If you have "stuff" hanging around that you would like to sell at the yard sale, reserve a table by sending an e-mail to hinterlandsbar@gmail.com.
Join the Mongol Shovo Jatra parade on Saturday, April 20th, to celebrate the start of the Bengali New Year 1431.
Urgent Community Meeting April 16, 2024
Our next meeting is Tuesday, April 16. We need you to come, to demonstrate to our elected officials that we care about housing and keeping it consistent with our neighborhood.
Our elected officials have been invited. Shahana Hanif’s office has confirmed their attendance, and her support is pivotal in this issue.
The only way our elected officials can help us get what we want is for us to let them know what we want. Your attendance is important to deliver this message.
Please join us on April 16 at 7:00pm at Shepherd’s Hall in the Holy Name of Jesus Church (enter by way of the parking lot at 245 Prospect Park West, near Windsor Place).
Agenda:
- Welcome and thanks to our community
- Background on Housing Not High-Rises (formerly Arrow Action)
- Updates on city-wide zoning efforts via the City of Yes initiative
- Reports from subcommittees, including recent meetings with our representatives
- Neighborhood outreach and request for more signatures on our petition
- Q&A
- Post-meeting committee sign-up
We are looking forward to seeing you on April 16!
Thanks,
– Chris, Jack, Jay, Julia, Kate, Marty, Phil and Steph
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Housing Not High-rises is a community-based group. We live in Windsor Terrace, South Slope, and Kensington. We came together a couple of months ago when we learned that Arrow Linen Supply Company on Prospect Avenue, between Prospect Park West and 8th Avenue, wants to develop massive 13-story mid-block luxury towers.
Arrow Linen has applied to the city to rezone the block––allowing it to sell its property to a developer for maximum profit and then leave.
This drawing is copied from Arrow Linen’s proposal.
If Arrow Linen gets permission to build these towers, greedy developers will do the same everywhere we live.
We have better ideas. We want AFFORDABLE HOUSING. We do NOT want high-priced high-rises.
Arrow Linen has hired lobbyists and lawyers…. We are organizing.
We are meeting with our elected officials to share feedback from our neighbors and make our goals clear. We would like to see a housing plan that creates community-based housing that works with our neighborhood, not luxury towers.
Please join us. Go to https://housingnothighrises.org to sign our petition, join our mailing list, and get meeting updates. See our ideas, city planning information, and Arrow’s proposal. Come to our next community meeting at Holy Name of Jesus, Shepherd's Hall, listed above.
Please contact our City Councilmember, Shahana Hanif. She is central to what is actually built. See our website for suggested messages. Contact her at 718-499-1090 / district39@council.nyc.gov / #ShahanaFromBK.
Let Councilmember Hanif know that we want housing that supports our neighborhood, not high-rises that enrich landowners.
Join us for our annual vintage + craft market at The Craft Salon. 10 AM - 5 PM, 625 Church Ave btw Ocean Parkway and E. 7th St.
Shop good from our talented staff and local vendors. Vintage goods and clothing, handcrafted ceramics and MORE.
Right after you register for the meeting on Zoom, you'll receive an e-mail confirming your registration. It will also give you instructions on joining the meeting from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Android phone, or landline/wired phone.
The meeting can also be viewed on CB 7's YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/3uQlAtq.
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.
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 March 20, 2024 board meeting
8. Committee Reports:
A) Executive Committee (No vote required) - 1. Protecting Your Generational Wealth workshop
9. Roll Call
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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Flatbush Jewish Center will hold a lively Kabbalat Shabbat evening service on Friday, April 19th, at 6:00 p.m., followed by a catered Shabbat dinner at 6:45 p.m.
Kid-friendly and vegetarian options will be available. The cost is $25 for an adult, $30 for a non-member, and $10 for a child over age six.
Registration is required in advance at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/fjcbrooklyn?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US to attend the dinner. Indicate that you're registering for the dinner and include any dietary restrictions you may have.
You can also register by phoning the office at (718) 871-5200 or sending an e-mail to the address below.
The deadline for registration is April 17th.
P.S. 130 will hold its 7th Annual Flea Market on Saturday, April 13th, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. All are welcome to attend.
Because of the predicted weather conditions, the event will take place indoors in the school gymnasium.
As a community event, items will be sold at very low prices:
Clean Up Kensington will partner with the Sanitation Foundation to clean up a portion of Kensington on Sunday, April 14th, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. To join in, meet up at the corner of Cortelyou Road and East 8th Street at 11:00 a.m.
Clean Up Kensington is one of the community groups that's involved in the Sanitation Foundation's NYC Big Spring Clean, and it'll be featured on the Volunteer Hub.
We’re excited to announce the launch of a brand new program - the Sanitation Foundation's NYC Big Spring Clean. It’s a spectacular month of cleanups and activities during Earth Month where we champion New Yorkers and help them care for the places they love the most.We’ll be working with 40+ community groups, 50+ schools and over a dozen corporate and non-profit partners to provide the leadership and resources they need to keep their favorite places clean.As part of this massive citywide effort, we are introducing an online Volunteer Hub, which will serve as a go-to resource for New Yorkers to find out about volunteer opportunities near them and get involved.
- Learn more about NYC Big Spring Clean here.
- Explore the new Volunteer Hub and join a cleanup here.
- Read the press release here.
Please share this news with your friends, family and co-workers and we hope to see you on a cleanup during Earth Month!
The Kensington Dog Run, a place for dogs to play and socialize, will get a spring cleaning on Sunday, April 14th, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Dog run users and everyone else are welcome to help clean up.
Located on Coney Island Avenue in the Parade Ground near Prospect Park, the Kensington Dog Run opened in July 2020 after years of advocacy by neighborhood dog owners.
The Kensington Dog Run Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
The next meeting between the 72nd Precinct Community Council, the public, and officers of the 72nd Precinct will be held on Tuesday, April 9th, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Talk with Captain John Dasaro (the precinct's Acting Commanding Officer, who is filling in for Detective Inspector Krystin Suarez during her leave of absence), its Community Affairs Officers, and the Neighborhood Coordination Officers (NCOs) for each of the precinct's sectors.
Everyone who lives or works in Windsor Terrace, Greenwood Heights, South Slope, and Sunset Park is invited to the meeting to discuss past crimes and learn what the precinct is doing to prevent future crimes.
Find out about the types of crime that have been taking place, their frequency, any enabling factors, and how to prevent them.
Members of the public are invited to voice their concerns about criminal activity, including armed robberies, rape and other forms of sexual assaults, home break-ins, burglaries in local stores, bank robberies, speeding drivers, stolen bicycles, package theft, and other crimes.
You can receive e-mail announcements about future meetings by contacting Council President Tina Ponce at tinaponce76@gmail.com or (570) 540-5016.
Prospect Farm's annual Earth Day celebration will be held on Saturday, April 20th, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (not 3:00 p.m.)
See what your neighbors are growing, and join in these activities:
The band Protectors of the Wood will provide live music.
This is a free event, although donations to support Prospect Farm are always happily accepted. Prospect Farm is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization; contributions are tax-deductible.
Who: Teens ages 13-17
What: FREE Wednesday afternoons
When: Wednesdays 3:30-5:30PM: April 17, May 1, May 8, May 15, May 22, May 29, June 5, June 12 (it’s rain or shine – unless there is a thunderstorm or other severe weather warnings. )
Where: The KoKo Lot (440 19th St.(between 8th avenue and PPW, Brooklyn, NY 11215)
From mid-April through mid-June, we invite teens to come to our 15,000 square foot outdoor space for a program specially designed to be an afternoon meeting spot, as well as a learning opportunity!
KoKo staff and special guests engage teens in conversations about environmental challenges and support them in developing creative solutions to fight global warming in the urban setting. The curriculum for the program has been co-created with a teen intern from City As School.
Every Wednesday will start with a clothing swap, which will serve as an icebreaker and transition us into our work at the Lot, where teens will be able to tinker and build with found and recycled materials. Teens will also be able to use battery-operated drills and hand saws with guidance from KoKo staff.
During the 8 weeks, we will work on projects such as: inoculating mushroom spawn, creating rainwater collection and irrigation systems, gardening and much more! Teens will have freedom to socialize and come up with ideas within our proposed curriculum.
Just FYI – All teens will need to fill out a waiver. The program is free.
Koko NYC is the arts education program of Open Source Gallery, a non-profit arts organization based in Brooklyn inspired by the open source movement.
Activities include
You have the option to attend one, two, or all three of the meetings.
This community project is for a Girl Scout Bronze Award.
Location
The East Fourth Street Community Garden will be open for the spring and summer from April 3rd through October 30th. It will be open to the public on Wednesdays from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and on Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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NO FOOD SCRAP DROP-OFF
Due to budget cuts, Big Reuse is no longer collecting food scrap drop-off. This means the garden will NOT be collecting food scraps from the public this season. We encourage you to participate in DSNY’s curbside composting program. Watch this video to learn more.
You can attend the board meeting either in person, on Zoom, or by phone.
To join the meeting on Zoom, click the following link: us06web.zoom.us/j/86040079931.
To join by phone, call (646) 558-8656 and then enter Webinar ID 860 4007 9931.
The March meeting of the 66th Precinct Community Council has been canceled. Its next meeting is scheduled for April 18th.
A Community Council serves as the liaison between the public and the precinct. The 66th Precinct covers Kensington, Borough Park, and part of Midwood.
