Community Board #13 Newsletter
We are hiring, part time workers to provide COVID -19 education to the community, distribute PPE and conduct social media outreach for 20 hours per week for 4 months. $20 per hour. Immediate hire.

Also seeking one supervisor to manage the project. Full time four month assignment. $25 per hour 35 hours per week.

"Must live in Coney Island"

Please contact the office of
Urban Neighborhood Service (UNS) at 347-554-8023
Coney Island Library will be open on August 10 
Welcome back to Coney Island Library! Coney Island branch  will be open for limited services on August 10. 
Going forward, the branch will be open from 10 am – 4 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and from 1 – 7 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Need assistance? You can call Coney Island Library at 718.265.3220 with any questions.
 What's available?
  • Coney Island Library is open for grab-and-go service:Holds Pickup: You can pick up any materials you've reserved in advance, and use our self-check machines or the BPL mobile app to check them out.  
  •  Please check this page for information about other newly opened BPL locations. 
  • Returns: 
  •  You can return most materials by dropping them into the bins provided in the lobby. 
  •  Please note that fines will not accrue.
Important: how grab-and-go service works
  • Masks are required for both patrons and staff. All patrons over the age of 2 years old without a mask or face covering will be unable to enter the branch. This is for your safety and the safety of our staff.
  • Only one person (or one family) will be able to enter the branch at a time. Please practice social distancing and remain at least six feet away from anyone in line and inside the branch.
  • Holds pickup and returns are the only services currently available. We are not yet offering bathroom, computer or meeting room access, book browsing or in-person events.
  • Materials that are checked out will have regular due dates but will not accrue fines for the time being. Fines continue to be suspended for anything checked out before the temporary closure.
What's next?
BPL will continue to gradually reopen our other locations and expand branch offerings over time to help keep our staff and patrons safe. Learn more about our plan here.

You can continue to check our location map to see which libraries are part of our next phase of reopening locations, or you can contact our Call Center (718.YOUR.BPL or 718.968.7275) if you need help with your account, have specific questions about our open locations, or if you'd like help reserving materials for pickup.

Throughout our phased reopening, our wide variety of virtual programs and services are still available.
City Council Hearing on Local Laws for AIR QUALITY ISSUES
on Aug. 14 @ 10 am

Please be advised that the Committee on Environmental Protection will hold a hearing on August 14, 2020 at 10am, virtually via Zoom-Webinar regarding the following legislation:
  • Intro. No. 142: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to preventing certain types of dust from construction from becoming airborne
  • Intro. No. 143: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the creation of an emergency ambient air quality monitoring program
  • Intro. No. 1851: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, the New York city plumbing code and the New York city building code in relation to city-wide stormwater management controls
  • Intro. No. 1946: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to assistance for replacing gas infrastructure
  • Intro. No. 1982: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to marginal emissions
You are hereby invited to attend this hearing and testify therein. If you are planning on testifying live via video conferencing, please register at https://council.nyc.gov/testify/ no later than 24 hours before the hearing. Each person who intends on testifying live should register separately. Persons who do not register in advance will not be permitted to testify live via video conferencing.
If you are interested in viewing the hearing, but do not wish to testify live, the hearing can be viewed at https://council.nyc.gov/livestream/.
Written testimony may be submitted without registration by emailing it to hearings@council.nyc.gov up to 72 hours after the close of the hearing. Thank you for your cooperation. Any questions please direct them to Samara Swanston at sswanston@council.nyc.gov, Nadia Johnson at njohnson@council.nyc.gov and/or Ricky Chawla at rchawla@council.nyc.gov.
Keep yourself updated with City Agency links:


The City has created the GetFoodNYC food delivery program to provide food for coronavirus (COVID-19)-vulnerable and food-insecure New Yorkers not currently served through existing food delivery programs. Sign up here or call 311.


Below are locations for meals and masks distribution sites:
Q Train Update
Here is an update on the Q service for the following two weekends. There will be Q service during the day, both Saturday and Sunday, between 7 AM and 10:45 PM. From 10:45 PM to 7:00 AM, Coney Island-bound Q trains will operate via the D Line.
August 14-16
There will be no Coney Island-bound Q service between 10:45 PM and 7:00 AM each night, Friday and Saturday (no subway service overnight between 1 AM and 5AM)
During this time Coney Island-bound trains operate via the D line, express from Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr to Stillwell Ave, making stops at 36th Street, 9 Ave, 62nd St and Bay Parkway

NYC Transit will be performing mainline track and switch replacement south of the Brighton Beach Station on the (Q) Brighton Line, beginning this weekend August 7-9.
This project is scheduled for (6) consecutive weekends (weather permitting), commencing Friday, August 7th, 2020 and ending Sunday, September 13th, 2020. Scheduled working hours will be as follows:

  • 6:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. on Fridays for preparatory work which consists of staging of Street Cranes, Track Panels and related materials at the Crane sites listed below.
  • 5:00 a.m. -9:00 p.m.. on Saturdays and Sundays, for track removal and installation.  
NYCT will have a maximum of (2) Cranes staged adjacent to the elevated structure for hoisting and lowering of track panels and materials at the locations listed below. 
NYCDOT approved street permits, flagging and traffic devices will be utilized for the safety of the public. Parking will not be permitted on either side of Brighton Beach Ave, between Brighton 2nd & Brighton 5th Streets to maintain (1) traffic lane opened in each direction at all times. Parking will also be restricted for 150’ ft. along each curb lane at each Crane location for to allow the placement Cranes and materials. Signs will be posted in the area.
Residents and businesses will be given access to driveways. For the safety of the public, pedestrian and street traffic may be temporarily stopped when lifting track panels.
Crane Locations & Street Closures:
1. Brighton 3rd St, between Brighton Beach & Ocean View Av (Closed 6:00 am-4:00 pm Fri / 5:00 am-9:00 pm Sat & Sun).
2. Brighton 4th St, between Brighton Beach & Ocean View Av (Closed 6:00 am-4:00 pm Fri / 5:00 am-9:00 pm Sat & Sun).   
Here is the link for Q weekend service on our website: http://web.mta.info/weekender/lineview.html?r=q
CITY UPDATE ON COVID-19
 
The NYC Department of Sanitation announced that Alternate Side of Street Parking regulations will be in suspended on Monday, August 10.

There will no longer be twice-weekly street cleanings. Going forward, streets that have multiple ASP days will be cleaned on the day that is later in the week, through Labor Day. For example, a street with ASP regulations posted on Tuesday and Friday will now be cleaned on Friday only. Daily sweeping regulations in metered areas will not change, and DSNY will continue cleaning streets with posted No Standing, No Stopping and No Parking regulations as needed.
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Brooklyn, NY 11224
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