Brooklyn Community Board 5
East New York, Cypress Hills, Highland Park, New Lots, City Line, Starrett City, and Ridgewood
Address:
Brooklyn Community Board 5
127 Pennsylvania Avenue, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, New York 11207
Phone: 929-221-8261
Fax: 718-819-5487
Email: [email protected]
Visit the Brooklyn CB 5 website
Chair: AT Mitchell
District Manager: Melinda Perkins
Board Meeting: Fourth Wednesday, 6:30pm
Cabinet Meeting: Third Wednesday, 10:00am
Latest Board 5 Updates
Ridgewood man sentenced 11 years for violently attacking and sexually abusing girlfriend
On Wednesday, Aug. 10, a Queens man was sentenced for abusing and violently attacking his girlfriend in their Prospect Lefferts Gardens apartment. Edgar Guayan was
Brooklyn industrial real estate market stays strong: 2nd quarter report
The city’s outer-borough industrial real estate market, including Brooklyn, continued to show healthy improvement during the second quarter of 2022, according to a new report
East New York families in limbo as developer plans high rise to replace crumbling housing complex
This article was originally published on Aug 1 7:02pm EDT by THE CITY The story was produced as a collaboration between THE CITY and City Limits. When
‘Taken too soon’: Remembering Highland Park shooting victims
Two of the victims of a July Fourth parade massacre in a Chicago suburb left behind a 2-year-old son. Another was staying with family in
Starrett City will stay under wing of Mitchell-Lama
New York State on Thursday announced an agreement with the owners of Starrett City, also known as Spring Creek Towers, to ensure that the 46-building, 5,881-apartment Mitchell-Lama
LIRR employees save passenger on tracks at East NY station
Five Long Island Rail Road employees who worked together to save the life of a passenger who had fallen onto the tracks at the railroad’s