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Brooklyn CB6 General Board Meeting
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Wednesday October 11, 6:30 p.m.
John Jay Educational Campus
Auditorium
Brooklyn, NY 11215
All posted meetings are open to the public; however, participation may be limited.
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Digital Inclusion: Livestream!
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We are thrilled to announce that Council Member Brad Lander has selected Brooklyn CB6 to participate in the Live-Streaming Program, through the City Council's Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative. This means we'll have six of our meetings--board meetings, committee meetings or public hearings--professionally live-streamed and digitally archived, at no cost to us.
This initiative began last year when six council members funded community board live streaming. Currently ten council members have agreed to fund the initiative in FY 18. The goal of the program is to enable individuals throughout the City to view government in action and, as a result, create a more informed and engaged citizenry. Live streaming of community board meetings allows for increased transparency and civic participation from all community members, providing particular benefits to homebound and medically frail seniors, those with physical disabilities, and others unable to travel to meetings.
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Notify NYC is New York City’s official source for information about emergency events and important City services. The program operates out of New York City Emergency Management’s (NYCEM) Watch Command Unit, where a team of dedicated professionals monitor emergency activity in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Subscribers can receive notifications through multiple channels, such as email, text, Twitter, mobile push notifications and more! To find out more information about Notify NYC alerts, including the types of notifications you can receive, please visit the
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page..
Become an informed New Yorker today:
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Online
Collection Request for Large Items
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How to Dispose of
Non-recyclable objects larger than 4 x 3 feet Items:
2. Set out your oversized waste at the curb after 4 pm the night before your pickup appointment date.
Appointment Information:
- Collections will be made Monday through Saturday, except on City holidays.
- All items must be left at the curb. DSNY will not enter your home or ring your bell.
- In the event of severe weather, collections will be postponed and rescheduled.
- Appointments may be scheduled up to four weeks in advance.
Important Collection Information:
- Mattresses and Box Springs: Seal these items in a plastic bag before placing them curbside to prevent the spread of bed bugs. Fine Avoided: $100
- One- and Two-family Homes: DSNY will collect up to 6 oversized objects from do-it-yourself, home improvement projects. Debris generated by contractors must be removed by a private carter or dumpster service.
- Carpet, Rugs and Lumber: Securely tie these together in bundles no larger than 2 x 4 feet.
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Hurricane Relief Donations
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The City encourages donation of items that are critically needed for recovery in
Puerto Rico
. Below is a list of items New York City is ONLY collecting to send to those affected by Hurricane Maria:
- Diapers
- Baby food
- Batteries
- First Aid Supplies
- Feminine Hygiene Products
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Please note the City is only collecting the items listed above. All donated items must be non-perishable,
not second-hand, nor contain any liquids. New items only.
There are 18 drop off locations accepting donations across all five boroughs. Donations will be accepted during the hours of 7 am through 9 pm. Please be aware that FDNY members at these locations may not be present during drop-off hours if they are responding to an emergency.
- Engine 271/ Ladder 124: 392 Himrod Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237 (Bushwick)
- Engine 277/ Ladder 112: 582 Knickerbocker Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221 (Bushwick)
- Engine 201/ Ladder 114: 5113 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11220 (Sunset Park)
- Engine 228: 436 39th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 (Sunset Park)
- Engine 218: 650 Hart Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221 (Bushwick)
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The
NYPD is collecting a slightly different set of desperately needed items:
- Latex rubber gloves & construction gloves
- anti-bacterial wipes & first aid supplies
- flashlights & lanterns
- filtered face masks
- diapers & dry baby food
- batteries
- feminine hygiene products (tampons & pads)
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Donating cash is often the most helpful:
Hispanic Federation has launched the
UNIDOS Disaster Relief Fund to help meet hurricane and earthquake-related needs and recovery in Puerto Rico and Mexico.
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From the BKLYNER feature, here's a local drop-off point in our district:
Assemblymember
Robert Carroll is collecting donations in his Park Slope office for Hurricane Maria victims.
Where: 416 7th Avenue
When: Monday-Friday, 9:30am- 5pm
What is being accepted: Batteries, Flashlights, Portable lanterns, Diapers, Baby Wipes, Cases of water, Feminine hygiene products.
All items must be unopened and packaged.
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Sandy 5th Anniversary Events
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October 28
Cadman Plaza
Five years ago, Superstorm Sandy blasted our city, and hit South Brooklyn particularly hard. Join us on October 28th as we remember, resist, and rise together five years after the storm. It will be a powerful display of our resilience and our commitment to building a better future. Resilient Red Hook will be marching - will you join us?!
We know that climate change makes storms like Sandy more violent and intense. Our most vulnerable communities will be the ones who suffer most. The people hit hardest by Sandy were the poor, people of color, immigrants, and otherwise vulnerable communities - just like Irma and Harvey today.
In October, we come together to say: that’s not who we are. In New York City we stand up for each other. That means everyone must go beyond lip service and act on climate change now.
RSVP now - on October 28th, we will gather in New York to remember what was lost to Hurricane Sandy, and to resist and rise up together.
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Watershed Art Projection
October 26
Projection on GBX Grain Silo
Opening Remarks at Red Hook Library, 6-8pm
In commemoration of the Fifth Anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, WATERSHED Red Hook, a large scale video installation by internationally recognized Brooklyn artist Anita Glesta will be projected in Red Hook, Brooklyn, October 26th, 2017. WATERSHED is a large-scale public art project that has been exhibited around the world. Its commanding presence is of symbolic importance to the neighborhood of Red Hook.
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Round Table Discussion at Red Hook Library
Saturday, October 28th 1:30 - 4:30 pm
Red Hook Library - 7 Wolcott Street
Round Table Discussion: Commemorating the impact of Hurricane Sandy and preparing the community to face ecological change. Speakers:
• Diana Reyna Deputy Brooklyn Borough President
• Carlos Menchaca City Councilman District 38
• Thaddeus Pawlowski Associate Urban Designer for the Office of Chief Urban Designer of NYC
• Karen Blondel Fifth Ave Committee, T3 Turning the Tide Environmental Justice Community Organizer
• Vlada Kenniff Director of Sustainability Programs, N.Y.C.H.A Capitol Projects
• Carolina Salguero Founder/Director, Portside, NY
• Paul Mankiewicz Prof/Director Gaia Institute, Pratt Institute
• Jason E Smerdon Associate Research Professor, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
• Dana Kochnower Senior Policy Advisor for the Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resilience
• Judy Brodsky Chairperson, New York Foundation for the Arts
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October 29, afternoon
Red Hook
The Barnacle Parade is an annual raucous event on the anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, celebrating Red Hook's community in the face of adversary. It is put on by the people of Red Hook for the people of Red Hook. DIY Floats, homemade costumes, noise-makers and that unsinkable Red Hook spirit. This year they will be fundraising for Puerto Rico. Keep on eye on the
Barnacle Parade Facebook group for updated information.
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PortSide New York asks for your help raising $26,000 for their Sandy recovery. After years helping others with Sandy recovery and years of paper chase with SBA and FEMA, PortSide has finally received FEMA approval to do a Sandy “Alternate Project.” This will make resiliency upgrades to the historic ship MARY A. WHALEN, and FEMA will reimburse them for the project’s remaining $231,000. PortSide’s recovery work in Red Hook earned them a White House award and honors from the NYS Senate; it is now PortSide’s turn for community support. More at
http://portsidenewyork.org/our-sandy-recovery/
PortSide Sandy anniversary contributions:
- Two physical additions in Atlantic Basin near the NYC Ferry: an OEM Sandy High Water Mark sign and a life ring sign with their popular ship cat Chiclet offering flood prep info
- Digital: assuming stewardship of www.readyredhook.org and updating Resiliency 101 in Red Hook WaterStories
- Events: participating in two community resiliency events (10/26 Watershed opening and 10/28 Resiliency Roundtable)
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The new
FloodHelpNY.org, funded through the New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery and New York Rising, was created as a platform for engaging and informing New York City homeowners about how they can protect their home and finances from flooding that is expected to worsen with rising sea levels caused by climate change.
A primary goal of the site is to connect eligible low- and middle-income homeowners with engineers in select coastal communities to provide resiliency audits so that they can make informed decisions about reducing their risk to future floods that will also help to lower their flood insurance rates.
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Gowanus Open Studios Oct 21-22
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Studios open Saturday and Sunday, October 21-22 from 12-6pm
Kick Off Party October 20 + Additional special events
More than 350 Brooklyn artists open their studio doors during the 21st Gowanus Open Studios on October 21 & 22, 2017. From former factories and warehouses to studios, the public will have the opportunity to see first-hand the art and meet the artists behind one of the city’s most vibrant artistic communities. The event is free and open to all.
Amid debate over possible Gowanus rezoning and the increased real estate development, Gowanus Open Studios is a unique celebration of the many visual artists, musicians, textile and ceramic artists, graphic artists and craftspeople that form the creative backbone of the neighborhood.
Brooklyn Solar Works hosts this year’s kick-off party Friday, October 20, 2017, 7 - 10pm The party is free and open to the public.
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Hamilton Marine Transfer Station Opens
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The Hamilton Avenue DSNY Marine Transfer Station re-opened on September 5th. Once fully operational, it will manage 1,600 tons of garbage per day.
How it works: Trash arrives by truck and is tamped (squished) into shipping containers. Those containers are covered, then are placed on a barge for transport to rail. The containers travel upstate or to Virginia landfills by rail.
This marine transfer station is one of four in the city that will be online by 2018, and will result in far fewer truck trips through our streets.
We'll be monitoring the issue of truck queuing. The ramp into the facility can handle 12 queued trucks and there's e a worker who's job it is to manage truck flow, to ensure too many do not bunch up, resulting in overflow onto Hamilton Avenue.
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Brooklyn Solid Waste Advisory Board
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The Brooklyn
SWAB is far more energetic than this spooky illustration
The Brooklyn Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) generally meets the first Monday evening of every month at the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President to discuss solid waste management issues and advance sustainable solutions.
Solid Waste Advisory Boards (SWABs) were created in each borough with Local Law 19 to ensure community input on important waste management issues, such as where waste transfer stations should be placed, what should be recycled, etc. Currently there is a Brooklyn SWAB and a Manhattan SWAB.
We're currently working on getting SWABs formed in Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. Spread the word and contact us if you're interested!
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Family Court Division Youth Leadership Council
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We invite our youth to apply to become a part of the Family Court Division Youth Leadership Council (FCDYLC) of the New York City Law Department. We are seeking high school students, between the ages of 14-21, to be the youth voices we need to improve policies in the City of New York.
A Youth Leadership Council is a group of trained young people who work in partnership with adult leaders on a defined area of policy, practice, and/or service toward a shared goal of improving the effectiveness of the policies and practices that impact the lives and communities of all New Yorkers, but particularly those that pertain to young people.
We ask that you encourage the youth in your area to apply for a position on the Family Court Division Youth Leadership Council. The application submission deadline is Monday. October 9. 2017. To get an application please email Celina Fletcher & Alina Slabodkina:
Cefletch@law.nyc. gov, Aslabodk@law.nyc.gov
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Things To Do In The District
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Gowanus Challenge. Image by
Frogma
October 4 & 13, 6pm
Information session for those interested in joining the
Brightly Cleaning Cooperative (a co-op for residential and commercial cleaners). We are very excited to announce that we are seeking new founding members of the 2nd Brightly Cleaning Cooperative, supported by the Center for Family Life and hosted at the Carroll Gardens Association. This new co-op will join the Brightly brand as well as the Up & Go platform: This is cooperative replication in action!
Thursday, October 5, 7pm
LOCATION: Old Stone House, J.J. Byrne Playground / Washington Park, 5th Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets OPEN TO: ALL!
Saturday October 7, 4-7 pm
Red Hook Poetry Expo. Join local authors Day Dream Alston and Saadia Austin for a celebration of poetry and community! Come through and enjoy poetry readings, free refreshments, and giveaways! Where: Red Hook Initiative 767 Hicks St.
October 7, 2-5pm
Gowanus Dredgers SuperFUNd Canoe Race. The Dredgers officially issue a challenge to you, and/or your boathouse to test your mettle on our home turf, the mighty Gowanus Canal, once the life blood of Manufacturing Brooklyn. It's now being called the “Venice of Brooklyn” by real estate developers alongside a growing "Makers" collection of creative industrialists. Funds raised will support our boathouse improvements (restroom, lighting, equipment, etc.) and facility operational costs.
Support a team to race the Gowanus Challenge in Brooklyn!
Friday and Saturday, October 13 and 14
2nd Annual ArtSlope:
'Shorts in the Slope' Film Festival. SCREENING LOCATION: Berkeley Carroll School's Marlene Clary Performance Space at 152 Sterling Place, just off Flatbush Avenue.
AFTER PARTY: ShapeShifter Lab @ 18 Whitwell Pl. Purchase tickets here. Questions?: matchingartslope@gmail.com
October 14, 3-7pm
SBIDC will be hosting our second
Red Hook Walks. Red Hook Walks is SBIDC’s annual Street Fair on Van Brunt Street! We close Van Brunt Street to vehicular traffic from Visitation Street to Beard Street, and program the commercial corridor with fun activities that highlight Red Hook’s eclectic nature and dynamic businesses. The purpose of the event is to increase foot traffic to local small businesses in Red Hook, as well as to create a fun, healthy and safe space for Red Hookers to play right on Van Brunt Street!
Sunday, October 15, 12:30 to 6pm
Open House New York (OHNY). come tour the tanker
MARY A. WHALEN
an important artifact of Red Hook and New York harbor history, noteworthy for her role in a major 1975
Supreme Court legal decision
and as the last of her kind in the USA. Learn about a bell boat, speaking tubes, cooking on a diesel stove, people who worked about, and life and work on a coastal oil tanker. Great for all ages; kids are allowed to touch things. Flat, rubber-soled shoes a must! Take fun souvenir photos with our Salty Selfies" collection of props. Follow-up by touring Red Hook via our e-museum and community guide
Red Hook Water Stories
which lists all restaurants, bars, shops, galleries, etc.
Sunday, October 15, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM (rain or shine)
Fall Civic Sweep. Celebrate Fall by Sweeping the Streets Clean with the Park Slope Civic Council. Make a clean sweep of our neighborhood by joining the Park Slope Civic Council at its annual spring beautification, recycling and clean-up event. LOCATION: 5th Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets
(in front of Old Stone House / J.J. Byrne Playground/Washington Park). Members and Neighbors Welcome!
Sunday, October 15, 3 - 5pm
Art exhibition closing party. Drums on Paper: With the Neighbors,
Ground Floor Gallery has invited local, Park Slope-based printing studio, Authorized to Work in the US Press, to take over our gallery space for a month!The show will evolve as prints are created in the gallery each week and added to the exhibition. Cem will also continue his Riso Bike tour throughout the City! Free.
Sunday, October 15, 10am-1pm
Gowanus Canal Conservancy Plant Sale. Get your native perennials in Gowanus, Brooklyn!Volunteers and students help us grow a wide array of mostly native plants well-adapted to our urban conditions. The plants we grow are installed in gardens throughout the Gowanus Watershed, and are also for sale. 2 Second Avenue, Brooklyn 11215
Wednesday, October 18, 6:30 to 9:00 PM
Food for Thought is Park Slope Civic Council's 6th Annual fundraiser to raise money for local high school students who are civic-minded and college bound! It's a fun and delicious tasting event packed with excellent local restaurants and beverage purveyors, all for a great cause! If you've come out in any of the previous 5 years, you know it's a great time. If you've been missing out, start joining us this year!
Prospect Park Picnic House, 95 Prospect Park West. foodforthought@parkslopeciviccouncil.org
Thursday, October 19, 3:30pm
Red Hook CARES presents “Stepping Out Against Domestic Violence”– Join us for a peace walk around the community in an effort to spread awareness about Domestic Violence, in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Meet up at the Red Hook Community Justice Center on Thursday, October 19, at 3:30pm. You can make your own signs to carry during the walk or join us at 2:30pm in the Mock Court Room to make signs together. Wear purple!
Saturday, October 21 11-4pm
The Red Hook Harvest Festival will be held at the Red Hook Community Farm. Where: Red Hook Community Farm, 560 Columbia Street, enter at the corner of Columbia and Sigourney
What: Join us for food, games, live animals, pumpkin carving, farm tours, contests, music, and more! Let’s celebrate another great harvest season on the Red Hook Community Farm.
Sunday, October 22, 10am-4pm
E-Waste Event in Cobble Hill by the
Lower East Side Ecology Center.
P.S. 29 - Baltic St b/t Henry & Clinton St. They accept working and non-working: Computers, monitors, printers, scanners, keyboards, mice, cables, TVs (all sizes),VCR & DVD players, Phones, audio/visual equipment, Video games, Cell phones.
Tuesday, October 24, 3 – 6pm
Pumpkin Painting Party. PSA1 presents, in partnership with the Red Hook Community Justice Center, a Pumpkin Painting Party…Treats, Face Painting and Games! at the
Red Hook Community Justice Center.
Tuesday, October 24
Night Out to benefit CHiPS. some of the best bars & restaurants in Park Slope and Gowanus will donate 15% of their dinner checks to CHiPS. All you have to do is enjoy a Night Out!Participating restaurants include:Runner & Stone, Royal Palms Shuffleboard, Dinosaur BBQ, Double Windsor, My Cuban Spot
Friday, October 27, 6-9:30pm
Scary-Oke! at Carroll Park. The annual Halloween Karaoke Party is back!Our friends at Lion's Roar Karaoke will once again bring their 10,000 song catalog to Carroll Park, so please stop by to entertain us with some of your favorites! If you're too shy to grab the mic, at least come for cider and snacks while listening to friends and neighbors warble.
Saturday, October 28
Puppetry Arts Halloween Festival. This fun annual festival run by Puppetry Arts is your opportunity to have a free table at a well-loved community event. Show off your business, do a kiddie activity or have some giveaways. You can also put flyers or coupons in the giveaway bags. The event is at the Recreation Center on 1st St.Contact: timyoung@puppetryarts.org
Saturday, October 28, 12-2pm
Halloween Children's Celebration. Come on out and enjoy our annual Children's Halloween Celebration.Instead of a parade through the neighborhood, we're keeping it local to the park this year -- it will all take place in the ballfield. We'll be serving refreshments and offering up some activities, so get dressed up and join us there.
Tuesday, October 31, 6pm
Park Slope Civic Council Halloween Parade. Dress up and join us in the Halloween Parade through Park Slope.
Tuesday, October 31st, 4pm
The Cobble Hill Halloween Parade Sponsored by the Cobble Hill Association. Parade begins from Cobble Hill Park. We look forward to the creative costumes! If you would like to help make the parade the best ever, please contact the CHA’s Community Life Chairs: Amanda Sue Nichols and Katherine Earnhardt at amanda.sue.nichols@gmail.com We need volunteers in many different capacities, both before the parade and on October 31. You can make a tiny commitment or a larger one. All help is welcome! Just bring your passion and a bit of time and a job will be found for you.
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Who's Who at #BkCB6
CB6 2017 Officers:
● Sayar Lonial, Chairperson
● Mike Racioppo, First Vice Chairperson
● Pauline Blake, Second Vice Chairperson
● Jerry Armer, Treasurer
● Ariel Krasnow, Secretary
District Office Staff:
● Helena Miskel, Office Volunteer
Newsletter Production
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● Craig Hammerman
● Sarah N. Phillips
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CB6 Committee Chairs:
● Jerry Armer, Finance/Personnel & Law
● Richard Bashner, Waterfront/Community Development
● Paige Bellenbaum, Human Services
● Peter Fleming, Land Use; Elections
● Glenn Kelly, Parks/Recreation/Cultural Affairs
● Ariel Krasnow, Housing
● Sayar Lonial, Executive
● Robert Levine, Landmarks
● Rick Luftglass, Budget; Economic Development
● Eric McClure, Transportation, Co-Chair
● Thomas Miskel, Transportation, Co-Chair
● Mike Racioppo, Permits & Licenses
● Mark C. Shames, Environmental Protection
● Matthew Silverman, Public Safety
● Suzanne Turet, Education
● Vacant, Youth Services
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Friends of Brooklyn Community Board 6, Inc. supports the work of Brooklyn Community Board 6 in improving the quality of life in the district. Friends provides planning, advocacy, research and administrative resources to supplement the limited capacities and budget of the Community Board, thus enabling it to properly carry out its City Charter mandated tasks of evaluating the needs of the district and advocating on behalf of its communities.
Friends of Brooklyn Community Board 6, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (Federal EIN 04-3780020). Donations are welcome and are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
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Ph: (718) 643-3027 | Fx: (718) 624-8410 | fbcb6@brooklyncb6.org | www.fbcb6.org
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