As chair of the @bkcb6.bsky.social Business Affairs and Licenses committee, we have been pushing for year-round outdoor dining for years. When it went away, so did mass support for our favorite bars and restaurants. I’m thrilled and cannot wait to be having a cozy dinner outside in December!

CB6 - Brooklyn Community Board 6@bkcb6.bsky.social · 3w ago

Outdoor dining is coming back year round. Thanks @cmrestler.bsky.social, @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social, CM Aviles & BP Reynoso. CB6 Business Affairs, chaired by @aspishakthomas.com, backed it. So did Transportation, chaired by @brooklynspoke.bsky.social & @tonymelone.bsky.social, & our Full Board.

Outdoor dining is coming back year round. Thanks @cmrestler.bsky.social, @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social, CM Aviles & BP Reynoso. CB6 Business Affairs, chaired by @aspishakthomas.com, backed it. So did Transportation, chaired by @brooklynspoke.bsky.social & @tonymelone.bsky.social, & our Full Board.

Credit to @mayor.nyc.gov & Deputy Mayor Borzag on Block by Block & LIFT list w/ 120 city owned sites to build housing on. I sent letter flagging 250 Baltic St (yes @bkcb6.bsky.social office) , zoned R6, so residential needs no ULURP. 🤞 list become 121 🏠 sites 🏢. bkcb6.app/blockbyblock

In a neighborhood where lots of people lack access to cooling infrastructure and many families don't have the resources for summer camps or vacations, this is an injustice. The next nearest pool, the Double D, is also closed right now, and it also serves a lot of families in NYCHA buildings.

Pool Report: Parks Dept. Leaves Red Hookers Hot And Bothered — Again! - Streetsblog New York City

We don't want to win a Pool-itzer, but for the second straight year, we're forced to cover how an equipment failure has led to the shuttering of the Red Hook Pool.

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I finally got to see the newly restored Carroll Street Bridge in Gowanus and it's a thing of beauty. Open for pedestrians and people on bikes only. I'm so proud of my friends at @bkcb6.bsky.social for advocating for this and thankful to @nycdot.bsky.social for getting it done. I'm overjoyed!

Another simple yet important addition to the bike network in Brooklyn: 2 parking spaces removed to make it easier and safer for people on bikes to access President Street from Prospect Park West. Thanks @nyc-dot.bsky.social and @bkcb6.bsky.social for making this happen!

NYC’s headed for a “heat dome”, with an emergency declared and heat indices possibly hitting 109° ~4/5 of @bkcb6.bsky.social runs hotter than citywide avg I built a page about it •CB6 cooling center map •Heat vulnerability map • CB6 surface map bkcb6.app/cooldown

🎉 Congrats to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on being elected Mayor, and to @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social, @shahanafrombk.bsky.social, @cmalexaaviles.bsky.social, and @jumaane.bsky.social on re-election. And congrats to @aschierenbeck.bsky.social and the CRC team on Questions 2 to 5 passing. enr.boenyc.gov

It’s Election Day! Vote🗳️! Polls are open until 9 PM. findmypollsite.vote.nyc Also, take note that schools and government offices are closed, there is no trash, recycling or composting and Alternate Side Parking is suspended.

Now that we’ve got an extra hour, the question becomes: what will we do with it? Vote! 🗳️ Today, Sun, Nov 2, is the last day of early voting. Polls are open 9 AM –5 PM. It won’t take the whole extra hour, and you get a sticker. Not sure where to vote? findmypollsite.vote.nyc

New short two-way protected bike lane connector on Union Street in Gowanus. Thanks @nyc-dot.bsky.social! Another project supported by @bkcb6.bsky.social. Glad to see the network taking shape in this part of the neighborhood.

While less spooky today, you can still vote early until 5PM today, Saturday, November 1st, and tomorrow, Sunday , November 2nd, from 9am until 5pm. findmypollsite.vote.nyc

CB6 - Brooklyn Community Board 6@bkcb6.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Greetings from Spooky CB6! 🎃 Vote early, vote today. It’s Friday, October 31, 2025, and polls are open from 9 AM until 5 PM. Cast your ballot and get this year’s limited-edition Halloween Voter sticker. findmypollsite.vote.nyc

Greetings from Spooky CB6! 🎃 Vote early, vote today. It’s Friday, October 31, 2025, and polls are open from 9 AM until 5 PM. Cast your ballot and get this year’s limited-edition Halloween Voter sticker. findmypollsite.vote.nyc

Please join us tonight at 6:30 pm via Zoom for our October general meeting, featuring an update on the status of the Gowanus Canal Superfund cleanup from USEPA. Find a link to the meeting and an agenda here: gowanuscag.org/index.php/20...

Vote early, vote today! Today, Monday, October 27th, polls will be open from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Not sure where to vote? Go to findmypollsite.vote.nyc

Vote early, vote today! Sunday, October 26th, polls are open from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Not sure where to vote? Go to findmypollsite.vote.nyc

As @aspishakthomas.com said, take our survey! bit.ly/CB6SurvFY27

Mandi Spishak-Thomas@aspishakthomas.com · 11mo ago

Every year community boards across New York City submit a "District Needs Statement", identifying their district's priorities with the hopes of influencing the city budget. @racioppomike.bsky.social writes about the process and highlights our call on @bkcb6.bsky.social for community input.

Polls are open until 5 PM today, Saturday Oct 25 and from 9 am until 5 PM tomorrow, Sun Oct 26th. Find where to vote findmypollsite.vote.nyc

Vote today! Polls are open until 5 PM. Find where: findmypollsite.vote.nyc

Vote today! Polls are open until 5 PM. Find where: findmypollsite.vote.nyc

Every year community boards across New York City submit a "District Needs Statement", identifying their district's priorities with the hopes of influencing the city budget. @racioppomike.bsky.social writes about the process and highlights our call on @bkcb6.bsky.social for community input.

Suggesting You Choose to Take A Survey

One of your neighbors posted in Politics & Government. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)

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We want to hear from you! If you live in Brooklyn CB6 (Red Hook, Gowanus, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Park Slope, Columbia Waterfront) fill out our survey and let us know what you want to see prioritized in this year's district needs statement.

CB6 FY2027 District Needs Assessment Survey

Brooklyn Community Board 6 is currently preparing our Fiscal Year 2027 District Needs Assessment. This document, which we submit to the City of New York each fall, helps guide our budget priorities. ...

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"Housing is the most-pressing crisis facing New York City. The plan delivers up to 6,000 new homes, with 2,650 permanently below market rate at deep affordability levels, including 250 units reserved for NYCHA residents from the surrounding neighborhoods."

Mike Racioppo @racioppomike.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I’m in @nyc.streetsblog.org this morning with an op-Ed on my ‘Yes’ on the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Vision Plan. bit.ly/streetsblogmikerac930

Celebrated #CityOfWaterDay w/ the Gowanus Canal Conservancy at Thomas Greene Park! Huge credit & thanks to @bkcb6.bsky.social members Aurelia Casey & Joe Anne Brown for making it happen. It all reinforces why a Gowanus BID will benefit Gowanus’s future. gowanusimprovementdistrict.org

We did it, it's open! I both checked out and returned books today at the new Carroll Gardens popup library. In just 3 months, so many people came together to make this dream a reality and it's a beautiful thing, we've never been more back 🥹

CB6 - Brooklyn Community Board 6@bkcb6.bsky.social · last yr.

Come by 250 Baltic and take out a book like @aspishakthomas.com did today!

Come by 250 Baltic and take out a book like @aspishakthomas.com did today!

Council Member Shahana Hanif@cmshahanahanif.bsky.social · last yr.

📣The Carroll Gardens Pop-up Library is officially open! Check out the space on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays between 1 PM and 5 PM. Big thanks to DCAS, Cobble Hill Association, @bklynlibrary.bsky.social, IKEA & Friends of Carroll Gardens Library for their collaboration 📚

🌞 Heat Advisory in effect! Cooling Centers are OPEN — stay safe & stay cool. 🧊 Find one near you: finder.nyc.gov/coolingcenterse

A former member of @bkcb6.bsky.social , @bradlander.bsky.social , says it best.

Brad Lander@bradlander.bsky.social · last yr.

What we need right now in this urgent moment for our democracy is to stand up for our immigrant neighbors. To stand up for the love and unity represented by that statue in the harbor. 🗽 That’s what it means to be a New Yorker this 4th of July.

Happy Independence Day!

Alternate Side Parking and meters are suspended today, Friday, July 4th, for Independence Day. #NYCASP