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Mitchell’s Soul Food
To Whom It May Concern: I am the manager of Mitchell’s Soul Food Restaurant, a restaurant that has been serving customers for 40 years, located at 617A Vanderbilt Avenue. The Vanderbilt Avenue Open Streets has caused a significant decrease in sales on Sundays, previously our busiest day of the week. In fact, if we needed…
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Flatbush Avenue Bus Redesign Feedback Form
Please use the form below to send an email to: You will receive a copy of your submission as an email.
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Flatbush Bus Redesign
On June 24th, 2025, the DOT had presented to CB8’s EST committee their proposal for the Flatbush Avenue bus redesign. During initial outreach over the summer of 2024, the DOT had proposed 3 possible solutions for increasing the speed of the B41 bus route from Grand Army Plaza to Livingston Street. These included: June 2024…
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Move the B65? Yup It’s a Thing
MTA Bus Redesign The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is currently evaluating a redesign of the B65 bus line, which runs along Bergen and Dean Streets. This initiative is part of the MTA’s stated goals of “with the goal of meeting customers’ priorities: frequent service, faster travel, reliable service, better connections, and an easy ride”. According…
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Limit VOS
PHNDC has recently submitted their application for the 2025 season and the DOT is in the process of reviewing their application. We are asking for a scaling back of Vanderbilt Open Streets (VOS) due to the impact it has had on the community at large. Along with the UNPCH statement, we are circulating individual letters…
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Dr. Desmond Browne
To Whom it may concern, My name is Dr. Desmond Browne. I run a family practice on Washington Avenue and I love Prospect Heights! What a special place. I immigrated to the US from Saint Vincents to go to college. I worked my way through college, then medical school. Eventually I launched the family practice…
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CB8 AAMUP Review Process
AAMUP Community Rezoning CB8 and our two local city council representatives have been going through the process of reviewing zoning along the length of Atlantic Avenue and neighboring streets. This re- zoning will have an impact on us all for years to come. The AAMUP proposal has some overlapping resolutions with the Mayor’s City of…
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Protected: CB8 Resolution to Curb Vanderbilt Open Streets
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Grand Plaza Liquors
To Whom It May Concern: I am the owner of Grand Plaza Liquors. For over 35 years the business has resided on Washington Ave. I am the second owner and have had it for over 25 years. The changes on Underhill Ave. have put a strain on my business. The islands placed in the center…
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Community Survey Open Now
Now that our Prospect and Crown Heights communities have lived with Open Streets on Vanderbilt and Underhill for over 5 years, our volunteers want to gather a more robust view of how the DOT and PHNDC’s decisions have impacted your daily life. They aim to understand these effects fully. We know everyone has busy lives…
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Chrysanthemum Rare Teas & Flowers
To Whom it May Concern, I am the owner of Chrysanthemum Rare Teas & Flowers. I own the building and initially I rented it to a doctor for six years but then I took it over. In 2012, I opened the shop. We are a tea and flower shop here to serve the community. Our…