Dover Street – An application for a special permit to allow the enlargement

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Reviled Rehab Clinic Owners Says Scavo’s Comments Were Offensive, Threatens Hate Crime Complaint

The proposed location of the facility.The owner of the controversial drug rehabilitation facility attempting to plant its flag on East 21st Street and Jerome Avenue has shot back at local leaders who’ve opposed the plan, saying that their comments mocked his own personal disability in order to score

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After Death Of Delivery Man, Bensonhurst Residents Fight For Traffic Light At Bay 25th St, Benson Ave

Benson Avenue at Bay 26th Street, the site of last week’s fatal accident. (Source: Google Maps)The accidental death of a delivery man on a bicycle on Bay 26 Street and Benson Avenue has renewed a community push for a traffic light on that corner. Mai Zhang, a 74-year-old

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CB15 Chairperson Theresa Scavo Officially Announces City Council Run

And then there were two! Community Board 15 Chairperson Theresa Scavo became the second candidate to officially announce a bid to replace term-limited City Councilman Michael Nelson this year, touting her lifetime residency in the neighborhood and her seven-year-long tenure as the Board’s chairperson. “Because of my work at

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Bullet Points: Pera Cafe Denied Sidewalk Cafe Permit Following Close Board Vote

Pera Cafe Loses Bid For Sidewalk Cafe: Community Board 15 denied an application for a sidewalk cafe at Pera Cafe, a new Turkish restaurant and lounge at 2255 Emmons Avenue, in a near-split vote after members raised questions about pedestrian safety and the restaurant’s own track record. Pera Cafe’

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Brighton’s M&I International Plans To Expand, But Community Demands More Parking

M & I International, the “mecca of Eastern European food” at 249 Brighton Beach Avenue, shuttered its doors in September with plans to renovate and enlarge the building, but neighbors are threatening to oppose the construction if the landlord fails to add required parking spaces. A rendering of what M&

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Video: Sheepshead Bay Leads City In Crime Increase, 61st Precinct Commander Gives Detailed Report

Deputy Inspector Georgios Mastrokostas of the 61st Precinct came before Community Board 15 last week to account for the nearly 50 percent jump in major crime in the community. This year has so far seen a 47.7 uptick in the seven major CompStat crime categories. Leading the way is

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Tomorrow: Community Board 15 Meeting

Community Board 15 will meet tomorrow, February 28, at 7:00 p.m. at Kingsborough Community College’s faculty dining room (2001 Oriental Boulevard). On the agenda are two zoning items: 1702-12 East 16th Street – an application to extend the term for a variance. No work to be done.705

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Tonight: John Liu To Speak At Community Board 15

Community Board 15 is having its meeting tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the Kingsborough Community College Faculty Dining Room (2001 Oriental Boulevard). In addition to the usual agenda, New York City Comptroller John Liu is expected to be in attendance, speaking about the city’s budget and fiscal