The board members voted unanimously to rename several neighborhood streets in memory of several outstanding late residents:
The corner of East 21st Street and Emmons Avenue will honor Sheila Nelson, a community activist and previous teacher of “high risk” students. She was the wife of City Councilman Michael Nelson. The corner of West 5th Street and Wolf Place will be titled after Ken Siegelman, a writer, poet, and a veteran teacher. The corner of West End Avenue and Cass Place will honor Rabbi Joseph I. Singer, a spiritual leader in the community. The corner of East 4th Street and Avenue W will be renamed after Sister Jane Talbot, a pastoral minister. And, the corner of Whitney and Gerritsen Avenue will serve as a memorial and a tribute to all veterans, to be called “Veteran’s Memorial Way.”
Community Board 15 meets every last Tuesday of the month at Kingsborough Community College at 2001 Oriental Boulevard, in the faculty dinning room. For more information, call 718-332-3008 or visit www.nyc.gov/brooklyncb15
CB 18
By CHRISTINA PISANO
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Members of Community Board 18 hope their efforts do go down the drain.
The board has been lobbying for the reconstruction of sewer drains – officially called catch basins -- throughout the neighborhood. At its monthly meeting on Oct. 21, the board members said the work is scheduled to begin next summer.
In further improvements, the Board has set among its priorities in the fiscal year 2010 capital budget the reconstruction of severely potholed streets across the neighborhood, and the construction of pedestrian safety fences, traffic islands, and street lights at various points. Also in the budget are plans to reconstruct Marine Park’s bike lanes, make other improvements to Marine Park as well as in Canarsie Park, and upgrade the Breukelen and Glenwood Houses.
The CB 18 members also discussed the complaints from many residents of dangerous ice patches on residential roads during the winter, particularly in Mill Basin. The board has been asking the Department of Sanitation to add more than the designated seven sections of salt spreaders.
Switching to thoughts of warmer weather, the board announced that its efforts to get the city to accept applications for block-party permits online had paid off – the board was informed that applicants may now file via cyberspace.
The voting on alcoholic-beverage license renewals for various establishments throughout the neighborhood continued with Sbarro at 5288 Kings Plaza, leaving Strike 10 at 6161 Strickland Ave. the only site to date to be denied a renewal. The 63rd Police Precinct had reported several incidents of disorderly behavior there, resulting in robberies, shootings, and arrests.
Community Board 18 meets the third Wednesday of each month, most often at the Kings Plaza Community Room at Flatbush Avenue and Avenue V. CB18 can be reached at 718-241-0422 for questions or concerns, including information on upcoming board meetings.
Editor’s Note: Community Board 13 met Wednesday evening, Oct. 29, past Bay Currents’ deadline. We will have a report on the meeting in the next issue and on our website, www.baycurrents.net.
