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WELCOME to COMMUNITY BOARD 8!
What is a Community Board?
The City of New York is divided into
fifty-nine geographic community districts, served by a local representative
body known as a Community Board. Each Community Board is composed
of up  to
fifty unsalaried individuals who either live in or have an interest
in the community, selected to serve on the board by the Borough
President or local City Council representatives.
Brooklyn Community Board No. 8
represents parts of Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, and Weeksville.
We are bounded by Atlantic Avenue (north side, even numbers) to
Eastern Parkway (south side, odd numbers) and Ralph Avenue (east
side, even numbers) to Flatbush Avenue (west side, odd numbers).
Community Board Responsibilities
Land Use and Zoning
All Community Boards, regardless
of their geographic location, are involved with land use and zoning
issues. We participate in the application process of individuals
who wish to acquire, manage, or significantly change the status
use of any city-owned property, or change the zoning status of privately
owned property within the District. The Board’s role in such a
situation would be to hold public hearings with members of the board
and community residents that would be most significantly affected
to hear presentations by those who wish to do either of the above,
and propose recommendations on the matter.
Land Use matters are reviewed by
the Community Board in accordance with the City’s Uniformed Land
Use Review Procedure (ULURP).
 Budget
The City Charter mandates that Community
Boards participate in the budget process for the City of New York.
The board has two formal opportunities to consult with agency officials
about budget needs and funding of programs and projects in the community.
Consultations take place at two levels:
District Level
The District Manager and Committee
Chairpersons meet with the City’s agency’s local representatives
to discuss the needs of the district, status of service delivery,
and resources needed to improve services rendered.
 Borough
Level
The Community Board meets with Agency
Commissioners to discuss budget requests and needs and priorities
of the district in an attempt to provide the services and funding
needed to improve the conditions and quality of life for the residents
in the community.
We are required to submit to the
Mayor and City Council capital and expense budget priorities that
would be taken into consideration in the formulation of the City’s
overall budget. Public hearings are also held by the Community
Board, the Borough President’s Office, and the City Council before
the budget is adopted.
Service Delivery
We are involved with many issues
facing residents within our district, such as housing complaints
against landlords, street defect complaints, water complaints, and
other issues concerning the quality of life. We do our best to
rectify any and all problems that involve the input of other City
agencies in a timely manner.
We also handle community complaints
such as potholes, trees that require pruning, missing, damaged,
or incorrect street signs, malfunctioning street lights, clogged
catch basins, leaky hydrants, bypassed garbage collection, heat
and hot water—or lack thereof, and a host of other types of complaints.
Any complaints we do not handle, most likely, we will be able to
direct you to the proper authority that will handle it.
The District office is also responsible
for processing street activity permits for street closings, block
parties, street festivals, and clean-ups. Bus and Subway group
passes are also available for organizations sponsoring youth programs.
Contact Us at Community Board 8
info@brooklyncb8.org
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