Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – Just before members of the Prospect Park Track Club [https://pptc.org] took off on their annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning, November 22, Council Member Brad Lander and Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/get-involved/2018-year-end-challenge-copy/?redirect_url=%2F] President Sue Donoghue unveiled the park’s
Nonsponsored
PARK SLOPE – Dozens of advocates joined Council Member Brad Lander and Assembly Member Robert Carroll outside of the 7th Avenue F/G subway stop Friday afternoon to once again call on the MTA to install an elevator at the station. Rally for elevator at 7th Avenue F/G subway station
Business
PARK SLOPE – Small business owners uncertain about the Americans With Disabilities Act [https://www.ada.gov/] (ADA) regulations or whether their storefronts are fully accessible should attend an ADA Compliance Info Session this Friday, November 9, at the Park Slope Library. Via Park Slope Fifth Avenue Facebook [https://www.facebook.
Cobble Hill
COBBLE HILL – At last Thursday’s Brooklyn Community Board 6 Landmarks & Land Use Committee [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/committees/landmarks-land-use.page] meeting, representatives from Fortis Property Group [https://fortispropertygroup.com/] presented plans to build a nine-foot-tall brick wall on the Amity Street side of the developer’s
environment
PARK SLOPE – Dozens of P.S. 282 students and Principal Rashan Hoke joined Council Member Brad Lander, NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) Commissioner Vincent Sapienza, and NYC Parks [https://www.nycgovparks.org] Borough Commissioner Martin Maher Monday morning to
Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS – On Tuesday morning, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) designated the former Hans S. Christian Memorial Kindergarten located at 236 President Street, and an adjoining building at 238 President, as individual landmarks. (L-R) 238 and 236 President Street (Photo: Pamela
Nonsponsored
PARK SLOPE – Deputy Mayor Laura Anglin visited Park Slope Thursday morning to join Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Council Member Brad Lander, senior NYC DOT officials, and transportation advocates for a walkthrough of the 9th Street Vision Zero safety redesign. NYC DOT Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Keith Bray previews the 9th
Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS – Council Member Brad Lander [https://council.nyc.gov/district-39/] joined Carroll Gardens neighbors on Tuesday at the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page]‘s (LPC) public hearing on 236 and 238 President Street [/carroll-gardens-group-fights-to-save-the-historic-hans-s-christian-kindergarten/] . (L-R) 238 and 236 President Street (Photo: Pamela
Announcements
PROSPECT PARK – Last week the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/news/name-weed-harvester/] unveiled the newest addition to its fleet—a new aquatic weed harvester—and they need the public’s help in naming it. Prospect Park’s new aquatic weed harvester via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/
Announcements
CROWN HEIGHTS – Council Member Brad Lander (District 39) is hosting a family-friendly event this afternoon at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum to rally for the return of the B71 bus route. “8 years ago, the MTA removed the B71 bus route that ran along Union Street,” Lander posted to Facebook
Central Brooklyn
Mayor de Blasio announced [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/760-17/five-borough-bike-share-mayor-de-blasio-nycdot-plans-expand-public-bike-share-with] last week that the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) released a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) aimed at expanding bike sharing across all five boroughs. Citibike docking station in Fort Greene (Photo: BKLYNER)While the
community
GOWANUS – City Council Members Brad Lander and Stephen Levin are rallying with community stakeholders today to demand Mayor De Blasio reopen the Gowanus Houses Community Center. “We’re fighting for a concrete commitment from the mayor’s office,” said a representative from Council Member Levin’s office. The Gowanus Houses