NEW YEAR'S DAY PARKING RULES

Alternate side of the street parking regulations for street cleaning will be suspended on Sunday, January 1st, for New Year's Day and Monday, January 2nd, for New Year's Day (observed).

Rules for parking meters will also be suspended. The rules are suspended only on these major legal holidays: New Years’ Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

Even though alternate side parking is suspended, any other posted parking time limits and rules have to be followed.

Suspension applies from midnight of the day before the suspension until midnight of the day of the suspension.

Click here to see the Alternate Side Parking Rules 2023 Suspension Calendar.

KARAOKE EVERY WEEKEND

 Karaoke is back at neighborhood fixture Shenanigans Pub. Sing your heart out every Saturday night from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.--or listen to the other patrons belt them out!

VDJ Big G is the host. Admission is free.

Location

Shenanigans Pub

802 Caton Avenue, corner of E. 8th Street

Windsor Terrace/Kensington, Brooklyn

(718) 633-3689

https://www.facebook.com/Shenanigans-Pub-167371376609304 

ONLINE OR IN PERSON PUBLIC MEETING OF COMMUNITY BOARD 12 (KENSINGTON, BOROUGH PARK, PART OF MIDWOOD)

Community Board 12 Public Meeting

Tuesday, December 27th, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

From Community Board 12:

Dear Residents,

Our December board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 27 at 7:00 pm. For those that wish to attend in person, the meeting will be held at Amico Senior Center, located at 5901 13th Avenue (entrance on 59th Street) on the 3rd Floor.

For those that wish to attend on Zoom, please use the following link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88933842701

To speak at the public hearing, either in person or on Zoom, please click on the following link and fill out the form: https://forms.gle/cqq3GMiBa1rXF2Pu6

If you are calling in by phone please dial the following number and then enter the Webinar ID:

Phone #: 646-558-8656

Webinar ID: 889 3384 2701

Attached is the agenda.

We look forward to seeing you all at the last board meeting of 2022!

Thank you,

The Community Board 12 Team

You can attend the meeting on Zoom via computer (PC or Mac), iPad, iPhone, or Android device. You can also attend by calling in from either a wired or cordless phone.

If you have any concerns, questions, needs, problems, suggestions, or solutions that you'd like to talk to the community board about, you can raise them during the "Public Hearing" (formerly called "Public Session") for up to three minutes. 

Public meetings of Community Board 12 are held on the fourth Tuesday of the month, from September through June, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. That schedule is subject to change.

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.

 

If you'd like to serve on a committee without joining the board, contact Community Board 12's office at (718) 851-0800 or bk12@cb.nyc.gov. 

 

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

bk12 @ cb.nyc.gov

https://www.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb12/index.page

https://www.facebook.com/BkCB12

https://twitter.com/BrooklynCB12

Chairperson: Yidel Perlstein

District Manager: Barry Spitzer

CHRISTMAS TREE AND WREATH CURBSIDE COLLECTION AND MULCHFEST

 

From the New York City Sanitation Department:

Christmas Tree Collection

DSNY will collect clean Christmas trees (and wreaths!) from Friday, January 6, 2023 through Saturday, January 14, 2023 — weather permitting.

Remember, Christmas trees and wreaths are collected separately from your trash and recycling. They are scouted at the curb to make efficient collection routes, so yours may not be picked up immediately.

Before your Christmas trees and wreaths can be collected, you MUST:

• Remove ALL lights, ornaments, tinsel, and stands. Remove stands from trees and metal frames and wires from wreaths.
• Make sure they are not wrapped in ANY plastic or placed inside a plastic bag.
• Leave them at the curb between the designated dates (January 6 - 14).

Trees and wreaths are chipped, mixed with leaves, and recycled into rich compost for NYC's parks, institutions, and community gardens.

Artificial Trees

Donate or sell used artificial trees in good condition at donateNYC.

You can also take apart your tree to recycle the base and trunk (pole) with your metal, glass, plastic and cartons. Remove all lights, ornaments and tinsel before placing at the curb.

Otherwise, set it out as garbage on a regular collection day. Look up your collection schedule.

Make Your Own Mulch

Use evergreen boughs and branches from your Christmas tree as mulch to enrich the soil in your garden or street tree beds. Just cut off the smaller branches of your Christmas tree and remove the twigs from evergreen boughs. Lay three to four inches of these trimmings over the bare soil around street trees or in your garden. 

After removing the branches for mulch, you can take your tree to Mulchfest or leave it out for our collection.

Mulchfest

Remove all ornaments, lights, tinsel, and stands from natural trees and take them to Mulchfest for free chipping.


Visit our website for more information.

DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS PARKING RULES

 

Alternate side of the street parking regulations for street cleaning will be suspended on Monday, December 26th, for Christmas Day (observed).

Rules for parking meters will also be suspended. They're suspended only on these major legal holidays: New Years’ Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

When alternate side parking is suspended, you still have to follow any other posted parking time limits and rules.

Suspension applies from midnight of the day before until midnight of the day of the suspension.

Click here to see the Alternate Side Parking Rules 2022 Suspension Calendar and here for 2023.

CELEBRATE THE WINTER SOLSTICE WITH MUSIC (FREE, OUTDOORS)

Winter Solstice Celebration

Wednesday, December 21st, 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

The onset of winter will be celebrated with a community sing-a-long, neighborliness, and free hot cocoa from Angelica's Coffee Shop. The Kensington Stewards will hold its annual winter solstice celebration on Wednesday, December 21st, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. 

The event is presented in conjunction with Make Music Winter, part of a worldwide celebration of music.

Location

Kensington Plaza

114 Beverley Road

between McDonald Avenue and E. 2nd Street

Kensington, Brooklyn

SCOUTS HOLIDAY BAKE SALE

 

Enjoy baked treats and hot cocoa at the Brooklyn Scouts Troop 1213th Lookout Hill holiday bake sale. It'll take place tomorrow (Sunday, December 18th) from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The proceeds of the sale will be used to support Scout financial aid.

From the Brooklyn Scouts website: 

Brooklyn Scouts is an all-inclusive organization dedicated to providing a traditional Scouting program to Brooklyn youth and their families.  We welcome everyone regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, class, ability, religion (or no religion), or other differentiating factors. We are part of the Outdoor Service Guides (OSG), a national volunteer-run Scouting organization. 

Location

Corrigan-Kiernan VFW Post 8160

1265 Prospect Avenue

between Reeve Place and Greenwood Avenue

Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

COMMUNITY BOARD 7 PUBLIC MEETING (WINDSOR TERRACE, SOUTH SLOPE, GREENWOOD HEIGHTS, SUNSET PARK)

 

Community Board 7 Public Meeting 

Wednesday, December 21st, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Community Board 7 will hold its regular monthly board meeting remotely on Wednesday, December 21st, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

CB 7 serves as the liaison between New York City agencies and the residents, business owners, and employees of Windsor Terrace, Greenwood Heights, South Slope, and Sunset Park and works on your behalf to resolve your problems.

Register at http://bit.ly/3HaBwQK to attend the webinar by laptop, tablet, cell phone, or landline. After you register, you'll receive an e-mail confirming your registration. It will also give instructions on joining the webinar from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Android phone, or landline/wired phone.

You can also view the meeting either live or afterward on the Brooklyn Community Board 7 YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/3uQlAtq.

Attendees will have two opportunities to address the board (items 6 and 14 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.

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 November 16, 2022, Board Meeting

6. Public Comment (3 minutes to speak on topics covered in the committee reports)

7. Committee Reports: 

    A) Education/Youth (No vote required) - 1. Presentation by the Brooklyn Transition and College Action Center

    B) Public Safety Committee -(No vote required) - 1. Presentation by the Fire Department of New York on general fire safety, holiday fire safety, and lithium-ion batteries (for individuals and businesses), 2. Meet and greet with BOP/Metropolitan Detention Center staff.

    C) Sanitation/Environment Committee (Vote required) - 1. Presentation from United Redemption to open and operate a bottle redemption center to be located at 84 18th Street, Brooklyn, NY 

    D) Special Sub-committee on Last Mile Trucking Facilities (No vote required) - 1. Recap from last meeting, 2. Update from Consumer Reports Digital Lab on the air quality in Red Hook, 3. Update on Indirect Source Rule legislation from Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes' Office, 4. Update on Special Text Amendment for City Zoning by the Last Mile Coalition, 5. Updated on related legislation by Councilmember Alexa Aviles' Office

8. Roll Call

9. Elected Officials and Representatives

10. Chairperson's Report

11. District Manager's Report

12. Old Business

13. New Business

14. Public Comment (3 minutes to speak on any topic)

15. 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

http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb7/index.page

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brooklyn-Community-Board-7/195263140637225

https://twitter.com/bkcb7

https://www.instagram.com/brooklyncb7

FIDO 2023 DOG CALENDAR

 

The FIDO 2023 calendar, featuring photos of dogs in Prospect Park, will be for sale in the Kensington Dog Run on Saturday, December 17th, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., and on Sunday, December 18th, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If your dog's photo is in the calendar, you'll get a copy of the calendar for free.

Additional calendars will be available for sale at these prices: 1 calendar for $8, 2 calendars for $15, and 3 calendars for $20.

The Kensington Dog Run, located on Coney Island Avenue in the Parade Ground near Prospect Park, opened in July 2020 after years of community advocacy. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Location

Kensington Dog Run

397A Coney Island Avenue

between Kermit Place and Caton Avenue

Kensington, Brooklyn

(map) 

https://www.facebook.com/KensingtonDogRun

https://twitter.com/kensingtondog?lang=en

A WEBSITE FOR COMMUNITY BOARD 12

Community Board 12 has a website! 

https://www.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb12/index.page

Sections of it are reprinted below.

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Welcome to the website of Brooklyn Community Board 12

Brooklyn Community Board 12 encompasses the neighborhoods of Borough Park and parts of Kensington, Sunset Park and Midwood.

Public Hearing: December 13

For those that wish to attend the hearing, please watch on zoom
Download the 4910 14th Avenue public hearing notice
Download the 1465 38th Street public hearing notice

Public Hearings and Regular Monthly Meetings

To sign up to speak at the public hearing please fill out the sign-up form. [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSco1v1Puh042lQ69uHJ_lKGC1-DaWqXOiLe_aFLvLQobdCfbw/viewform] 

Community Board 12's Public Hearing and Regular Monthly Meetings are open to the public. Meetings are held every fourth Tuesday of the month at 7pm (except July and August). We conduct hybrid hearings, the in-person location is at the Amico Senior Center at 5901-13th Ave, and the Zoom link is posted monthly.

Contact Us

Brooklyn Community Board 12
5910-13th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11219
718-851-0800
Bk12@cb.nyc.gov
Follow us on twitter @BrooklynCB12
Yidel Perlstein, Chairman
Barry Spitzer, District Manager
Gittel Fekete, Community Coordinator

About Brooklyn Community Board 12

Brooklyn Community Board 12 encompasses the neighborhoods of Borough Park and parts of Kensington, Sunset Park, and Midwood.

We are home to a diverse demographic. Borough Park is known for its large enclave of Chasidic Jewish residents. Kensington is home to a rapidly growing Pakistani and Bangladeshi Community. Sunset Park, specifically 8th Avenue which borders District 12 as well as District 7, is the location of Brooklyn's Chinatown. Midwood's Ocean Parkway is the site of a 4.86 miles-long boulevard that connects Coney Island Beach to Prospect Park.

Message from the Chairman

Yidel Perlstein

A community is only as good as the sum of its parts. We have an incredibly diverse one here in our district with people from all walks of life. The community board is the place where we come together to discuss, debate and make recommendations to the greater NYC government on matters that impact our district. I have the privilege of being appointed by my fellow board members, who graciously volunteer their time, to lead this board as Chairman.

As chairman, I preside over the monthly board meetings. All meetings are open to the public and are a forum for residents to discuss their opinions and concerns. I am also in charge of forming committees and appointing their chairpersons. It is my job to set the agenda and the direction for the board. I have been involved in many community projects and organizations prior to my appointment as chair, and proudly continue in these endeavors. This community is my home and I am humbled by the opportunity to serve it.

Our District

View the District Profile for Brooklyn Community Board 12 on the NYC City Planning website. https://communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov/brooklyn/12

Upcoming Meetings

December 27, 2022
January 24, 2023
February 28, 2023
March 28, 2023
April 23, 2023
May 23, 2023
June 27, 2023
Upcoming Public Hearings
December 13, 2022

Meetings (Agendas, Minutes, Videos)

2022: https://www.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb12/meetings/2022-meetings.page

2021: https://www.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb12/meetings/2021-meetings.page

2020: https://www.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb12/meetings/2020-meetings.page

Calendar

https://www.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb12/calendar/calendar.page

By-Laws

Read the Brooklyn CB 12 By-Laws

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/brooklyncb12/downloads/pdf/By-Laws.pdf

Budget/District Needs

View the District Needs Statement Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 for Brooklyn Community Board 12. 

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/brooklyncb12/downloads/pdf/FY2023_Statement.pdf

Members

https://www.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb12/about/members.page

•     Aamnah Khan
•     Adam Cohen
•     Alan Dubrow
•     Anna Cali
•     Avi Greenstein
•     Avrohom Wolfson
•     Bao Zhi (Louie) Liu
•     Benjamin Theodore
•     Bernard Freilich
•     Beth Slepian
•     Chesky Blau
•     David Friedlander
•     David Shlomovich
•     Douglas Jablon
•     Edgar Gluck
•     Ellie Kastel
•     Jacob Askal
•     Jacob Haas
•     Jacque Friedman
•     Jeffrey Dweck
•     John Talmadge
•     Joseph Gross
•     Judith Ojo-Diaz
•     Jules Fleischer
•     Mamnunul Haq
•     Maria Arettines
•     Miriam Hersko
•     Mordechai Katz
•     Morris Senderovic
•     Nick Berghall
•     Naftali Tessler
•     Peter Rebenwurzel
•     Rochelle Zami
•     Romina Fernandez
•     Sahibzada Shabir Ahmad
•     Samuel Stober
•     Sharon Fuchs
•     Shlomie Rieger
•     Sol Wahba
•     Wil Fisher
•     Yaakov Kaplan
•     Yaakov Schapiro
•     Yechiel Malik
•     Yeruchim Silber
•     Yidel Perlstein
•     Yitzchok Moskowitz
•     Yonah Moses

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Community Board 12

phone: (718) 851-0800

fax: (718) 851-4140

bk12 @ cb.nyc.gov

https://www.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb12/index.page

https://www.facebook.com/BkCB12

https://twitter.com/BrooklynCB12

Chairperson: Yidel Perlstein

District Manager: Barry Spitzer

WRITING WORKSHOPS: "LET'S WRITE TOGETHER" (FREE, INDOORS)

Writing Workshop

Monday, December 12th and 19th, 10:30 a.m. to noon

Micky Shorr is leading a series of three writing workshops on Mondays. The series began on December 5th and will continue on December 12th and 19th, from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

Micky, a NY Writers Coalition-trained leader, has facilitated writing groups in public libraries--including the Windsor Terrace branch--both online and in person. 

She will offer a writing prompt for the group, and group members will all write together, using the prompt as a suggestion. 

Members will be asked to share their work, but it is not a requirement. They will offer feedback about what they enjoyed about the writing. This is not a class to teach writing or to critique. All voices are important.

Registration is required. Register at https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/let%E2%80%99s-write-together-windsor-terrace-library-20221212.

Wearing a mask is highly encouraged inside the library.

Location

Windsor Terrace Library

160 E. 5th Street

at the corner of Fort Hamilton Parkway

Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

phone: (718) 686-9707

https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/windsor-terrace

FAMILY SHELTER WINTER HOLIDAY UPDATE

From Catherine and Tracy, the neighbors who are volunteer liaisons between The Kensington Family Shelter and the other residents of our neighborhood:

Dear Spectacular Neighbors,

We are excited to let you know that all the gifts have been purchased from the wish list for the children!  What a joyful holiday it will be for them all.  THANK YOU!

Here's an update on some of the other traditions that we are hoping to revive post-pandemic.  Unfortunately, the lingering threat of Covid, plus the particularly difficult flu season that's underway, means our efforts will remain pared back for 2022.  

Gift wrapping: will be handled by shelter staff this year

Holiday party:  not possible this year

Cookie brigade:  like last year, the shelter can only accept store-bought, packaged cookies.  You can drop these off any time (7 am - 7 pm) between Friday, December 16 - Wednesday, December 28.  

Gifts for the adults:  the parents and other caregivers living at the shelter also appreciate being remembered during the holidays.  As in the past, we hope you will consider a gift of cologne or other self-care item for the moms and dads.  We've set up a list on Amazon, but you should feel free to purchase anywhere.  There are approximately 85 adults, about 65 of whom are women.

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/39TDF7NQLOHGP/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_2

Shelter Address for cookies and gifts for parents:

The Kensington Family Shelter

Attn:  Uniquia Parker

385 McDonald Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11218

With love and best wishes for good health,

Tracy & Catherine

RESCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY: DONATE CHILDREN'S BOOKS TO THE GIRL SCOUT BOOK DRIVE

Update, December 6th: The troop had set a goal of 500 books. To date, more than 2,500 books have been collected.

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The book drive has been rescheduled for Sunday, December 4th, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., because of rain.

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Children's Book Drive

Saturday, December 3rd, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

From Girl Scout Troop 2267

Have you got kids' books you don't need? Come on down to the Windsor Terrace Library on Saturday, December 3 from 1 to 5 p.m. for Girl Scout Troop 2267's book drive! (We'll have a booth set up on the sidewalk outside.)

Rain date is Sunday, 12/4 - same time and place, but we're really hoping to be there on Saturday!

We're collecting books for the Brooklyn Book Bodega (www.brooklynbookbodega.org), an organization that gives books to families who don’t have enough in order to improve kids’ reading so they can learn and succeed.

• Books we accept: New & gently used fiction or non-fiction for kids 0-18; foreign and dual language
• Please no: Textbooks or encyclopedias, dictionaries, religious books, damaged books 

Can't make it to the book drive? Contact our Troop Leader Kallen at ktsikalas@gmail.com. We're accepting books until December 9.

Location

Windsor Terrace Library

160 E. 5th Street

corner of Fort Hamilton Parkway

Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn