About BKCB1

Brooklyn Community Board 1 is a local government agency of the City of New York covering the Greenpoint - Williamsburg neighborhoods in the Borough of Brooklyn with (according to the 2010 census) a population of 179,390.

The area bounded is:
North: Newtown Creek, East: Newtown Creek, English Kills, Brooklyn-Queens Borough Line, South: Flushing Avenue, West: Williamsburg Street, Kent Avenue, Division Avenue, Wallabout Channel East River.

Like a town hall, public meetings of the Brooklyn Community Board 1 are a place where interested citizens discuss community issues, monitor government performance, and advise City agencies on neighborhood matters.

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