Brooklyn Community Board 2
General Meeting
Open to the Public
Wednesday, February 10th at 6 PM
Location TBD
Brooklyn CB 2 Neighborhoods:
Brooklyn Heights, Fulton Ferry, DUMBO, Vinegar Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Brooklyn Navy Yard, and Clinton Hill
Community Board 2 Address:
350 Jay Street, 8th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: 718.596.5410
Fax: 718.852.1461
Email: cb2k@nyc.rr.com
http://www.nyc.gov/html/cau/html/cb/responsibility.shtml
What Is a Community Board & What Does It Do?
Community Boards, also referred to as Community Planning Boards, were created by the New York City Charter to give local citizens a voice in matters of significance to their neighborhoods.
You are undoubtedly familiar with the expression "all politics are local" and this certainly applies to community boards. Each Community Board conducts business through committees, which meet on a monthly schedule and are open to the public. City agencies like the Department of Parks, the Department of Transportation routinely send a representative to the committee meetings, and the committees offer a forum for residents to complain or make requests for services.
(Note: Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz recently called on all Brooklynites "interested in advocating for issues important to their communities—including land use, zoning, the City Budget, and municipal service delivery—to apply for representation on their local Community Board." The deadline to submit an application is Monday, February 22, 2010. See the BHB for more.)
Under the New York City Charter, all zoning changes, transfers of city-owned property into private hands, and numerous other actions trigger a mandatory review process known as ULURP (Uniform Land Use Review Process). ULURP requires that many new construction projects come before the local Community Board for review and vote, although their votes are merely advisory. The review process includes open, public meetings to assess the merits or issues related to the project from a community perspective.
Community Boards also vote on liquor licenses, sidewalk café permits, zoning variances before the Board of Standards and Appeals, street name changes, landmark commission permits, and capital projects, concessions and art exhibitions in city parks.
Brooklyn has 18 Community Boards. Each community board has 50 board members who are appointed by the Borough Presidents and City Council Members representing the neighborhoods within the Community Board's district.
Want to Know More? Ask the BHA
Several members of the BHA serve on committees of CB2. The BHA office will be happy to take questions regarding what goes on in CB2 committees, or you can call the Board's District Manager at 718-596-5410. We'll post some CB2 committee meetings on our monthly calendar. CB2 is in the process of creating a website.
CB2 Committee Meetings
The following is a list of CB2 Committees, where and when they meet (date and locations are sometimes subject to change, so check with CB2 to confirm before you go):
Monthly Board Meetings – 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6 PM , location varies around the district
Parks & Recreation – 3rd Monday, 6 PM at Brooklyn Hospital, Dining Rooms A & B, Dekalb Avenue at St. Felix Street
Transportation & Public Safety – 3rd Tuesday, 6 PM at St. Francis College, 1st Floor Board Room, 180 Remsen Street
Land Use & Landmarks – 3rd Wednesday, 6 PM at Polytechnic University, Dibner Library, 5 Metrotech Center (off the commons), 4th Floor, Room LC 400
Economic Development & Job Creation – 1st Tuesday, 6 PM at LIU, Jonas Board Room, Flatbush & Dekalb Avenues
Youth, Education & Cultural Affairs – 4th Wednesday, 6 PM at Long Island University, Jonas Board Room, Flatbush & Dekalb Avenues
Health, Environment & Social Services – 1st Wednesday, 6 PM, at Brooklyn Hospital, North Pavilion, Third Floor Conference Rooms 1A & 1B, Dekalb Avenue at St. Felix Street