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Public Hearing on Borough Based Jail System
Apr 11
Community Board 2 is holding a Public Hearing on the Borough Based Jail system ULURP application for a large new jail to replace the detention center at 275 Atlantic Avenue.
Thursday, April 11, 2019 5:00-9:00 pm
Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School Auditorium
357 Clermont Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
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BHA Begins Search for New Executive Director
The Brooklyn Heights Association announces, with much regret, that it has begun a search for a new Executive Director to replace Peter Bray, who will be leaving his post at the end of June to attend to a serious health issue within his family. Read More...
Standing Room Only at our Annual Meeting
Our community is active and engaged, if attendance at our Annual Meeting is any indication. Some late-comers were not allowed in, as the Founders Hall at St. Francis had reached its maximum capacity. For those who were not able to attend, we have compiled links to our hand-outs, the Treasurer’s Report, the President’s presentation and Read More...
BQE Update January 2019
Our community is united in its opposition to DOT’s plan for a 6-lane highway on the Promenade.While the 75 year old BQE triple cantilever must be rebuilt, we are advocating for better temporary solutions. The BHA is working with the community, planners, and engineers to develop a better solution and have presented it to DOT Read More...
Brooklyn Jail Plan
Community Says: “Halt the Planning for the New Brooklyn Jail” In January 2018, Mayor de Blasio announced a 10-year plan to close the Rikers Island Jail Complex and transfer its reduced jail population to new jails close to courthouses within the boroughs and nearer to the detainees’ families and attorneys. Read More...
Latest News
BHA statement on the BQE Reconstruction plan by DOT
Oct 2
BHA and Community Oppose “Innovative” Approach
The BHA was extremely heartened by the strong attendance at the Department of Transportation’s September 27 presentation of their proposed approaches to the necessary reconstruction of the BQE. Of the two options, first, a lane-by-lane reconstruction (“Traditional Approach”), and second, a temporary 6-lane highway on the Promenade to expedite reconstruction of the roadway below (“Innovative Approach”), DOT gave clear preference for the second, “Innovative,” option.Read More…
Book Collection
Jun 29
The BHA is collecting books to support the NYPD’s initiative to set up a children’s library in each precinct. To promote reading by children, the books will be provided to any child to read or keep.Read More…
Corner of Columbia Heights and Orange St Renamed Emily Warren Roebling Way
Jun 6
With the support of the BHA, the City Council approved renaming the corner of Columbia Heights and Orange Street for Emily Warren Roebling, who took over the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband was disabled by caisson disease in January 1879. This location is close to the home where she and Washington Roebling resided at 110 Columbia Heights, now no longer standing. Read More…
The BQE Reconstruction Project and Design-Build Authorization
Mar 12
BQE Triple Cantilever is deteriorating rapidly
The BQE triple cantilever is nearly a quarter century beyond its design life, and to make matters worse, the wear-and-tear from 150,000 vehicles daily, road salt, and water penetration are accelerating its deterioration. Since ongoing repairs are costly, but do not address the highway’s initial design deficiencies, only major reconstruction will extend its life 50-75 years. Its reconstruction will take more than five years to complete starting in the2020s at a cost of nearly $2 billion. NYCDOT has determined that by 2026 the segment from Atlantic Avenue to Sands Street, including the triple cantilever, will no longer support the weight of trucks. If the reconstruction is not completed by then, 16,000 trucks daily will have to be re-routed onto local streets. Their diversion will create massive traffic congestion and imperil the health and safety of residents throughout Brooklyn. An implementation approach, called Design-Build, which is in widespread use nationally, would allow the project to be completed before this diversion becomes necessary and at a significant cost savings. Its use must be authorized by the State legislature, which has not yet passed this measure.
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