Some Bay Ridge pedestrians (Image by Violette 79 via Flickr).
A car struck yet another person in Bay Ridge on April 1, this time near the intersection of Fourth Avenue and 86th Street – two thoroughfares that have recently proved treacherous for pedestrians – as elected officials and the general public debate over which measures will best mitigate danger and improve safety on our streets. Continue reading »
If proponents of a Verrazano bike-ped path have their way, the Five Boro Bike Tour and NYC Marathon will no longer be the only times people can safely cross the Narrows w/out the use of a motor vehicle (Image source: mlcastle via Flickr).
Six months after Transportation Alternatives proposed bike and pedestrian lanes on the Verrazano Bridge as part of their Harbor Ring project, supporters of the idea have begun a petition on website Change.org in order to help gain some much-needed traction, as well as the attention of Governor Andrew Cuomo.
While some officials have expressed doubt concerning the plan’s feasibility and cost, proponents note that the proposal is hardly a new one, and in fact goes all the way back to the bridge’s blueprint stage. Continue reading »
As you may or may not know, there is a ban on throwing out electronics with the regular trash that is being phased in by the New York State government. It is already illegal for businesses and organizations to do so, and the ban will go into effect for individual households in 2015.
But electronics recycling is always a good idea, so why not take advantage of the Electronic Recycling Drive – sponsored by Community Board 10, and being held on Saturday, April 6, from 10am until 4pm at Xaverian High School (7100 Shore Road).
The drive will accept pretty much all consumer electronics: computers, computer peripherals, fax machines, scanners, TVs, DVD players, VCRs, chargers, circuit boards, and more.
The drive is not accepting household appliances like refrigerators, microwaves, or air conditioners. Such items will be picked up by the Sanitation Department on regular trash pickup nights, though please bear in mind that appliances with coolants (like air conditioners) require special arrangements for CFC/Freon recovery be made in advance through 311.
The drive is accepting CD-ROM disks, but not floppy disks. Hey, those 5-1/4″ floppies are museum pieces anyway, and should be passed down to future generations as demonstrating how difficult we had it – our equivalent to having to walk to school in the snow uphill both ways.
The drive is accepting game consoles. However, anyone with a working Atari 2600 can feel free to submit the device directly to me.
An artist’s rendering of a typical Community Board meeting in New York City.
At 7:15pm tonight (March 18), Community Board 10 will hold their monthly general meeting at the Norwegian Christian Home at 1250 67th Street.
From the CB10 web site, the agenda for this evening is as follows:
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The chairperson of Bay Ridge’s Community Board 10 spoke out about the insidious practice of sex slavery at a recent meeting – and called on board members to report evidence of sex trafficking to police, notes Paula Katinas for Brooklyn Eagle.
“I suggest that it is time that we open our eyes and take action to protect powerless victims and bring its perpetrators to the justice they deserve,” CB 10 chair Joanne Seminara, who is also a lawyer, told those in attendance at the January 28, General Board Meeting. “Human trafficking is shamefully common… Many of whose victims are young teenagers desperate for our awareness and protection. The extraordinary courage of a few victims of this enslavement is making it possible to prosecute these crimes against humanity.” Continue reading »
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Beginning in February, the city is planning to do away with parking privileges that for decades have allowed the 59 chairpersons of its community boards to park for free on metered streets, writes Colin Mixson for Brooklyn Daily. Continue reading »
Community Board 10 will hold its monthly general meeting a week from next Monday, on January 28.
The meeting, which begins at 7:15 p.m. in the Shore Hill Community Room [9000 Shore Road], will include the following items on its agenda:
Photo: Brian Hedden/Bay Ridge Odyssey
In the latest chapter in the saga of controversial mighty morphin’ 4th Avenue nightclub Amnesia, it seems the nightspot’s owners have found yet another way to get around applying for a cabaret license.
Owner Frank Sofia, who recently rechristened the business “Club Cats” said that he is now “lending” the property to Sandy-displaced Sheepshead Bay restaurant New Cats Cafe. Sofia’s promising – among other things – a more subdued space, as well as employment for Hurricane Sandy victims, as reported by Will Bredderman for Brooklyn Paper. Continue reading »
Brooklyn Community Board 10, which serves Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, will hold a general meeting this coming Monday, December 17.
Monday’s meeting, which takes place at the Shore Hill Community Room [9000 Shore Road], will begin at 7:15 p.m.
CB 10′s agenda for the evening includes the following items:
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials are putting the kibosh on an ambitious plan to make the Verrazano Bridge more bike and pedestrian-friendly, as reported by Paula Katinas for the Brooklyn Eagle.
The idea for a bike-pedestrian path as an appendix to the construction of a new HOV lane was first introduced by members of Community Board 10 at a Traffic and Transportation Committee meeting.
Unfortunately for visionaries such as Environmental Committee chair Bob Hudock, and Transportation Committee chair Brian Kieren, the MTA, which operates the Verrazano, is refusing to consider the possibility. Continue reading »