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

April 28, 2025 No Comments

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

April 8, 2025 No Comments

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

February 18, 2025 No Comments

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

January 15, 2025 No Comments

Men accused of damaging the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement during the discovery of a secret tunnel at are set to stand trial.

October 25, 2024 No Comments

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.

October 18, 2024 No Comments

The city says the plan would create approximately 4,600 new homes — including 1,440 permanently income-restricted, affordable homes.