Community Board 7 Public Meeting
Wednesday, October 19th, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Brooklyn Community Board 7 will hold its regular monthly board meeting remotely on Wednesday, October 19th, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., online and by phone. The meeting is open to the public.
CB 7 is the liaison between city agencies and the residents, business owners, and employees of Windsor Terrace, Greenwood Heights, South Slope, and Sunset Park.
Attendees will have two opportunities to address the board (items 7 and 15 on the agenda below). If you have any concerns, questions, needs, problems, suggestions, or solutions that you'd like to share with CB 7 board members, you can raise them at that time.
To attend the webinar via laptop, tablet, cell phone, or landline, register at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fGHnVLzPTK-AdOjRXFPoIw.
After you register, you'll receive an e-mail confirming that you registered. It will also give instructions on joining the webinar from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Android phone, or landline/wired phone.
Or view the meeting on Brooklyn Community Board 7's YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcAZ1cECSeZI8iNyQDKuX5Q.
From the website:
The Board's boundaries are the waterfront on the west, the Long Island Railroad cut to the South (approximately 65th Street); Our boundary extends north on 8th Avenue from 62nd Street to Greenwood Cemetery. We include all of the cemetery and the land between it and Prospect Park to Caton Avenue on the east. Our northern border is on 15th Street from Park Circle to Hamilton Avenue and continues on Hamilton Avenue to the Gowanus Canal.
Every neighborhood in New York City is represented by an all-volunteer community board that serves as the liaison between neighborhood residents and city agencies. Board members are appointed by the borough president.
Members of the public are welcome to serve on a committee without being a board member. Descriptions of the committees are posted at https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb7/committees/committees.page. Contact the Community Board 7 office to learn more.
Proposed Agenda
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll Call
3. Opening of the meeting
4. Adoption of the agenda
5. Adoption of the minutes of the September 21, 2022, board meeting
6. Adoption of the minutes of the October 12, 2022, Finance Committee public hearing
7. Public Comment (3 minutes to speak on topics covered in the committee reports)
8. Committee Reports:
A) Transportation Committee (No vote required)
1. Presentation by the Burtis Consulting Group on EDC’s reconstruction project bounded by 36th Street to the north, the East River to the east, 45th Street to the south, and 3rd Avenue to the west
2. Presentation by the Department of Design and Construction on the 4th Avenue Median project
B) Finance Committee (Vote required)
1. F.Y. 2024 Capital and Expense Budget Priorities
C) Public Safety Committee (Tabled) (Vote required)
1. Community concerns on quality-of-life issues in Community Board 7 and plans for summer safety in the district2. Presentation from the Civilian Complaint Review Board3. Discussion on liquor license application for El Rey del Pescado Restaurant located at 4515 5th Avenue for a change in the method of operation to add patron dancing
9. Roll Call
10. Elected Officials and Representatives
11. Chairperson’s Report
12. District Manager’s Report
13. Old Business
14. New Business
15. Public Comment (3 minutes to speak on any topic)
16. Adjournment
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Community Board 7
4201 4th Avenue (entrance on 43rd Street) (map)
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
phone: (718) 854-0003
fax: (718) 436-1142
bk07 @ cb.nyc.gov