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w Facebook.com/ Twitter.com Volume 59, No. 107 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 BrooklynEagle.com BrooklynEagle @BklynEagle 50¢ BROOKLYN SUNY Campuses TODAY Primary EPT Receive Grades S . 11 State University of New Good morning. Today is York (SUNY) Chancellor the 254th day of the year. It Nancy L. Zimpher on Tues- Votes is the anniversary of the day commended 36 SUNY Sept. 11, 2001, “Attack on campuses on being recog- America,” when terrorist nized as “military friendly” members of Al Qaeda hi- by a top-rated national mil- Cast jacked four jet planes. They itary publication, G.I. Jobs PROBLEMS Magazine, and more than crashed two of the planes with the city’s into the World Trade Cen- 20 campuses were ranked ter and one into the Penta- among the nation’s top col- old-style lever gon (the fourth plane leges and universities by voting machines crashed in Pennsylvania U.S. News & World Report. that were after passengers attempted “SUNY is a leader in as- brought out to overcome the hijackers), sisting military personnel again for this killing more than 2,900 in the transition to civilian life after their service to our year’s primary people. Several Brooklyn were seen across firehouses, most notably country, and we take great the Middagh Street fire- pride in providing New the borough on house in Brooklyn Heights, York’s returning service Tuesday. This the Red Hook firehouse and men and women with high- photo was taken Squad One in Park Slope, er education,” said Zim- in Crown were devastated after many pher. -
Wanderings Newsletter of the OUTDOORS CLUB INC
Wanderings newsletter of the OUTDOORS CLUB INC. www.OutdoorsClubNY.org ISSUE NUMBER 125 PUBLISHED TRI-ANNUALLY Mar-Jun 2020 The Outdoors Club is a non-profit 501(c) (3) volunteer-run organization open to all pleasant adults 18 and over that engages in hiking, biking, wilderness trekking, canoeing, mountaineering, snowshoeing and skiing, nature and educational city walking tours of varying difficulty. Individual participants are expected to engage in activities suitable to their ability, experience and physical condition. Leaders may refuse to take anyone who lacks ability or is not properly dressed or equipped. These precautions are for your safety and the well-being of the group. Your participation is voluntary and at your own risk. Remember to bring lunch and water on all full-day activities. Telephone the leader or Lenny if unsure what to wear or bring with you on an activity. Nonmembers pay one-day membership dues of $3. We will miss Bob Ward who left NYC for sunny California. He has been such an important part of the Outdoors Club especially for his knowledge and help in running the Club, and for all the outings he has led for us. He knew the history, places to visit, and little known facts about the area. He started off as a Club Delegate for the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, served on committees, was Chair of the New York Metro Trails Committee, and currently was Chair of the Queens Parks Trails Council which he founded about six years ago. Bob, thank you and have a wonderful life in your new home. -
1 City of New York 2012-2013 Districting Commission To
CITY OF NEW YORK 2012-2013 DISTRICTING COMMISSION TO: NYC Districting Commission Members FROM: Carl Hum, Executive Director RE: February Revised District Plan DATE: February 4, 2013 ______________________________________________________________________________ This document provides staff comments related to the New York City Districting Commission’s revised district plan, which has not yet been adopted by the Commission. The revised plan will be discussed at the Commission’s February 6, 2012 public meeting. This document is not intended to provide a comprehensive discussion of all of the factors considered by the Commission. CRITERIA USED IN REDISTRICTING In New York City, three fundamental sources of law govern redistricting: the U.S. Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment, the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the New York City Charter (hereinafter referred to as the “Charter”). As explained below, the Districting Commission carefully and faithfully adhered to the criteria set forth in each of these sources of law throughout the districting process. A. U.S. Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment The Fourteenth Amendment’s “Equal Protection” clause guarantees that the law is to be applied in an equal fashion to all persons within a jurisdiction. It established the “one person, one vote” standard, which requires that districts be of generally equal population. See Gray v. Sanders, 372 U.S. 368, 381 (1963). In comparison to congressional redistricting, the Constitution allows a greater deviation in state and local redistricting. “[A]s a general matter, . an apportionment plan with a maximum population deviation under 10% falls within [a] category of minor deviations” insufficient to “make out a prima facie case of invidious discrimination under the Fourteenth Amendment.” Brown v. -
Flatbush Rezoning Flatbush Rezoning - Approved! Overview
Projects & Proposals > Brooklyn > Flatbush Rezoning Flatbush Rezoning - Approved! Overview Update July 29, 2009: On July 29, 2009, the City Council adopted the Flatbush Rezoning. The zoning map and text changes are now in effect. The New York City Department of City Planning (DCP), at the request of Community Board 14, elected officials and civic groups, proposes zoning map changes and zoning text amendments for one hundred and eighty blocks located in the Flatbush neighborhood of Community District 14, Brooklyn. The project area, which includes the rezoning area and the area of a proposed zoning text amendment, is bounded by; Caton Avenue, Parkside Avenue and Clarkson Avenue on the north, Bedford Avenue and the Community District 14 boundary to the east, Campus Road and the Long Island Railroad’s Bay Ridge freight line on the south, and Coney Island Avenue on the west. The proposed zoning would primarily match new zoning to the existing built character which includes areas of detached homes, row houses and apartment buildings. Currently, existing zoning does not reflect the built character of lower-density detached and apartment building areas. Under the current R6 zoning, development of tall apartment buildings without height limitation is permitted and has resulted in demolition of existing detached, one- and two-family homes.The new zoning also provides incentives for affordable housing development in the area in addition to strengthening commercial corridors. Map of the Rezoning Area in the Larger Study Area Brooklyn Context View a larger image View a larger image Projects & Proposals > Brooklyn > Flatbush Rezoning Flatbush Rezoning - Approved! Existing Context and Zoning Neighborhood Character The neighborhoods of Flatbush are generally located directly south of Prospect Park, between the major thoroughfares of Coney Island Avenue and Flatbush Avenue, north of Farragut Road, and between Coney Island Avenue and Nostrand Avenue to the south of Farragut Road. -
Downtown Brooklyn's Residential Growth
1 A Five-Year DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN’S Review RESIDENTIAL GROWTH 2014–2018 Cover photos: TerraCRG Over the past two decades, Downtown Brooklyn has seen In this report, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP) provides transformative residential development as new projects give a data-driven snapshot of the Downtown Brooklyn housing rise to a changing Brooklyn skyline and a growing community market. DBP staff conducted interviews with citywide housing of residents. experts and more than a dozen developers and leasing professionals representing more than two-thirds of all newly- In the years following the 2004 adoption of the Downtown delivered rental units. Brooklyn Development Plan and an area-wide rezoning of the Special Downtown Brooklyn District more than 14,000 new Using data from city agencies, leading brokerage firms, housing units were delivered in Downtown Brooklyn, nearly developers, and property owners, this report: two-thirds of which were delivered during the past five years. • Illustrates the supply and makeup of Downtown The district’s growth has accompanied a boom in Brooklyn and Brooklyn’s housing stock in the last five years NYC’s economy, with record employment and population in the • Depicts occupancy and absorption trends from 2014 to borough and city. present • Provides an outlook on the development pipeline KEY FINDINGS Unprecedented growth of a residential neighborhood with mostly rental housing stock: Since the rezoning, more than 70 developments with over 14,000 housing units have been delivered in Downtown Brooklyn. The majority of new housing supply to date (82% of all units, or 11,800+ units) is rental housing. Significant rental and affordable housing growth in the past five years: Nearly two-thirds (64%) of Downtown Brooklyn’s housing supply (9,100+ units) was delivered between 2014 and 2018, including more than 8,500 rental units. -
Draft EIS ECF 80 Flatbush Avenue Part 4
WILLOUGHBY STFLEET PL 2/5/2018 FLEET ST Fort Greene University Park Place FLATBUSH AVE EXTENSION DE KALB AVE HUDSON AVE Albee Square SOUTH PORTLAND AVE ASHLAND PL BOND ST SOUTH ELLIOTT PL HANOVER PL GROVE PL 230 Ashland Place POPS FULTON ST LIVINGSTON ST ST FELIX ST ROCKWELL PL Theatre for a New Audience Fowler Square VE TTE A FAYE Rockwell Place Bears LA SCHERMERHORN ST Community Garden Seating Sixteen Sycamores Area 2 Playground 300 Ashland Place Plaza FT GREENE PL STATE ST NEVINS ST FLATBUSH AVE HANSON PL North Pacific Plgd ATLANTIC AVE 3 AVE Atlantic PACIFIC ST Terminal Mall Plaza Barclay's Center DEAN ST Plaza 4 AVE E V A 5 BERGEN ST WYCKOFF ST Greenstreet Wykoff ST MARK'S PL Gardens Open Space Project Site 0 400 FEET Traffic Analysis Location Traffic Analysis Locations ECF 80 FLATBUSH AVENUE Figure 11-4 Chapter 11: Transportation Table 11-8 Traffic Level 2 Screening Analysis Results—Analysis Locations Incremental Vehicle Trips (Weekday) Intersection AM Midday PM Analysis Locations Fulton Street and DeKalb Avenue 0 0 0 Livingston Street and Bond Street 4 1 4 Schermerhorn Street and Bond Street 35 9 23 Flatbush Avenue and DeKalb Avenue 57 14 57 ✓ Flatbush Avenue and Fulton Street 72 19 92 ✓ Flatbush Avenue and Nevins Street 37 9 52 Livingston Street and Nevins Street 30 6 32 Schermerhorn Street and Nevins Street 61 13 51 ✓ State Street and Nevins Street 51 8 49 ✓ Atlantic Avenue and Nevins Street 32 7 36 Pacific Street and Nevins Street 10 0 7 DeKalb Avenue and Hudson Avenue 6 0 1 Hudson Avenue and Fulton Street 35 13 58 Flatbush -
RATNER PAYOFF Developer Suggests He’D Give Victims of Eminent Domain New Homes Near Arena
SATURDAY • April 24, 2004 Including Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Paper, Downtown News, DUMBO Paper and Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Paper Published every Saturday by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 55 Washington Street, Suite 624, Brooklyn NY 11201. Phone 718-834-9350 • www.BrooklynPapers.com • © 2004 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 20 pages including GO BROOKLYN • Vol. 27, No. 16 BWN • Saturday, April 24, 2004 • FREE RATNER PAYOFF Developer suggests he’d give victims of eminent domain new homes near arena By Deborah Kolben The Brooklyn Papers NOT JUST NETS • THE NEW BROOKLYN • NOT JUST NETS If you can’t beat ’em, build ’em a new building. being considered for its construc- ner would build a 20,000-seat bas- who would be evicted or otherwise owns a condominium at 24 Sixth Plowing ahead with plans to tion. ketball arena for his recently pur- impacted by construction of his At- Ave., the A.G. Spalding Building, construct a $2.5 billion arena, of- “It’s among the various options chased New Jersey Nets, flanked lantic Yards project. And fewof which would face the wrecking fice and housing complex in Pros- we’re considering at this point,” by four sweeping office towers and them interviewed this week were ball under Ratner’s plans. pect Heights, developer Bruce Rat- Deplasco said. buildings containing 4,500 residen- thrilled with the idea of moving At the same time, Ratner is, ac- ner is now looking to construct a Gehry, in fact, told Newsweek tial units. into one of his buildings.Others de- cording to sources, floating a new new building to house some of the online this week, “Bruce is asking The plan is dependent upon the clined to talk about their discus- plan that would require less use of residents his plan would displace. -
2011 Fall Bulletin
B R O O K L Y N R E G I O N F A L L 2 0 1 1 BROOKLYN REGION President's Message EXECUTIVE BOARD Gail Hammerman President Gail Hammerman Operations VP Janet Young Dear Friends, Treasurer Barbara Katz In April we moved our office to the East Midwood Jewish Recording Secretary Diane Hunt Center at 1625 Ocean Avenue. I would like to thank Presidents Corresponding Secretary Larry Isaacson and Michael Sucher, Executive Director Edith Brenda Rosenbaum Maiman and the staff for making it a smooth and welcoming Education VP Marcia Weller transition in our new location. I attended the Hadassah National Programming VP Board and Business meetings held in Las Vegas on July 13-15, Marlene Lempert along with National Board members Judi Silversmith, Claire Fundraising VP Shapiro and Roni Schwartz, from the Brooklyn Region. We had Alma Krull Membership VP the honor along with over 400 National Board members, delegates and associates to Caryn Tanditash witness and celebrate the installation of Marcie Natan as the new National President Honorary VPs of Hadassah. Natan gave a very inspirational speech which was upbeat and energizing. Roni Schwartz We also installed our other National Officers including our own Roni Schwartz as a Claire Shapiro Judi Silversmith National Vice President. We all wish Marcie Natan, our new President and the Shirley Ugelow Executive Board a successful tenure in office. There are many challenges facing us Area VPs ahead. We voted on many business items including adopting fundraising goals, Evelyn Gollomp membership goals and a new budget. Our mission and support for our projects in Harriet Sayer Israel is just as strong as ever. -
Queens Today
Vol. 66, No. 228 MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2021 50¢ QUEENS All four Queens congresswomen call on Gov. Cuomo to resign By David Brand TODAY Queens Daily Eagle Queens’ four female congressmembers FebruaryAUGUSTMARCH 15, 10,6, 20212020 2020 called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign Fri- day in a series of statements released in co- ordination with other members of New York LITTLE NECK RESTAURANT IL BAC- City’s House delegation. co has dropped their lawsuit against the city after U.S. Reps. Grace Meng, Carolyn Malo- Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced indoor dining ney, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nydia would be expanded to 50 percent this week. The Velazquez each issued statements urging Cuo- restaurant filed the suit in August, claiming that mo to step down amid numerous accusations the limitations impacted business as diners ate of sexual misconduct and harassment. Cuomo inside in nearby Nassau County. is also facing intense scrutiny for concealing nursing home death totals. THE MAYOR’S OFFICE OF MEDIA “The mounting sexual harassment allega- and Entertainment and NYC Department of tions against Governor Cuomo are alarming,” Meng said. “The challenges facing our state and Education put out a call for DOE student film- QUEENS New Yorkers are unprecedented, and I believe makers interested in conducting interviews as he is unable to govern effectively. The Gover- part of the 3rd Annual New York City Public nor should resign for the good of our state.” School Film Festival, scheduled for May 6. U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gil- Students in middle and high school can submit librand, New York City representatives Jerrold their short films to the festival until March 16. -
Bridge Street
388 BRIDGE STREET Between Fulton & Willoughby Streets DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN 388 BRIDGE STREET ADDRESS ven 388 Bridge Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 u e Ex Between Fulton & Willoughby Streets Columbus MetroTech t M en on Park Center tag R.V. Ingersoll Houses ue S Polytechnic FDNY/EMS sion tr University eet (B NYS Supreme & Family Courts r ooklyn Brid SIZE MetroTech R.V. Ingersoll Houses Commons Empire Blue Cross BlueShield Ground Floor: Approx. 192 SF N New York R Supreme Myrtle Avenue Fleet Pl Brooklyn Court g Second e Bouleva R District em New York Marriott FRONTAGE Heights sen MetroTech Str 2 at the Brooklyn Bridge eet Keyspan JP Morgan St. Francis Chase Gold Approx. 10' on Bridge Street r Center College 3 d) A Brooklyn Kingsview Jora Friends C S S Homes le t t mo School JP Morgan n St. Borough Civic Chase Hall F POSSESSION Center University Towers Verizon 2 3 Immediate Packer 4 Fort Fort Collegiate 5 N R Willoughby Street Institute Greene Greene Law Brid D Park u f field Willoughby r Brooklyn g ence COMMENTS ASHLAND PLACE Municipal Brooklyn e Square Sidney Place Building Law School S t NYC S Park Albee t BOE S • At the base of a 378-unit luxury residential building Clinton Street t Albee Square Redevelopment S • Within walking distance of 13 subway trains q ua Brooklyn r Long Island University Court Street F ult e Brooklyn Center Hospital on M W Center all e s t NEIGHBORS C t HOUSE H&M, Banana Republic, Manhattan Athletic Club, T-Mobile, Nordstrom Rack, Old Navy Cobble OF HOOPS Smith S 2 tin Pl New York City 3 Hill Transit Authority alla ce -
Dems Unite After Thompson Withdraws SEPT
w Facebook.com/ Twitter.com Volume 59, No. 110 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 BrooklynEagle.com BrooklynEagle @BklynEagle 50¢ BROOKLYN TODAY Dems Unite After Thompson Withdraws SEPT. 17 By Jennifer Peltz Associated Press Good morning. Today After mayoral candidate is the 260th day of the year. and lifelong Brooklyn resident Police brutality is far from a Bill Thompson conceded the new issue: The Brooklyn Democratic primary race to Daily Eagle of Sept. 17, front-runner Bill de Blasio on 1878, reported on charges Monday, Democrats said they against Police Officer would focus on defeating Joe Murtha (no first name Lhota at the polls in November. given) of “using his [night] Thompson endorsed de Bla- stick too freely.” Apparently, sio at City Hall, saying he was a drunken boy was wander- proud to support him as the party’s nominee. ing around when Officer “Bill de Blasio and I want to Murtha decided to take him move the city forward,” into custody. At that mo- Thompson said. “This is bigger ment, the boy’s sister ar- than any one of us.” rived and offered to take the The potential runoff had boy home. Officer Murtha’s loomed as another act in the De- response was to give both of mocratic drama over choosing a them “a violent blow with successor to three-term Mayor his club.” Michael Bloomberg — a fight Well-known people who that would keep Democrats tilt- were born today include for- ing at each other while Republi- mer basketball coach Phil cans and independents looked Jackson, comedienne Rita ahead to the general election. -
Brownfield Cleanup Program Citizen Participation Plan 388 Bridge Street
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Brownfield Cleanup Program Citizen Participation Plan for 388 Bridge Street 388 Bridge Street Brooklyn, New York BCP# C224134 August 2010 1 Contents Section Page Number 1. What is New York’s Brownfield Cleanup Program? .....................................................3 2. Citizen Participation Plan Overview................................................................................3 3. Site Information.................................................................................................................5 4. Remedial Process ...............................................................................................................9 5. Citizen Participation Activities.......................................................................................12 6. Major Issues of Public Concern......................................................................................12 Appendix A – Site Location Map ...............................................................................................13 Appendix B – Project Contacts and Document Repositories...................................................15 Appendix C – Brownfield Site Contact List ..............................................................................16 Appendix D – Identification of Citizen Participation Activities..............................................21 Appendix E – Brownfield Cleanup Program Process ..............................................................22 * * * * *