RECYCLE YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE AT A CHIPPING OR DROP-OFF SITE OR CURBSIDE

 

Chipping Sites

Saturday, January 2nd, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 9th, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

At its 25th annual Christmas tree recycling event, the Department of Parks and Recreation will turn trees into wood chips that will be used to nourish trees and plants on city streets, in city parks and ball fields, and in community gardens.

Bring your tree to any of the chipping locations throughout the five boroughs on January 2nd or 9th between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Wear a face covering and practice social distancing by remaining at least six feet away from other people.

Before bringing the tree to a Mulchfest site, remove the stand, netting, tinsel, lights, and every other ornament or decoration.

Among Brooklyn's several chipping locations are one at Park Circle (Parkside Avenue and Prospect Park Southwest) and one at Prospect Park West at Third Street.

Chipping locations in all five boroughs are indicated on the Parks Department's website. Scroll down to the interactive map or the borough-by-borough listings.

The Parks Department will give you free mulch, if you want it, to use on your own trees or on street trees. This year, you'll need to bring your own bag.

 

Drop-off Sites
Saturday, December 26th, through Saturday, January 9th

During Mulchfest, some of the Parks Department's locations won't have chipping equipment on-site; those locations are for tree drop-off only. Sometime after you drop off your tree, it will be recycled.

Drop-off sites will accept Christmas trees every day from Saturday, December 26th, through Saturday, January 9th.

Before you bring your tree to a drop-off site, remove the stand, netting, tinsel, lights, and other ornaments and decorations.

 

Mulch will not be available at the drop-off sites.

 

Drop-off locations in all five boroughs are indicated on the Parks Department's website. Scroll down to the interactive map or the borough-by-borough listings.

 

Curbside Collection

Monday, January 4th, through Friday, January 15th

Weather permitting, the Sanitation Department will collect clean Christmas trees from Monday, January 4th, through Friday, January 15th. They won't necessarily be collected on the same day as your regular trash or recycling.

The trees will be chipped, mixed with leaves, and recycled into compost for the city's parks, institutions, and community gardens. Before placing your tree at the curb, remove everything from it: lights, tinsel, stands, netting, and all other decorations and ornaments.  

AGENDA FOR COMMUNITY BOARD 12 PUBLIC MEETING

Community Board 12 Monthly Public Meeting

Tuesday, December 22nd, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

 

Community Board 12 (covering Borough Park, most of Kensington, and part of Midwood) will hold its next board meeting tomorrow--Tuesday, December 22nd--from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Zoom.

To join the meeting via Zoom, click on this link: https://zoom.us/j/94655524914.
 

To join the meeting by phone, dial one of these numbers and then enter the Webinar ID:

(646) 558-8656

(301) 715-8592

(312) 626-6799

(253) 215-8782

(346) 248-7799

(669) 900-9128
 

The Webinar ID is 946 5552 4914.

If you have any concerns, questions, solutions, needs, or problems that you'd like the community board to address, you can speak during the public session. You'll have three minutes to present your topic.

 

To speak at the public session, click on this link and fill out the form: https://forms.gle/UxUyrwetJdWEEYKD9.

 

Public 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., but the dates are subject to change.

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.

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

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Community Board 12

phone: (718) 851-0800
fax: (718) 851-4140
e-mail: bk12 @ cb.nyc.gov
https://twitter.com/BrooklynCB12
https://www.facebook.com/BkCB12

MORE SUSPENSIONS OF ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING

 

 

Alternate side of the street parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended from Monday, December 21st, through Saturday, December 26th, for snow operations. All other regulations, including those for parking meters, will remain in effect except on Christmas Day, Friday, December 25th, a major legal holiday, when parking meter regulations will be suspended.

 

COMMUNITY BOARD 12 WILL MEET ONLINE

 

Community Board 12 Online Public Meeting

Tuesday, December 22nd, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Community Board 12's monthly public meeting will be held on Zoom on Tuesday, December 22nd, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

 

The agenda and registration information have not yet been announced.

 

Community Board 12 covers most of Kensington, Borough Park, and part of Midwood.

 

If you have any concerns, questions, solutions, needs, or problems that you'd like the community board to address, you can speak during the public session. You'll have three minutes to present your topic.

Public 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., but are subject to change.

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.

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

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Community Board 12

phone: (718) 851-0800
fax: (718) 851-4140
e-mail: bk12 @ cb.nyc.gov

https://twitter.com/BrooklynCB12 

https://www.facebook.com/BkCB12 

SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF SNOW: ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING, STREET DINING, AND MORE

 

 

Alternate side of the street parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended for snow operations on Wednesday, December 16th, through Friday, December 19th, in anticipation of the "biggest snowstorm in years," possibly eight or more inches. All other parking regulations, including those for parking meters, will remain in effect. 

Outdoor dining in the streets will also be suspended as of 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

 

City COVID-19 testing sites will be closed until noon on Thursday.

Public school buildings will be closed on Thursday. Learning Bridges and Learning Labs, after-school programs, adult education, and YABC programs will be canceled. Yellow bus service for charter and non-public school students will not operate. All Meal Hubs will be closed. DOE central and field offices will remain open. 

 

Sanitation Department collection trucks will serve as snow plows. You can put your trash and recycling curbside on your normal schedule, but delays in collection are expected.

CANCELED: 66TH PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING

Just received:

Subject:	December Council Meeting Canceled
Date:	Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:34:46 -0500
From:	66 Precinct Community Council <66precinctcc@gmail.com>
To:	66 Precinct Community Council <66Precinctcc@gmail.com>

December Council Meeting Canceled

Due to the Hunukah Holiday and the Snowstorm that is supposed to hit NYC wednesday and thursday.

this months meeting will be canceled,

Hope to see you at our next Council Meeting

January 21, 2021

 

AGENDA FOR COMMUNITY BOARD 7 (WINDSOR TERRACE, SUNSET PARK) ONLINE PUBLIC BOARD MEETING (FREE)

        Brooklyn Community Board 7 Online Public Board Meeting

                           Wednesday, December 16th, 6:00 p.m.

 

The monthly public meeting of Brooklyn Community Board 7 will be held online via Zoom on Wednesday, December 16th, at 6:00 p.m.

 

Register  at http://bit.ly/cb7comment to make a public comment.

 

Proposed Agenda

1. Opening of the meeting
2. Adoption of the agenda
3. Adoption of the minutes of the Board Meeting of November 18, 2020
4. Public Comment (3 minutes to speak regarding the topics of the committee reports on this agenda)
5. Committee Reports:
    A) Transportation Committee (no vote required)
      1. Presentation by the NYC Department of Transportation on the installation of Citi Bike stations in the CB7 district
    B) Executive Committee (no vote required)
      1. Priorities for the new year
      2. Improvement on virtual meetings
      3. Equity
    C) Health & Mental Health Committee (no vote required)
      1. Presentation by the Test and Trace Corps
    D) By-Laws Committee (no vote required)
      1. Discussion on feedback from attorney on by-law amendments
6. Elected Officials & Representatives
7. District Manager’s Report
8. Chairperson’s Report
9. Old Business
10. New Business
11. Public Comment (3 minutes to speak on any subject)
12. Adjournment

To register for the meeting, go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EmFCmOaoR0W5OZrRO4v7hQ. After you register, you'll receive a confirmation e-mail that contains information about joining the webinar.

 

CITI BIKE EXPANSION INTO WINDSOR TERRACE, SUNSET PARK, AND SOUTH SLOPE: AN ONLINE Q&A SESSION

Update: DOT's presentation at the Citi Bike Brooklyn Expansion Information Session has been posted online at https://www.dropbox.com/s/wbtx8nfnrap4v0k/Citi%20Bike%20Brooklyn%20Expansion%20Information%20Session.pptx?dl=0.

 

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Citi Bike Expansion in Brooklyn: an Online Q&A Session
Thursday, December 10th, 6:00 p.m.

Join the New York City Department of Transportation and Lyft--which operates the Citi Bike program--for an online information session about Citi Bike’s upcoming expansion in Brooklyn.

 

Citi Bike docking stations will be placed within Brooklyn Community Boards 7, 10, 12, and 14. The installations will be in South Slope, Sunset Park, and Windsor Terrace. The target date for completion is mid- to late-winter/early spring 2021. Installation will begin in the northern part of the borough and work its way south.

 

The first version of the Citi Bike Expansion Draft Plan for Community Board 7, 10, 12, and 14, shown below, was presented to Community Board 7's Transportation Committee at last night's meeting. Fifty members of the public had registered to attend, and several of them asked the DOT representatives questions.

 

 

The second version of the Citi Bike Expansion Draft Plan for Community Board 7, 10, 12, and 14 will be available at https://nycdotbikeshare.info/maps_plans#brooklyn today.

 

Join the virtual town hall (Webinar ID 971 2363 1391) from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, or Android device. Register for it at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_W_Rha7gfTz-Uw66rkHCG4A. 

Installation sites must offer round-the-clock access, so they will not, for instance, be placed in parks that close at dusk. Most of the stations will be located in roads. Just a few will be on sidewalks. Some will take up space currently used for parking. Others will utilize current daylighting and pedestrianized spaces.

To be eligible for use, a sidewalk has to be at least fifteen feet wide, but the presence of other variables, such as hydrants, trees, and gas utilities, is factored in.

At Machete Circle/Park Circle, the plan is to install one station, but its exact location has to be coordinated with the Department of Parks and Recreation.

 

Docking stations at subway station entrances will have a minimum of nineteen docks.

E-bikes will be twenty percent of the citywide Citi Bike fleet.

COVID-19 TEST & TRACE CORPS ONLINE PRESENTATION

 

 

NYC COVID-19 Test & Trace Corps Online Presentation

Monday, December 14th, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 

 

The NYC COVID-19 Test & Trace Corps will make a presentation via Zoom to Community Board 7's Health and Mental Health Committee. The public is welcome to attend. 

The webinar will take place on Monday, December 14th, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 

 

Register in advance for the webinar at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6mQsXrXzTei2_K8zk9PLFw. 

 

After you register, you'll receive a confirmation e-mail that contains information about how you can access the webinar.

 

About the NYC Test & Trace Corps

The NYC Test & Trace Corps is a public health initiative to fight the threat of COVID-19. The Corps is a group of doctors, public health professionals and community advocates working to reverse the COVID-19 outbreak and protect our city.

The public health program is led by NYC Health + Hospitals in close collaboration with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and other city agencies.

Through its robust and citywide partnerships, The Corps helps New Yorkers receive free, safe and confidential testing for COVID-19 and for the antibody test. It ensures that anyone with the virus receives care, and can safely isolate to prevent the spread. To help New Yorkers navigate this process, The Corps has activated a specialized group of Contact Tracers to provide resources and support every step of the way.

POLICE FOR KENSINGTON AND DITMAS WILL MEET WITH RESIDENTS

 

Kensington Neighborhood Policing and Safety Meeting

  Wednesday, December 9th, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The Neighborhood Coordination Officers (NCOs) and the Steady Sector Officers in the 66th Precinct's Sector D (Kensington and Ditmas) will meet with residents on Wednesday, December 9th, to discuss any issues that you want to bring up.

At 6:30 p.m., refreshments will be served at the Build The Block Neighborhood Policing and Safety Meeting. The meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m.

 

The officers will update the community about public safety issues in the neighborhood.

Ask questions and express your concerns, complaints, and suggestions about rapes and other sex crimes, robberies, assaults, home burglaries, packages stolen from porches and lobbies, street safety for pedestrians and bicyclists, noisy cars and buses, and any other issues that you have. 

 

The NYPD divides each precinct into four or five sectors to carry out neighborhood policing. This means that the same officers work in the same neighborhoods on the same shifts. The radio dispatchers, supervisors, and sector officers work together. Sector officers and sector cars stay within the boundaries of their assigned sectors, except in precinct-wide emergencies.

The four sectors in the 66th Precinct are Sector A, Sector B, Sector C, and Sector D.

Sector D's boundaries are Fort Hamilton Parkway and Caton Avenue to the north, Coney Island Avenue to the east, 18th Avenue and Avenue F to the south, and McDonald Avenue and 37th Street to the west.

 The NCOs for Sector D are

• Police Officer Viviane Perrone (phone: (917) 863-5169, e-mail: viviane.perrone @ nypd.org)
• Police Officer Karol Smiarowski (phone: (917) 826-6569, e-mail: karol.smiarowski @ nypd.org.

Meeting Location
United Talmudical Academy
123 Clara Street
between Chester Avenue and 36th Street
Kensington, Brooklyn

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66th Precinct
phone: (718) 851-5611
5822 16th Avenue
between 58th and 59th streets
Borough Park, Brooklyn
e-mail: 66precinctcc @ gmail.com
website: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/66th-precinct.page
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/NYPD66pct/posts/?ref=page_internal

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYPD66Pct or @66precinctcc

 

WREATHS FOR SALE ON PROSPECT PARK WEST

 

Wreath Sale

Friday, December 4th and 11th, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 6th and 13th, 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

 

Boy Scout Troop 237 will hold its annual Christmas wreath sale this weekend and next weekend outside of Holy Name Convent. Sale days are after Mass on Friday, December 4th and 11th (6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.) and after Mass on Sunday, December 6th and 13th (8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.).

 

Free delivery is available in Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, and the surrounding area.

 

All proceeds from the sales benefit Boy Scout Troop 237’s outdoor program.

 

Prices

• Plain 12” Wreath  $15.00
• Decorated 12” Wreath  $20.00
• 16” Plain Wreath  $20.00
• 16” Decorated Wreath  $25.00
• Fresh Pine Garland  $1.00 per foot
• 25’ Fresh Pine Garland  $25.00
• Grave Blanket Arrangement  $45.00

Additional details and the order form are at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zstr-1u9xXFpNq5urGvpyN0_uGhgBYAS/view.

 

Either e-mail the order form to Kathy at kpc326 @ aol.com or drop it off at the Holy Name Rectory, 245 Prospect Park West, during the week. You can enclose a check with your order or you can pay cash when you pick up your wreath(s) on the next sale day.

Location
Holy Name Convent
243 Prospect Park West

at the corner of Windsor Place
Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

 

WREATHS AND POINSETTIAS FOR SALE ON FORT HAMILTON PARKWAY

Wreath and Poinsettia Sale

Saturday, December 5th, Sunday, December 6th,

Saturday, December 12th, Sunday, December 13th

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

 

Immaculate Heart of Mary Boy Scout Troop 187 and Cub Scout Pack 187 will be selling wreaths and poinsettias from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on these days:

• Saturday, December 5th,
• Sunday, December 6th,
• Saturday, December 12th, and
• Sunday, December 13th.

 

Their wares will be set up in front of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church.

 

The price of a wreath is $25, and the price of a poinsettia is $15.

 

Some local delivery options will offered, if needed.

 

Location 

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church

2805 Fort Hamilton Parkway

between E. 4th and E. 5th streets

Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

https://ihm-brooklyn.org

https://www.facebook.com/IHMBKNY/ 

ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING SUSPENDED NEXT TUESDAY

 

Alternate side of the street parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Tuesday, December 8th, for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

All other parking regulations, including those for parking meters, will remain in effect.

 

Parking meter regulations are only suspended on these major legal holidays: New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

HOLIDAYS FOOD AND MASK DISTRIBUTIONS

Update: On December 10th and 17th, distribution will be done at 944 Newkirk Avenue, between Coney Island Avenue and E. 8th Street.

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Holidays Food & Mask DistributionsThursdays, December 3rd, 10th, and 17th

3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

People In Need (PIN) will distribute holidays food and masks outside of the Newkirk Community Garden on three Thursdays--December 3rd, 10th, and 17th--from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

500 boxes will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

 

Everyone who participates must wear a mask and must socially distance so that you can protect yourself and protect other people during this pandemic. 

Volunteers are needed to assemble and distribute food boxes and masks. Sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4ba4ad2ea3fe3-december.

 

Location

Newkirk Community Garden

736 E. 8th Street

at the corner of Newkirk Avenue

Kensington, Brooklyn

To donate:

ioby (giving to this matching grant doubles your donation)  https://ioby.org/project/people-need-covid19-food-insecurity-campaign
Venmo  @peopleinneed 
PayPal  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/peopleinneednyc
GoFundMe  https://www.gofundme.com/f/people-in-need-covid19-food-insecurity-campaign?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&rcid=5c742357198a4d3fb41eab3cfb41c591 

Delivery request form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yHMVFbIu0ezo_Asazn13D13pJwJwLqOco72nfpJrCBE/viewform?edit_requested=true

STOP OVERDEVELOPMENT by PARK CIRCLE

 

Update, Monday, December 7th: At today's remote hearing, the City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises unanimously voted in favor of the rezoning application. The Land Use Committee will vote on Wednesday, December 9th.

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Update, Friday, December 4th: The rally has been scheduled for noon on Sunday, December 6th, because of the possibility of rain on Saturday, December 5th.

 

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Rally to Stop Overdevelopment by Park Circle

Saturday, December 5th, noon

Rain Date: Sunday, December 6th, noon

Protest the rezoning of 312 Coney Island Avenue from a C8-2 District to an R8A District and establishing within the proposed R8A District a C2-4 District. This change would allow the building of thirteen-story luxury towers on the present site of the International Baptist Church (Ocean Parkway, Caton Place, and Coney Island Avenue at Machate Circle-Park Circle).

 

From the Stable Brooklyn community group:

This rally is in response to a ULURP [Uniform Land Use Review Procedure] filed by the developer, JEMB, which has a rental agreement with the International Baptist Church.

 

Our little part of Windsor Terrace/Kensington has been subject to spot zoning, resulting in the development of luxury housing in a once thriving, integrated working class neighborhood. Many of us have been priced out of other neighborhoods. The children we raised can no longer afford to live here.

 

57 Caton Avenue (next door to 312 Coney Island Avenue) has recently been rezoned and will be developed soon, adding even more luxury housing to the neighborhood.

 

Some of us who live near the site have been testifying: at an initial Community Board 7 meeting, the Borough President’s hearing, the City Planning Commission hearing, and the City Council Land Use Committee. We have gotten to know each other and banded together because all of us agree:

 

• The development is out of context with our neighborhood.
• It can only make matters worse for traffic at Park Circle.
• The sheer wall will act as an echo chamber for our neighbors in the apartments at 10, 20, and 30 Ocean Parkway who already suffer from rush-hour horns and heavy traffic from Park Circle.
• It will cast a shadow on the Ocean Parkway bike path entry to Prospect Park.
• It could be an environmental nightmare for Prospect Park animals and plant life (noise and light pollution, shadows).
• It does nothing to solve the housing crisis in our city.
• It monetizes views of Prospect Park.

 

The rally will be held at 10 Ocean Parkway. (map)

For additional information, see the Windsor Terrace-Kensington Community Voice page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/184348329485099.

 

Previous blog posts:

OCEAN PARKWAY GREEN SPACE UPGRADE; REZONING IN EAST WINDSOR TERRACE  January 22, 2019

PUBLIC HEARING ON A THIRTEEN-STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING VS. A HOTEL BY CATON PLACE   January 8, 2020