CB 11 Meeting’s Are Better Than CB 10’s
Community Board 11 held a virtual meeting tonight on Zoom. This meeting did not discuss the 86th Street and 14th Avenue building – that meeting was supposed to be on May 4th, but they shared the information above that the application was withdrawn.
I thought CB 11’s meeting was going to be horrible because the Brooklyn Borough President’s staffer was there with his slide deck.
It’s no secret that lobbyists win with Antonio Reynoso, but it was actually informative. (See Brooklyn’s Plan here)
The meeting highlighted some problems that I never saw Community Board 10 talk about.
First up was the filthy air near Owl’s Head Wastewater Treatment Plant and Sunset Park.
Look at the map above – poor Sunset Park has a Particle Mass of 2.5, which means it is dangerous for people’s health!
Also Reynoso’s staffer said that they want to make parking for residents in Brooklyn. While Reynoso supports cyclists, he drives a car. (See here)
Reynoso’s staffer breezed by the waterfront issues. Pay attention here – there’s way too many people who are interested in Brooklyn’s waterfront AND Andrew Gounardes made a waterfront district for himself.
Finally, they discussed housing, but the 86th Street and 14th Avenue property was not spoken about. This might be why people think the housing fight is not over.
Marnee and Laurie know the problems of the community well – they both told Ethan from the Borough Presidents office that his presentation was not complete because it did not include the 800 to 1000 units coming to Cropsey Avenue (but none of them are affordable units). That has to be the development that Councilman Brannan was lobbied over. (See here)
Can you imagine that Justin Brannan did not include affordable units in the new buildings! All of those units and none of them have affordable apartments!
They discussed the sewer problems, as well as the overcrowded schools. Ethan didn’t say he was going to help or do anything after Marnee explained that the area smells like a treatment plant sometimes. Ross said that other communities need to have their fair share, as there are already existing problems in Community Board 11.
On May 18th, the Brooklyn Borough President is having a meeting about the plan for Brooklyn – information here.
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Hugs,
marlene
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