Brooklyn Community Board 8
Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, and Weeksville
Address:
Brooklyn Community Board 8
1291 St. Marks Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Phone: 718-467-5574
Fax: 718-778-2979
Email: [email protected]
Visit the Brooklyn CB 8 website
Chair: Ms. Irsa Weatherspoon
District Manager: Michelle George
Board Meeting: Second Thursday, 7:00pm
Cabinet Meeting: Per Agenda

Latest Board 8 Updates

Crown Heights mourns community leader
MENACHEM (Mendy) Raitport, 57, a respected Crown Heights kosher butcher, died in a three-vehicle collision on I-95 in Georgia on April 22.

Suspected Brooklyn Heights serial groper arrested
Kalen Bell, 26, was arrested and charged at the 77th Precinct stationhouse in Crown Heights at 9:25 a.m. Tuesday.

Underhill Ave. Bike Boulevard survey
COMMUNITY BOARD EIGHT is seeking feedback on the Department of Transportation’s new “bike boulevard” on Underhill Avenue.

4 charged in Brooklyn synagogue tunnel scuffle are awaiting trial
Men accused of damaging the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement during the discovery of a secret tunnel at are set to stand trial.

Young Crown Heights man shot to death, investigation ongoing
Detectives are investigating the death of a 25-year-old man who was found in Crown Heights with a gunshot wound to the head on Wednesday.

Central Atlantic Avenue plan begins ULURP process
The city says the plan would create approximately 4,600 new homes — including 1,440 permanently income-restricted, affordable homes.