76th Precinct Community Council
2017-07-05 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | NYPD Precinct 76, 191 Union Street, Brooklyn, 11231, United States
President: Jerry Armer
Meetings: The 76th Precinct community council meets the first Wednesday of each month at the 76th Precinct at 7:30 P.M. Hear the latest updates from the seven six and last month’s CompStat data. There is a discussion of public safety issues.

CB6 Youth/Human Sevices/Education Committee Meeting
2017-06-28 18:30 - 20:00 | John Jay Educational Campus, 237 7th Avenue, Btwn 4th & 5th Streets, Brooklyn, NY, 11215, United States
Agenda

Presentation and informational session with members of the NYC Department of Social Services and Council Member Brad Lander, to discuss Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “Turning the Tide on Homelessness in New York City” and the role our community will play in future citing of shelters.

CB6 Permits & Licences Committee Meeting
2017-06-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Cobble Hill Community Room, 250 Baltic Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, United States
Agenda TBA

Tapas & Sangria With the Carroll Gardens Association
2017-06-22 18:30 - 21:00 | Mazzat Restaurant, 208 Columbia Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11231, United States
Join our community for Tapas & Sangria to learn what CGA is doing to preserve affordable housing and empower immigrant workers in Southwest Brooklyn – Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, and the Columbia Waterfront.
Live Music by Sabor & The Afro-Latineers
Delicious Tapas & Sangria by Mazzat Restaurant
Raffle Tickets + More!
Ticket Price: $75
RSVP here

CB6 Landmarks/Land Use Committee Meeting
2017-06-22 18:00 - 19:30 | PS 32, 317 Hoyt St., at Union St., Brooklyn, NY, United States
Agenda

Presentation and review of a Certificate of Appropriateness application submitted to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for a partial rooftop addition and new HVAC equipment at 536 1st Street (between 8th Avenue/Prospect Park West), Park Slope Historic District.
Presentation of an application for minor change to eliminate the 40-foot height requirement for sites 3A, 3B and 3C in the Baltic Street Urban Renewal Plan to allow for a proposed project at 120 5th Avenue to be built to a maximum of 75 feet, pursuant to current contextual zoning.

Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting
2017-06-21 18:30 - 20:00 | Miccio Center, 110 West 9th Street, btwn Clinton & Henry Streets, Brooklyn, NY, 11231, United States
Agenda

Introduction of new NYC Department of Parks and Recreation Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Marty Maher.
Presentation and discussion with the Department of City Planning on Flood Resilience Zoning update

Presentation and discussion with the NYC Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency about the Red Hook Public Art Project on Climate Change; a public art project on climate change and sea level rise in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

Presentation by the Department of Parks and Recreation outlining the conversion of the Red Hook ballfield and soccer field from natural turf to synthetic turf and remediation of contaminated soils underneath the fields.

CB6 Economic/Waterfront/Community Developement/Housing Committee Meeting
2017-06-19 18:30 - 20:00 | PS 58, 330 Smith Street (at First Place), Brooklyn, NY, 11231, United States
Agenda

Presentation by the Department of City Planning to update the committee on the Gowanus PLACES neighborhood study.
Presentation and review of Department of City Planning’s Citywide Self-Storage Text Amendment Proposal (N 170425 ZRY) to introduce a Special Permit under the jurisdiction of the City Planning Commission regarding all new self-storage facilities in newly established Designated Areas.

CB6 Transportation/Pubic Safety Committee
2017-06-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Old First Reformed Church, 729 Carroll Street, Lower Hall, Brooklyn, NY, 11215, United States
Agenda

Presentation by the Department of Transportation outlining preliminary plans for implementing the new, City Council mandated two-year carshare pilot program.
Presentation by the Department of Transportation outlining the Department’s on-going Smart Truck Management Plan.
Presentation by Hornblower introducing the NYC Ferry’s newly launched South Brooklyn Ferry Route.

CB6 General Board Meeting
2017-06-14 18:30 - 20:00 | John Jay Educational Campus Auditorium, 237 7th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11215, United States

Brooklyn Pride Day
2017-06-10 12:00 - 17:00 | Fifth Avenue, First Street to Ninth Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

NYPD Precent 76 Community Council
2017-06-07 19:30 - 21:00, 2017-05-03 19:30 - 21:00 | NYPD Precinct 76, 191 Union Street, Brooklyn, 11231, United States
President: Jerry Armer
Meetings: The 76th Precinct community council meets the first Wednesday of each month at the 76th Precinct at 7:30 P.M.
Hear the latest updates from the seven six and last month’s CompStat data. There is a discussion of public safety issues. The meeting is free and open to the public.

CHA Annual Spring Meeting
2017-05-31 19:00 - 20:30 | Brooklyn Heights Montessori, 185 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, United States
Dear Cobble Hill Community,
We look forward to seeing you next Wednesday night.
CHA Annual Spring Meeting
May 31, 2017 at 7pm
Brooklyn Heights Montessori

AGENDA

CHA President – Amy Breedlove (7:00 – 7:20)

Welcome –Update
CHA – Civic Organization
Advocating for the community – What we’ve done

Treasure’s report – Charles “Chip” McEnhill (7:20 – 7:25)
Councilmember Brad Lander (7:25 – 7:40)
State Senator Daniel Squadron (7:40 – 7:50)
NYPD NCO – PO Lauren Maragni (7:50 – 7:55)
NYC City Comptroller Scott Stringer (7:55 – 8:05)
Question and Answer Period (8:05 -8:30)* – Michael Epstein, CHA First VP

Elected Officials will stay for the Q&A period
DOB representative

Closing Remarks and Adjourn the meeting

Audience – hold all questions until the end of the meeting

PLEASE JOIN THE COBBLE HILL ASSOCIATION!
Memberships run from May 1st-April 31st.
Avoid lines and save time please sign up prior to the May 31st meeting.
Cobble Hill faces many challenges in the near future. That means we need to build our dues-paying membership, and also increase dues. This is the first time in more than ten years that dues have been raised. The new dues levels are as follows:
Senior/Student — $ 25
Individual Member — $ 35
Household Member — $ 70
Brownstoner — $ 100
Good Neighbor — $ 250
Landmark — $ 500
There are three ways to join CHA:

Online at the CHA’s new website, cobblehill.nyc/support
In person at the May 31st meeting.
Through the mail, by sending a check, made out to the Cobble Hill Association, to: CHA, PO Box 376, Brooklyn NY 11201 —- Please be sure to add your name, address, phone number, and email address

New Membership benefit: Discounts at participating local merchants
The CHA Membership Committee will send members a card to present to local merchants who are participating in a new CHA program designed to bring our business neighbors together with CHA members. Participating businesses will offer CHA members special deals and discounts that will be posted on the CHA website and on Facebook.

Resident Empowerment Training Series: Take Your Fight to Court!
2017-05-13 13:30 - 15:30 | Red Hook Initiative, 767 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11231, United States
Free 6 week community organizing training series for people who live and work in Southwest Brooklyn. Register with Tevina Willios at aestheticsoulcommunity@gmail.com or call 347-469-3261

Resident Empowerment Training Series: Building Capacity and Outreach
2017-04-28 18:00 - 20:00
Free 6 week community organizing training series for people who live and work in Southwest Brooklyn. Register with Tevina Willios ataestheticsoulcommunity@gmail.com or call 347-469-3261

NYS Senator Squadron Community Convention
2017-04-23 14:00 - 17:00 | Stuyvesant High School, 345 Chambers St, New York, NY, 10282, United States
Every year, Daniel Squadron hosts his Convention to discuss what’s happening locally. This year, he wants to highlight how what we make happen locally can address what’s happening nationally. Whether you’re happy with what you’re seeing in government, or concerned, the Convention is an opportunity to make the national fight local.
Join others in your community on Sunday, April 23rd from 2-5 p.m. at Stuyvesant High School, 345 Chambers St, in Manhattan.
Please RSVP to State Senator Squadron’s office at https://www.nysenate.gov/initiatives/daniel-l-squadron/rsvp-senator-squadrons-community-convention.

CB6 Parks/ Recreation/ Environmental Protection Committee Meeting
2017-04-19 18:30 - 20:00 | PS 58, 330 Smith Street (at First Place), Brooklyn, NY, 11231, United States
Agenda

Presentation and discussion with a representative for New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on the state’s Ocean Action Plan, a coordinated and inclusive effort focused on improving the health of our ocean ecosystems and their capacity to provide sustainable benefits to New Yorkers.
Presentation and discussion with a representative for the US Forest Service on their Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project (STEW-MAP), a mapping tool and database of organizations designed to help understand and strengthen the civic capacity to take care of New York’s neighborhoods, and to introduce the soon-to-be rolled out STEW-MAP 2017 survey.

Resident Empowerment Training Series: Developing a Social Campaign
2017-04-15 13:30 - 15:30 | Red Hook Initiative, 767 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11231, United States

NYPD Precent 76 Community Council
2017-04-05 19:30 - 21:00 | NYPD Precinct 76, 191 Union Street, Brooklyn, 11231, United States

Participatory Budgeting Vote Site - PS 230
2017-04-02 10:00 - 16:00 | PS 230, 1 Albemarle Road, Brooklyn, NY, 11218, United States
It’s Participatory Budgeting vote week! You can vote in person here at PS 230. For learn more about PB, see the 2017 PB ballot, and vote online visit the blog.

Participatory Budgeting Vote Site - Prospect Park Alliance Day Fair
2017-04-01 11:00 - 15:00 | Bartel-Pritchard Entrance, Prospect Park, Prospect Park Southwest/Bartel Pritchard Square, Brooklyn, 11225, United States
It’s Participatory Budgeting vote week! You can vote in person here at the Prospect Park Alliance Day Fair, at the Bartel-Pritchard Entrance. For learn more about PB, see the 2017 PB ballot, and vote online visit the blog.

Participatory Budgeting Vote Site - Old Stone House
2017-04-01 10:00 - 16:00 | Old Stone House, 336 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11215, United States
It’s Participatory Budgeting vote week! You can learn about each project and vote in person here, at the District 39 Project Expo. For learn more about PB, see the 2017 PB ballot, and vote online visit the blog.

Participatory Budgeting Vote Site - District 39 Project Expo
2017-03-29 18:00 - 21:00 | Camp Friendship, 339 8th Street, Brooklyn, 11215, United States

Participatory Budgeting Vote Site - #GetOrganizedBK
2017-03-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Congregation Beth Elohim, 274 Garfield Place, Brooklyn, NY, 11215, United States
It’s Participatory Budgeting vote week! You can vote in person here, at the #GetOrganizedBK Meeting. For learn more about PB, see the 2017 PB ballot, and vote online visit the blog.

Whose Park? Equity in NYC's Green Spaces
2017-03-22 18:30 - 20:30 | Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, 11201, United States
The following is a Brooklyn Historical Society event.
In our congested city, parks and green spaces aim to provide some respite for all. But do they indeed serve every New Yorker equally? Is sharing our green space more easily said than d
one? Tupper Thomas, former Executive Director of New Yorkers for Parks, moderates a candid discussion with Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, former Brooklyn Bridge Park President Regina Myer, and Brooklyn Deputy Borough President Diana Reyna about parks, equity, and the complicated mediation between users.
$10 / $5 for Brooklyn Historical Society Members
Reserve tickets
Original Listing

Solar Information Session with Solarize CB6
2017-01-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Cobble Hill Community Room, 250 Baltic Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, United States
Coffee and refreshments will be served.

RSVP here.

Join us on for a Solar Information Session, as part of our Solarize Brooklyn CB6 2: Sun for All campaign.
Our chosen installer American Solar Partners (ASP) will educate you on the ins & outs of purchasing a traditional solar array. They will talk about how solar power can cut your utility bill and make your home more valuable. Current incentives allow you to recoup up to 75% of your investment. Using Solar1’s Here Comes Solar model, ASP is gathering a cluster of households and businesses to install solar at a lower price based on economies of scale.
For a more bespoke experience, please bring a copy of your latest electric bill to the event.
For more information contact:
Paige Alderoty, Project Manager, American Solar Partners
Phone: 914-699-3366

The final day to join the purchasing group is February 2, 2017.

This program is open to Brooklyn residents. Your building does not need to be in Brooklyn CB6 to participate.

City Harvest Food Drive at Carroll Park
2017-01-07 13:00 - 16:00 | Carroll Park House, 320 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11231, United States
Annual City Harvest Food Drive by Friends of Carroll Park. Friends of Carroll Park will be collecting non-perishable items to donate to hungry neighbors through the amazing group City Harvest this holiday season. They will be hosting collection drives on four upcoming Saturdays: January 7 and 14, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. The most needed items are:
– canned fruit
– canned vegetables
– peanut butter (plastic jars)
– macaroni and cheese (packaged)
– hot and cold cereal (packaged, family-sized)
City Harvest cannot accept glass containers, homemade items, expired food, or dented cans.
If you are interested in volunteering for a shift during this year’s drives, or if you’d like to coordinate your own ancillary collection at a neighborhood school or business (you can drop your items at the park house and they’ll arrange the pickup from City Harvest), please let us know at friendsofcarrollpark@yahoo.com!

The Next 100 Years of Brooklyn Zoning
2016-12-02 09:00 - 15:00 | Brooklyn Law School, 250 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, United States
Please join the New York City Council for a day-long symposium on “The Next 100 Years of Brooklyn Zoning.” Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen will be the featured speaker and key Council Members from Brooklyn will be speaking about “Zoning Our Diverse Communities for The Future.” Please note that while there is a nominal fee for attendees, the event is free for government employees who register by Monday, November 21 (after Nov. 21, a fee will apply to government employees as well). Registration is available here. Pre-registration is required to attend the event.
The full invitation is below. Please distribute widely to your networks — it promises to be an enlightening and entertaining event!
