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
13 men plead not guilty for role in Brooklyn synagogue tunnel scuffle
Thirteen members of the Hasidic Jewish community pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from their alleged role in a dispute over an illegal tunnel built
Residents of booming ‘South Brooklyn’ want their B71 bus back
Residents of Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, the Columbia Street Waterfront District and Red Hook are calling on the MTA to reconnect their neighborhoods by bringing back
Brooklyn Museum to open new education center
PROSPECT HEIGHTS — On Saturday, the Brooklyn Museum will welcome visitors to its newly renovated Education Center, named in honor of philanthropist, collector and curator
Who was the famed rabbi whose Brooklyn synagogue was the scene of tunnel fracas?
CROWN HEIGHTS — The basement synagogue that was the scene of a brawl between worshippers and New York City police has a long and storied
Secret tunnel in Brooklyn synagogue leads to brawl between police and worshippers
CROWN HEIGHTS — A group of Hasidic Jewish worshippers were arrested amid a dispute over a tunnel secretly dug into the side of a historic
After default, Pacific Park needs new, inclusive blueprint, advocates say
PROSPECT HEIGHTS —The Atlantic Yards controversy, which tore Downtown Brooklyn apart 15 or so years ago, was half-forgotten — until recently, when current developer Greenland