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| NEIGHBORHOOD
& BLOCK ASSOCIATIONS |
The Federation of Brooklyn Block Associations
Register your block association with the Brooklyn Borough
President's office
(718) 802-4047
Boerum
Hill
Boerum
Hill Association
Month Exec Board Meeting
Heads of Blocks welcome
PO Box 020583, Brooklyn, NY 11201
President: Sue Wolfe
(718) 858-3822, Ext.100
www.boerumhillbrooklyn.org
We
concentrate on projects which define the future uses of the
open spaces within our current boundaries. Projects include
traffic, quality of life, landmarks, an art center, as well
as supporting the improvement of our commercial strips of Atlantic
Avenue and Smith Street. We are most proud of the Tutoring /
Mentoring Program in which residents of our area help students
from Gowanus Houses with their school work and much more. We
put out a quarterly newsletter as well.
Hoyt Street Association
124
Hoyt Street (in
Boerum Hill)
Brooklyn, NY 11217-2215
Phone: (718) 237-0145
Fax: (718) 237-2430
Margaret Cusack
e-mail: cusackart@aol.com
The
Hoyt Street Association is a block association that is a 501(c)
(3) corporation. The Hoyt Street Association was founded in
1970. Our neighborhood meetings are open to the entire neighborhood
and we do not charge dues. Previous meetings have been street
safety classes, cooking lessons, school forums, dance classes,
and presentations by local artists and businesses.
Atlantic
Avenue Betterment Association
www.atlanticavenuebkny.com
Brooklyn
Heights
Brooklyn
Heights Association
55 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718 858 9193
exec.office@brooklynheightsassociation.org
www.brooklynheightsassociation.org/
Serving one of the first Landmark Districts in the United States.
Carroll
Gardens
Carroll
Gardens Association
201 Columbia St (btw sackett & Degraw Sts)
Phone: 718 243 9301
1st
Place Tri-Block & Summitt Block Assoc
Meetings 1st of month
106 1st Place
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217
718 855 5561
Cobble
Hill
Cobble
Hill Association
250 Baltic Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Fort Greene Association
Devoted
to historic preservation, neighborhood and park enhancement,
as well as cultural, economic and housing advancement. All members
of the community may join the association whether or not they
live in Historic Districts. The association works in liaison
with civic officials, Community Board 2 and other institutions
to give voice to the area’s residents.
www.HistoricFortGreene.org
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| NEIGHBORHOOD
CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS |
General
The
Junior League of Brooklyn
An inclusive, non-profit women's organization that identifies
opportunities for community improvement, collaborates with other
groups, develops the potential of women, and works to enrich
Brooklyn through the effective action and leadership of trained
volunteers.
Phone:
(718) 624-3288
e-mail: Junior_League@Bigfoot.com
http://brooklynjuniorleague.org
Brooklyn
Chamber of Commerce
A private, non-profit business assistance and economic
development organization dedicated to helping Brooklyn businesses
grow and to promoting economic development of the borough. With
over 1,200 Members from across the borough, the Brooklyn Chamber
is the largest chamber of commerce in New York City. Most
of our Members are small businesses, however, we also represent
large manufacturers, wholesale distribution companies, banks
and utilities.
www.ibrooklyn.com
NYC
Business Solutions
An initiative of New York City 's Department of Small Business
Services.
We'll work with you if you have a new business or if you have
been in business for years. We'll answer your questions, help
you develop a business plan, secure financing and access city
benefits. We'll support your expansion by working with you to
locate available space, identify money-saving incentive programs,
access procurement opportunities and recruit qualified employees.
We'll cut the red tape for you by being your liaison when you
need to resolve issues with other City agencies.
www.nyc.gov/smallbiz
Boerum
Hill Atlantic
Avenue Betterment Association
321 Atlantic Ave
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217
Frank Colennese: 718 522 6120
Sandy Balboza: 718 852 7418
Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation
494 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11217
718 875-8993
fax: 718 935-0832
e-mail: atlantic494ldc@aol.com
www.atlanticave.org/
Atlantic Avenue LDC promotes the economic development on Atlantic
Avenue, in Brooklyn, New York, between Fourth Avenue and the East
River. We are also the event organizer of the Atlantic Antic street
Fair.
Carroll
Gardens
Gowanus
Canal Community Development Corporation
515 Court Street
(Between Huntington & W.9th Street)
Brooklyn, NY 11231
718 858 0557
e-mail: gccdc@treebranch.com
www.gowanus.org
Visit GCCDC
Enhancing
the Quality of Life on Our Community
Neighborhood Preservation Coalition of NY State
507 Court (btw Huntington & W.9th)
Brooklyn, NY 11231
718 852 6952
http://www.npcnys.org/
Carroll Gardens Association (non-profit)
Develop & manage low income housing
201 Columbia Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
718 243 9301
www.carrollgardens.org
Fort
Greene/ Clinton Hill
Myrtle
Avenue Revililzation Project (MARP)
A
non-profit local development corporation (LDC) that serves the
Fort Greene/Clinton Hill community. The mission of the Myrtle
Avenue Commercial Revitalization and Development Project Local
Development Corporation is to restore the "Main Street"
of the Fort Greene/ Clinton Hill community to a bustling, economically
vital neighborhood commercial corridor that provides entrepreneurial,
cultural, recreational, and employment opportunities for all
those who live, work, study or have an interest in the area.
www.MyrtleAvenue.org/
Fort
Greene Association
Devoted to historic preservation, neighborhood and
park enhancement, as well as cultural, economic and housing
advancement. All members of the community may join the association
whether or not they live in Historic Districts. The association
works in liaison with civic officials, Community Board 2 and
other institutions to give voice to the area’s residents.
www.HistoricFortGreene.org
Myrtle Ave Merchants Association (MAMA)
383 Myrtle Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11205
Park
Slope
SouthSouth
Slope Community Organization
A citizen's group advocating for rezoning changes within Community
Board 7 ( South Slope South of 15th Street, Greenwood Heights
and portions of Sunset Park), changes which would ban apartment
construction of significant height and bulk without relationship
to the surrounding communities. These zoning changes have the
support of Assembly person James Brennan for one.
Check their
website for upcoming community meetings.
Contact
Travis Ruse at: travisruse@hotmail.com
www.southsouthslope.com
Care
About the Slope (CATS)
Residential & Commercial quality of life advocates
488 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Director
Ashley Thomas
Phone: 718 965-0567
Ashley Thomas: 212 439 8114
CATS
represents the interests of the residents and retail merchants
of our community. These interests include, but are not limited
to, quality of life issues, public safety, crime, the environment,
sanitation, traffic, housing, economic development and recreation.
As a part of both the larger Park Slope community and the Gowanus
Canal area, CATS maintains an active interest and involvement
in issues and concerns in these areas in general, and in the
areas on our borders in particular, especially in regard to
conditions and developments on 5th Avenue, which is the main
shopping area for our community. CATS also recognizes that many
of our concerns are regional in nature, and looks to work with
other organizations in other communities to help address these
issues. CATS does not endorse candidates for political office.
Fifth Avenue Committee
621 DeGraw Street
Brooklyn NY 11217
Tel: 718-237-2017
Fax: 718-237-5366
e-mail: fac@fithavenue.org
The
Fifth Avenue Committee, Inc. (FAC) is a not-for-profit, community-based
organization. Since 1977, we have been promoting social and
economic justice in South Brooklyn, principally by developing
and managing affordable housing, creating employment opportunities,
organizing residents and workers, and combating displacement
caused by gentrification.
Historic
District Expansion Committee
Info: Terri Ash
718 832 8227
Check the status of your street. Support and participants needed!
Park
Slope Civic Council
Trustee meetings 1st thurs of month
Thomas Miskel, President
Open to public
Phone: 718 832 8227
www.parkslopeciviccouncil.org/
The
Park Slope Fifth Ave. Merchant's Association
Judi Pheiffer at 718-638-5770Great
people, great neighborhood. Get involved with your 5th avenue
Merchant's Association. Call for our Meetings Schedule.
Pratt
Area
Pratt Area Community Council
PACC embraces a vision in which people strive together to build
an equitable, diverse, engaged, and flourishing community in
Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Bedford Stuyvesant.
www.PrattArea.org
Prospect
Heights
Prospect
Heights Neighborhood Development Council
The Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council was formed
in the spring of 2004 by a group of neighborhood associations
concerned about the course of development in Prospect Heights,
and interested in working together to ensure that future development
in the area address the needs and reflect the values of the
citizens of Prospect Heights.
www.phndc.org
Red
Hook
Red
Hook Civic Association
John Mc Gettrick: 718 624 5987
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Boerum Hill/ Brooklyn Heights...
Brooklyn
Community Board #2
Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Clinton Hill, Downtown
Brooklyn, Farragut,Fort Greene, Fulton Ferry
350 Jay Street
Bklyn 11201
Phone: 718 596 5410
www.neighborhoodlink.com/brooklyn/cb2b
Cobble
Hill, Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Park slope...
Community Board #6
District Manager: Craig R. Hammerman
250 Baltic Street
Brooklyn , New York 11201
T: (718) 643-3027
F: (718) 624-8410
E: info@brooklyncb6.org
www.brooklyncb6.org/
CB6 represents the neighborhoods of Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill,
Columbia Street District, Gowanus, Park Slope and Red Hook. From
the Buttermilk Channel to Prospect Park, over 102,000 people (1990
Census figure) choose to call CB6 their home. CB6 also hosts some
of the most vibrant commercial shopping areas in Brooklyn including
Court and Smith Streets and 5th, 7th and Flatbush Avenues
Windsor
Terrace
Brooklyn
Community Board #7
Phone: 718 854 0003
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| NEIGHBORHOOD
LEGAL SERVICES |
South Brooklyn Legal Services
Mission: to seek equal justice for low-income people in Brooklyn
by providing a broad range of legal advocacy and information. In
pursuing this goal, we try to work respectfully with individual
clients and client groups to identify and address their legal needs,
to help empower poor people to identify and defeat the causes and
effects of poverty in their communities, to focus on matters that
will have the greatest impact for low-income people, and to work
cooperatively with the private bar and with other agencies and organizations
serving poor people.
www.SBLS.org
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OASISNYC...
The New York City Open Accessible Space Information System Cooperative
(OASIS). This website provides a one-stop, interactive mapping resource
to enhance the stewardship of open space for the benefit of all
New York City residents - a tremendous resouce.
www.oasisnyc.com
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| POLICE
COMMUNITY COUNCILS |
Brooklyn Heights 84th
Precinct Community Council
Phone: 718 875 6850
Carroll
Gardens/ Cobble Hill 76th
Precinct Community Council
Phone: 718 834 3207
Park Slope/
Boerum Hill
72nd
Precinct Community Council
Phone: 718 965 6326
78th
Precinct Community Council
Phone: 718 636 6427
Crime Complaints
Statistics (local)
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