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Board 10 Members Tour Fort Hamilton

April 3, 2012 – 12:26 pm

The visitors learn about the artifacts in the Harbor Defense Museum from Tom Trombone, a tour guide. Photo courtesy of Community Board 10

At the invitation of Col. Michael Gould, commanding officer of the Fort Hamilton Army Base, members of Community Board 10 and local residents toured the historic military installation on March 24.

The group, led by Board Chairman Joanne Seminara and District Manager Josephine Beckmann, toured the base and learned about its history and architecture.

Located on the Bay Ridge waterfront, Fort Hamilton, named after Alexander Hamilton, opened in 1825.

The Board 10 members and their guests were also taken on a guided tour of the Harbor Defense Museum, located on the grounds of the fort. They saw artifacts dating back to the Revolutionary War. read more »

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The Real Women Of Bay Ridge: Civic Leader Got Early Start

March 29, 2012 – 11:55 am

Josephine Beckmann

By Paula Katinas

Editor’s Note: In response to the firestorm created by the Oxygen Network’s new “reality” series “Brooklyn 11223,” which depicts women cursing, drinking and fighting in Bay Ridge and other Brooklyn neighborhoods, the Brooklyn Eagle is proud to present this feature profiling the “real” women of Bay Ridge and their accomplishments.

Bay Ridge — Josephine Beckmann, the district manager of Community Board 10, began working for the board in 2003, but was very familiar with the board and its work even before she started her job.

Beckmann was a civic leader in Dyker Heights, where she and her husband John, a police lieutenant, live, and had dealings with the local community board when she and her neighbors sought its help in solving quality-of-life issues on their block. read more »

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Want To Know What’s Going On? Go to a Community Board Meeting

March 14, 2012 – 1:04 pm

Residents who want to know what’s really going on in Bay Ridge should attend a Community Board 10 meeting, where elected officials, business leaders, and civic activists talk about how to make the neighborhood a better place to live and work.

The board is one of 59 in New York City that serves as unpaid advisors to City Hall. There is a community board for each neighborhood in the city.

Community Board 10 actually serves two neighborhoods – Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights.

These people know what’s going on in every corner of the neighborhood! read more »

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Busy Days For Board 10

March 13, 2012 – 10:17 am

Today and tomorrow will be busy days for Community Board 10. Two of its key committees will be meeting to talk about issues relating to Bay Ridge’s parks and transportation.

Tonight, the Parks Committee will meet at the board’s district office at 8119 Fifth Ave. at 7 p.m. to discuss what to do about the condition of the pedestrian pathways in Shore Road Park. The committee will also discuss plans to move forward with its proposal to ask students in local high schools to help clean the parks.

Tomorrow, March 14, the board’s Traffic and Transportation Committee will hold a special meeting at Fort Hamilton High School, 8301 Shore Road, at 7 p.m.

Officials from the New York City Department of Transportation will be at the meeting to speak about plans to change the configuration of the intersection of Fourth Avenue and 86th Street to make it safer for pedestrians to cross.

Both meetings are open to the public.

For more information, call Board 10 at 718-745-6827.

 

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What’s In A (Street) Name?

March 5, 2012 – 3:51 pm

Look at many of the street signs in Bay Ridge and you’ll see that the streets have been named in memory of prominent citizens who have died. By and large, these were not people who were historical figures in New York City as a whole, but were well known within the community of Bay Ridge.

But is the local community board dissatisfied with the trend toward honoring local figures?

On March 6, Community Board 10’s Ad Hoc Street Naming Committee is meeting to review the current guidelines on giving honorary names to streets. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. in the board’s office at 8119 Fifth Ave. The guidelines are followed by the board when it makes a decision whether to recommend that the city change a street name as a posthumous honor. read more »

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Board 10 Chair Charges: ‘City Doesn’t Listen to Us!’

March 1, 2012 – 4:44 pm

Joanne Seminara has a bone to pick with New York City.

Seminara, chair of Community Board 10, charged that city officials don’t listen to the board on budgetary issues.

Each October, the board submits a list of capital projects it believes the city should fund in Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, the two communities the board represents. And each year, according to Seminara, city officials turn down many of the items of the board’s list. The city usually sends its answer in January or February. read more »

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Third Ave. Merchants’ “Summer Stroll” Plan Clears Hurdle

February 28, 2012 – 12:17 pm

It’s still winter, but leaders of a leading business organization in Bay Ridge are thinking ahead to the summer.

The Merchants of Third Avenue organization cleared a major hurdle in its effort to introduce a summer stroll program on the avenue this summer when Community Board 10 voted to approve the business group’s proposal on Monday.

The vote took place at the community board’s monthly meeting.

Under the proposal, which the Merchants group is calling “Summer Stroll On 3rd,” an eight-block stretch of Third Avenue, from 81st Street to 89th Street, will be turned into a Venice-style piazza on four Friday nights – two in July and two in August. read more »

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Community Board 10 Meets Feb. 27

February 23, 2012 – 2:48 pm

Community Board 10 will hold its next meeting on Monday, Feb. 27, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1305 86th St., at 7:15 p.m.

The board will vote on whether to recommend city approval for the “Summer Stroll On Third” event, which the Merchants of Third Avenue organization, state Sen. Marty Golden, and Councilman Vincent Gentile are proposing for this July and August. read more »

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Parks Committee Wants To Work With Students

February 23, 2012 – 2:17 pm

June Johnson serves as chair of Community Board 10’s Parks and Recreation Committee.

High school students will spruce up local parks and gain educational credits toward their diplomas under a plan being launched by the Parks and Recreation Committee of Community Board 10.

Students Care for Parks is the name of the new initiative Parks Committee Chair June Johnson and her members are starting.

The goal is to get local students to plant flowers, paint benches, clear away debris and do other projects to improve the parks, Johnson said.

“In exchange, the kids will get community service credits at school. Most schools require that students earn community service credits,” Johnson said. read more »

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Patriotic Police Chief

February 22, 2012 – 12:25 pm

Police Chief Thomas Chan will visit Community Board 10 on Monday.

Police Chief Thomas Chan, the commanding officer of Patrol Borough Brooklyn South, has been invited by Community Board 10 Chairman Joanne Seminara to lead the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance at the board’s next meeting on Monday, Feb. 27, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1305 86th St., at 7:15 p.m.

As chief of Brooklyn South, Chan is responsible for 13 police precincts, including the 68th Precinct in Bay Ridge.

He was appointed to his position by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly last year, succeeding Chief Joseph Fox. Fox is currently the head of the Transit Police Bureau.

Chan is the first Asian-American to hold the position of chief of Patrol Borough Brooklyn South. read more »

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