Borough Park
NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver joined City Council Member Kalman Yeger, former City Council Member David Greenfield, City Council Parks Chair Barry Grodenchik and community members to cut the ribbon on Brooklyn’s newly renovated DiGilio Playground. Photo by John McCarten /NYC CouncilBoro Park – Yesterday morning a green ribbon
Bensonhurst
Kalman Yeger by Esther Shittu/ BKLYNERBOROUGH PARK – Councilman is a new title for Kalman Yeger, but he’s no stranger to public service. “I love public service,” Yeger said. “There’s not a single time when I walk into the city hall that I’m not in awe of the
Bensonhurst
A district resident questions de Blasio on allowing the mass slaughter of chickens during a Jewish holiday, despite sanitation violations. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)“This is the first Mayor in history to have a town hall in this community,” said City Council Member David Greenfield, welcoming Mayor Bill de
community
Photo by South Slope NewsVoting for Participatory Budgeting [/tonight-see-participatory-budgeting-projects-flatbush-midwood/] 2017 begins this Saturday, March 25, where you can vote on how $1 million in city funds are spent in your community. Below, find all the ballot options and polling locations for Council Member David
News
19th Avenue Slow Zone between 54th and 58th Streets. Via Google Maps.There should be fewer cars flying down 19th Avenue this summer, making the area a little safer for the students of FDR High School, neighborhood residents, and most prominently — sanitation workers. Last summer a number of residents voiced
Announcements
Greenfield announcing the renovations in 2015. (Photo courtesy Councilman David Greenfield)Kids from Midwood, Bensonhurst and Boro Park can enjoy the rest of the summer outdoors at the newly-renovated Gravesend Park, also know as the 18th Avenue Park, which opened this week after over a year of renovations. On
Nonsponsored
Photo via plasticbagpics [https://www.instagram.com/p/5289cRJgnG/?taken-by=plasticbagpics&hl=en]The City Council’s controversial plastic bag fee legislation — which passed on May 5 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=484894&GUID=B22E7F6F-30CC-4A14-9BF8-A6F55432642E&Options=&Search=] — is
Central Brooklyn
(photo via katerha / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/katerha/])The City Council’s controversial plastic bag fee legislation — which passed on May 5 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=484894&GUID=B22E7F6F-30CC-4A14-9BF8-A6F55432642E&Options=&Search=] — is being held up in Albany
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Photo by ricangeekn [http://instagram.com/p/y3MWjiuzak/?modal=true]After a decades-long absence, F Express service will be returning to Brooklyn next year. However the new express route will be skipping some Park Slope stops. The new F express service should be in place by Fall 2017, MTA
Central Brooklyn
16th Avenue headquarters of non-profit OHEL [https://www.ohelfamily.org], which has secured $500,000 to build a new community center through this year’s participatory budgeting process in the 44th District. (Photo: Google Maps) Council Member David Greenfield’s office has released the final vote counts for the
Central Brooklyn
Source: katerha via flickrThe City Council on Thursday narrowly passed a controversial shopping bag fee aimed at curbing the use of disposable grocery bags in favor of more environmentally-friendly, reusable alternatives. Proponents of the bill [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1687953&GUID=492A60EA-D352-462A-
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Flatbush HatzolahCouncil Member David Greenfield will be funding four projects in his district following the results of this year’s participatory budgeting (PB) process. Over 2,300 people in Greenfield’s district — which spans Borough Park, Midwood and Bensonhurst — voted in the PB process in late March and early