Bushwick Community Board ‘Live’: Oct ’11

6:30 PM: Twenty minutes before the start of the Community Board 4 meeting, BushwickBK founder Jeremy Sapeinza sent an email to contributors announcing he was discontinuing the website because it was not financially viable (was it ever?). 

So this…

Bushwick Community Board ‘Live’: Sept ’11

They’re back.

After a long summer break, Community Board 4 is back in session at the Hope Gardens Multipurpose Center, ready to discuss the neighborhood’s happenings and quarrels. As always, this is a running diary.

6:30 PM: Unlike other…

Bushwick Community Board ‘Live’: June ’11

Bushwick children were playing in the street after work, holding impromptu barbecues in their courtyards, and popping fire hydrants to stay cool Wednesday afternoon. 

But inside the Hope Gardens Senior Center, the neighborhood’s community leaders got down to business…

Bushwick Community Board ‘Live’: May ’11

6:39 PM: It’s far from a packed house tonight, oddly, as the school year is coming to a close. But I have to praise the spread. We’ve got Hawaiian chicken, which has a hint of coconut and a garlicky bruschetta…

Bushwick Community Board ‘Live’: April ’11

It’s a beautiful spring day outside —  which means there’s definitely a community board meeting happening.

It’s a packed meeting with a lot of new faces. There’s an update on the Knickerbocker pedestrian plaza, Bushwick Open Studios, and a…

Bushwick Community Board ‘Live’: Mar ’11

Taxi Commissioner David Yassky talks at CB4 about legalizing street pick-ups for car services in outer boroughs. Photo by Aaron Short for BushwickBK

6:30 PM The Hope Gardens Community Center is festively decorated with emerald-green streamers and glitter…

Bushwick Community Board ‘Live’: Feb ’11

The “Towns table” at CB4, featuring the assemblyman’s team. Photo by Aaron Short for BushwickBK

6:50 PM: I’m running towards Hope Gardens a little late after speaking with Assemblyman Darryl Towns, whose new job will…

Bushwick Community Board ‘Live’: Jan. ’11

This month, CB4 focused on health in Bushwick, including a presentation on “healthy bodegas.” Photo by Aaron Short for BushwickBK

6:34 PM: It’s Community Board 4′s first meeting of the new year and the theme tonight is health.…

Bushwick Community Board ‘Live’: Dec. ’10

The holiday meal is the highlight of the otherwise uneventful December meeting of Community Board 4. Chair Julie Dent says “wait your turn!” — Photo by Aaron Short

I am running very late tonight because of two breaking…

Bushwick Community Board ‘Live’: Nov. ’10

Sharply dressed Councilman Erik Dilan updates CB4 on new legislation, parks, and gun permits. — Photo by Aaron Short

There’s a full week left before Thanksgiving but Bushwick’s Community Board 4 is squeezing in one last fruitful meeting…