Celebrating Community
A young fellow named David Rosenberg started off the October CB6 Landmarks and Land Use meeting by professing to be a little nervous. He didn’t expect the full PS 15 auditorium. They came because of two controversial issues on the agenda. Rosenberg’s presentation involved a zoning change request for three lots surrounding the Chase bank on Hamilton Avenue. The petition […]
It is likely that Red Hook will be getting a car share option for the first time once we get to the end of the spring or beginning of the summer. According to Eric McClure, the co-chair of CB6’s Transportation Committee, the car share will take a total of 10 parking spaces in Red Hook and 90 total throughout Community […]
Community Board 6’s (CB6) Permits & Licenses committee meeting on June 26 voted four yeas and one nay to the approval of an on-premise liquor license for Narrow Water Brewing at 158 Beard St., contingent upon a stipulation that addresses some community concerns. The bar agreed to only stay open until 11 p.m. from Sunday through Wednesday and 1 a.m. […]
A week has gone by and I still can’t figure out what happened at the December General Board meeting of Community Board 6. The week prior, the board’s Land Use committee met at PS 27, in Red Hook, in close proximity to the Red Hook East Houses, to discuss the possibility of approving an 8 story nursing home by Conover Street […]