CB 10 Meets Tonight At Shore Hill Community Room!

By on June 18, 2012  Events
Jun 182012
 

Tonight, Community Board 10 will hold its monthly General Board Meeting.

The event, which is open to the public, will take place at the Shore Hill Community Room [9000 Shore Road], beginning at 7:15 p.m. The agenda [via CB 10's website] will include:

  • Presentation – Update on Owls Head Pollution Plant by Assistant DEP Commissioner Vincent Sapienza.
  • Public Hearing – In the matter of an application made to NYC Board of Standards and Appeals for the property located at 701/745 64th Street which seeks to secure a special permit allowing a reduction of the required accessory parking spaces for the two buildings at the Premises under Section 36-21 ZR for uses in parking requirement category B1 in Use Group 6 and ambulatory diagnostic or treatment facilities in Use Group 4 at the Premises.
  • Police & Public Safety Committee: SLA On Premise Renewal Application for City 9316 Inc., d/b/a Fushimi, 9316 4th Avenue; SLA On Premise Renewal Application for No Quarter, 8015 5th Avenue; New SLA Application for Taro Restaurant Inc., 7109 13th Avenue.
  • Traffic & Transportation Committee: DOT 86th Street Reconfiguration Project; Update on refurbishing of the bridge over the Belt Parkway at 69th Street as presented to the Committee by DOT.
  • Ad Hoc Committee on Street Namings: Presentation of proposed changes to current CB 10 Street Naming Guidelines.
  • Zoning & Land Use Committee: Presentation of completed PFI (Parking Fairness Initiative) Document.
  • Environmental Committee: Spectra Pipeline and the possibility of radon in natural gas from Marcellus Shale entering the NYC water supply.
  • Parks Committee: Update on Eco Dock Plans for the 69th Street Pier as presented to the Committee by Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance; Update on final plan for local schools to help maintain local parks on an ongoing basis.

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Kayaking clubs, floating classrooms considered for the future Eco Dock

By on May 2, 2012  Parks
May 022012
 

Courtesy the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance

WARNING: maritime geekiness ahead. No clash of the bike-and-car cultures in this story, nor will this article chronicle the latest battle between halal food carts and their natural direct competitors, sports bars. This post is strictly about the nerdy fun that comes recreational waterfront access, and the coalition of politicians, city employees, and non-profit groups that want to make it happen here.

That’s right, folks, it’s time to talk about 69th Street Eco Dock, slated to be constructed early this fall.

Last Thursday, the Bay Ridge branch of the Brooklyn Public Library was the setting for a community meeting to introduce some details about the Eco Dock project to the pubic, as well as to crowd-source new ideas for future use. Keep reading, and tell us what you would like to see at the Eco Dock…

Thursday: 69th Street Eco Dock Meeting

By on April 24, 2012  Featured story, Parks
Apr 242012
 

This Thursday, at the Bay Ridge Library (7223 Ridge Boulevard), the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance will co-host a community meeting with Councilmember Vincent Gentile and Borough President Marty Markowitz to present and solicit ideas for the 69th Street Eco Dock.

The 69th Street Pier was selected as the location of the Eco Dock in 2009, with the help of $300,000 in funding from Gentile. The dock is expected to be constructed this summer by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance – a coalition of over 600 regional waterway-oriented organizations – is reaching out to the community to plan programs and operations at the new dock. The dock can support a wide variety of program opportunities including historic and educational vessel programming, kayaking, community events and environmental education projects. The purpose of Thursday’s meeting is to begin working on possible programs at the dock with the Bay Ridge community.

The design of the dock is the result of a two-year-long process which incorporated feedback from the hand-powered boating community and large vessel operators.

The meeting will run this Thursday, April 26, from 6pm to 8pm. Those interested in attending should contact Becky Schneider at bschneider@waterfrontalliance.org to RSVP.