Thursday, October 13, 2016

BRING YOUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT KENSINGTON AND BOROUGH PARK TO THE COMMUNITY BOARD 12 MEETING


Community Board 12 General Meeting
Tuesday, November 1st, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Community Board 12's monthly general meeting for October has been postponed until November 1st. The meeting is open to the public.

If you have any concerns, questions, solutions, needs, or problems that you'd like the community board to address, get to the meeting before 7:00 p.m. to sign up to speak during the public comment period at the beginning of the meeting. You'll have three minutes to present your topic.

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:



General meetings of Community Board 12 are normally held on the fourth Tuesday of the month, from September through June, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at Amico Senior Center.

Every neighborhood in New York City is represented by an all-volunteer community board, which serves as the neighborhood's liaison to city agencies. Board members are appointed by the neighborhood's city councilperson and the borough president.

The goal of a community board is to help resolve issues involving pedestrian safety, traffic congestion, housing, land use and zoning, outdoor lighting, potholes, sanitation, libraries, crime, police presence, social services, rodents, trash collection, public litter baskets, street and sidewalk conditions, etc.


Community Board 12's committees are

  • Planning, Zoning Variances and City Map
  • Education, Library, Cultural Affairs
  • Sanitation & Environmental Protection
  • Fire, Safety & Police
  • Health & Social Services
  • Housing & Buildings
  • Legislation
  • Parks, Capital Projects & Site Selection
  • Transportation & Franchises
  • Youth & Community Development

Meeting location 
Amico Senior Center
5901 13th Avenue, 3rd floor
at the corner of 59th Street
Borough Park, Brooklyn

Community Board 12
phone: (718) 851-0800
fax: (718) 851-4140
e-mail: bk12 @ cb.nyc.gov
website: http://www.brooklyncb12.org
Chairperson: Yidel Perlstein
District Manager: Barry Spitzer