Central Brooklyn
Photo: Amanda WolinWhile we enjoy spring flowers, our elected officials are thinking about winter. Borough President Eric Adams and New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) Commissioner Kathryn Garcia unveiled a new haulster today designed to salt, and clear snow and ice from smaller tertiary streets in Brooklyn Community District
Community District 14
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerNearly 12 percent of residents living in Community District 14 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/neigh_info/bk14_info.shtml], which includes Flatbush and Midwood, do not have health insurance, according to figures [http://comptroller.nyc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Poverty-and-Uninsured-Rate-by-Community-District-ACS-2014.pdf] released
Health
Via Health DepartmentForty-five percent of Flatbush and Midwood residents are foreign-born, 54 percent are between the ages of 25 and 64, 77 percent say they are in good health, and the life expectancy of neighborhood residents is 81.5 years, according to the Brooklyn Community Health profile [http://www.nyc.
bicyclists
Community Board 14 [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com] recently posted to their website an extensive report by SUNY Downstate’s Mark W. Hoglund [http://www.downstate.edu/family-medicine/attendings/hoglund.html], who surveyed a 141 people about their experiences getting safely around Community District 14, then studied pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers
CERT
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) for Community District 14 has a new website [http://www.brooklynsouthcert.com/brooklynsouthcert.com/Home.html] worth checking out. For the uninitiated, the CERT program educates residents about disaster preparedness and trains them in basic disaster response skills such as fire safety, light search