Community Board Forums on “Atlantic Yards”

6:00 PM EDT on August 3, 2006

Thursday, August 3, 6 - 8 pm
Three separate locations. See below.

Brooklyn Community Boards 2, 6 & 8 to hold Public Forums on "Atlantic Yards."

In the absence of an official role in reviewing the "Atlantic Yards" project, thanks to the state's takeover, our local Community Boards have announced that they will hold simultaneous public hearings on the DEIS on Thursday, August 3rd, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Community Boards will also continue to accept written comments beyond the hearing date, and will accept the submission of statements via mail, fax, email and hand delivery. Community Board contact information is listed below.

The Community Board 2, 6 & 8 Public Hearings will be held at the following locations:

CB2
Long Island University
Health Sciences Center, Room 119
(Dekalb and Hudson Avenues)

CB6
Long Island College Hospital
339 Hicks Street (@ Atlantic Avenue)
Conference Rooms F/G

CB8
Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation
520 Prospect Place
(enter on Classon Avenue)

Community Board Contact Info:

CB2 District Office
350 Jay Street, 8th floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201-2908
T: (718) 596-5410
F: (718) 852-1461
E: cb2k@nyc.rr.com

CB6 District Office
250 Baltic Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201-6401
T: (718) 643-3027
F: (718) 624-8410
E: info@BrooklynCB6.org

CB8 District Office
1291 St. Marks Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213-2442
T: (718) 467-5574
F: (718) 778-2979
E: info@BrooklynCB8.org

Aaron Naparstek

AARON NAPARSTEK is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparsteks journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. Naparstek is the author of "Honku: The Zen Antidote for Road Rage" (Villard, 2003), a book of humorous haiku poetry inspired by the endless motorist sociopathy observed from his apartment window. Prior to launching Streetsblog, Naparstek worked as an interactive media producer, pioneering some of the Web's first music web sites, online communities, live webcasts and social networking services. Naparstek is currently in Cambridge with his wife and two young sons where he is enjoying a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He has a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Naparstek is a co-founder of the Park Slope Neighbors community group and the Grand Army Plaza Coalition. You can find more of his work here: http://www.naparstek.com.

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